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DateAgeBishopTitle
4 Jan77.6Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
4 Jan85.2Antoni Stankiewicz †Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
5 Jan100.5Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
7 Jan91.3Rafael Morales Duque, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
7 Jan88.5Henri Schwery †Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jan69.2Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
10 Jan88.1Adam Dyczkowski †Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
11 Jan74.2Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
11 Jan91.9Oscar Rizzato †Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
12 Jan61.3Florentin Crihălmeanu †Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
13 Jan87.9Mario Cecchini †Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
13 Jan53.6Moses Hamungole †Bishop of Monze, Zambia
13 Jan88.0Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Jan70.0Philip Tartaglia †Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
14 Jan79.5Vincent Paul Logan †Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Jan65.8Abel Doctor Gabuza †Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
17 Jan89.3Vincent Michael Rizzotto †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
17 Jan70.2Philip Edward Wilson †Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
18 Jan65.2Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
19 Jan78.2William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
20 Jan77.8John Baptist Kaggwa †Bishop Emeritus of Masaka, Uganda
21 Jan91.8José Crisologo Sorra †Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
22 Jan94.0Jean Assaad Haddad †Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Jan93.9Alfredo Magarotto †Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
24 Jan86.7Patrick O’Donoghue †Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
26 Jan85.7Luc Julian Matthys †Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
28 Jan73.2Juan del Río Martín †Archbishop of Spain, Military
30 Jan93.2Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
2 Feb80.6Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
4 Feb88.3Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
4 Feb94.7Franz Josef Kuhnle †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
4 Feb76.8Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
6 Feb78.6Afonso Fioreze, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
12 Feb78.1Bernard Nsayi †Bishop Emeritus of Nkayi, Congo
15 Feb88.8Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
17 Feb90.9Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Feb92.8Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Feb86.6Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
25 Feb92.2Bede Vincent Heather †Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
25 Feb82.5Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
26 Feb93.0Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
26 Feb71.9György Snell †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
27 Feb99.4Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India
1 Mar60.1Emmanuel Félémou †Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
3 Mar66.7Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
8 Mar84.6Rafael Palmero Ramos †Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
8 Mar78.4Cosimo Semeraro, S.D.B. †Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
11 Mar66.3Mauro Aparecido dos Santos †Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
14 Mar85.5Paul Ri Moun-hi †Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
15 Mar81.3Gerard Alfons Kusz †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
16 Mar79.9David Dias Pimentel †Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Mar93.1Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
23 Mar84.7Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
23 Mar84.8Metod Pirih †Bishop Emeritus of Koper, Slovenia
28 Mar74.8Juventino Kestering †Bishop of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
31 Mar84.5Fabriciano Sigampa †Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
31 Mar78.6Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Mar66.4Pedro Carlos Zilli, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
1 Apr80.9Rayappu Joseph †Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka
1 Apr90.1Divo Zadi †Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
3 Apr68.2Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
3 Apr92.0Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †Apostolic Nuncio
3 Apr90.4Christian Wiyghan Tumi †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
5 Apr80.6Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
6 Apr65.3Alfred Leonhard Maluma †Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
6 Apr86.3Jan Purwinski †Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
8 Apr82.7César Ramón Ortega Herrera †Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
9 Apr94.9Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela
10 Apr96.7Edward Idris Cassidy †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
10 Apr88.4Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
10 Apr83.8Félix del Blanco Prieto †Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
12 Apr95.4Jaime Mota de Farias †Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
13 Apr81.3Patricio Hacbang Alo †Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines
14 Apr82.5Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
17 Apr91.5Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. †Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
18 Apr84.5Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
21 Apr78.1Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21 Apr74.8Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
21 Apr79.5Wojciech Ziemba †Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
25 Apr76.3André de Witte †Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
27 Apr89.3Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
27 Apr88.8Jan Stefan Gałecki †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
30 Apr85.4Pio Vittorio Vigo †Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
1 May89.5Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
1 May64.5José Daniel Falla Robles †Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
2 May86.5Paul Vollmar, S. M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
3 May88.8Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
4 May75.7Antony Anandarayar †Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
4 May87.3Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
4 May90.6Peter Toshio Jinushi †Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
4 May90.0Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero †Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
6 May65.1Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D. †Bishop of Jhabua, India
6 May96.3Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
17 May93.4Bruno Kouamé †Bishop Emeritus of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
25 May86.5Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
25 May63.8José Melitón Chávez †Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
26 May80.0Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro †Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
27 May88.6Heinrich Janssen †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
28 May83.6Joseph Nunzio Latino †Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
29 May69.7Cornelius Sim †Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei
