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DateAgeBishopTitle
1 Jan60.0Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
1 Jan87.4Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Jan92.6Jean-Guy Couture †Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
5 Jan96.4Francisco Alvarez Martínez †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
11 Jan72.9Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
18 Jan98.3Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
19 Jan85.2Elmar Fischer †Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria
29 Jan92.7Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
31 Jan84.8Onésimo Cepeda Silva †Bishop Emeritus of Ecatepec, México, México
1 Feb97.9Remi Joseph De Roo †Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1 Feb80.1Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
3 Feb96.3Joseph Habib Hitti †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
3 Feb101.0Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
9 Feb71.7Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
10 Feb86.4Joseph Sangval Surasarang †Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
12 Feb86.8Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
12 Feb89.1Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
12 Feb49.7Antoni Vadell Ferrer †Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
15 Feb85.0Youhanna Kamal Golta †Curial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Feb95.9Luigi de Magistris †Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
16 Feb96.2Didier-Léon Marchand †Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
16 Feb97.2John Aloysius O’Mara †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
17 Feb96.1Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes †Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
17 Feb74.1František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
19 Feb89.2Franz Grave †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
22 Feb64.7Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. †Bishop of Lwena, Angola
23 Feb70.7José Isidro Guerrero Macías †Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
23 Feb62.8Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
24 Feb92.2Eduardo Vicente Mirás †Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
25 Feb92.6Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
26 Feb95.6Jānis Cakuls †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
26 Feb85.6Donald Walter Trautman †Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
27 Feb91.7José Carlos Castanho de Almeida †Bishop Emeritus of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Mar92.0Robert John Rose †Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
5 Mar95.5Agostino Cacciavillan †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
7 Mar70.1Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. †Bishop of Temuco, Chile
8 Mar72.9Fernando Carlos Maletti †Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
11 Mar97.0João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
13 Mar77.4Adam Odzimek †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
14 Mar92.4José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
21 Mar92.