4 Jun69.3Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García †Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
6 Jun79.8Jacques Behnan Hindo †Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
8 Jun58.1Ducange Sylvain, S.D.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
11 Jun74.2Ivo Baldi Gaburri †Bishop of Huarí, Peru
11 Jun91.8Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. †Bishop Emeritus of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
15 Jun65.9Paul Alois Lakra †Bishop of Gumla, India
16 Jun90.9Tarcisio Pillolla †Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
20 Jun81.3Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
24 Jun92.5Franco Festorazzi †Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
24 Jun76.3Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin †Apostolic Nuncio
24 Jun81.5Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
29 Jun81.9Albert Ayinde Fasina †Bishop Emeritus of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
1 Jul94.6Antonio Cantisani †Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
3 Jul88.0Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
3 Jul68.4Richard Domba Mady †Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Jul84.8Roberto Rodríguez †Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
9 Jul91.8Matthew Cao Xiangde †Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
11 Jul81.7Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Jul76.0Antonio José López Castillo †Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
19 Jul90.6José Siro González Bacallao †Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
21 Jul86.7Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
22 Jul67.6John Hsane Hgyi †Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
22 Jul70.1Armando Larios Jiménez †Bishop Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
23 Jul90.0Hubert Bucher †Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
23 Jul85.0Michel Jean Guyard †Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
28 Jul91.0Franco Croci †Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
29 Jul93.9Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka †Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
29 Jul98.0Albert Vanhoye, S.J. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
1 Aug96.4Guy Alexis Herbulot †Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
2 Aug91.3Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
7 Aug85.0Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
7 Aug72.9Amando Samo †Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Aug74.9Hipólito Reyes Larios †Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
10 Aug85.7Petr Esterka †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia
10 Aug94.3Eduardo Martínez Somalo †Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
10 Aug92.5Manuel Mireles Vaquera †Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México
12 Aug77.6Matthias U Shwe †Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
13 Aug92.1Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
13 Aug78.7Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
21 Aug89.1Boutros Edmond Gemayel †Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
21 Aug97.6Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt †Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
21 Aug86.8Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 Aug60.7Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. †Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
30 Aug89.7José María Libório Camino Saracho †Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Aug86.2Sebastiano Dho †Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
1 Sep93.8José Gonçalves Heleno †Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Sep78.1Claude-Joseph Félix Louis Azéma †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
6 Sep91.3Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
7 Sep91.8François-Marie-Christian Favreau †Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
8 Sep74.5Juan Guillermo López Soto †Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
9 Sep83.2Marian Duś †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
14 Sep74.5Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón †Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
15 Sep88.7Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, México
19 Sep57.7Charles Edmund Boyce †Apostolic Administrator of Monrovia, Liberia
20 Sep83.8Aloys Jousten †Bishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
21 Sep86.1John Brendan McCormack †Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
21 Sep88.8Anthony Michael Pilla †Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
23 Sep69.1Edward Janiak †Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
23 Sep79.0Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24 Sep87.5Raymundo Joseph Peña †Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
26 Sep95.9José Freire Falcão †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
29 Sep97.5Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
30 Sep80.3Luigi Conti †Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
3 Oct94.7Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
5 Oct95.0Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
11 Oct101.4Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Oct98.7Stephen Yang Xiangtai †Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
18 Oct91.9Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
20 Oct86.9Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. †Prelate Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru
25 Oct91.9Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
30 Oct71.3Basílio do Nascimento †Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
1 Nov92.6Giacomo Babini †Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
1 Nov95.1Lawrence Donald Soens †Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
3 Nov73.8Michael Marai †Bishop Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
8 Nov86.3Wilhelm Schraml †Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
12 Nov71.9Robert Matthew Festing, S.M.O.M. †Grand Master Emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
13 Nov69.0William Joseph Wright †Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
14 Nov102.9Jerzy Jan Tomziński, O.S.P.P.E. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
16 Nov86.5Jan Konzal †Bishop
1 Dec83.7John Cunningham †Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1 Dec93.9Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. †Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru
2 Dec88.6Giuseppe Chiaretti †Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
2 Dec67.2Aldo Giordano †Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
7 Dec84.6Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
10 Dec74.4Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz †Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
12 Dec68.1Daniel Nlandu Mayi †Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Dec86.4Stanisław Nowak †Archbishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland
17 Dec88.2José Fernández Arteaga †Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
21 Dec75.6George Arthur Sheltz †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
22 Dec92.8Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
26 Dec92.3Giacomo Capuzzi †Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
29 Dec88.6Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku †Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Dec80.0Luigi Negri †Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

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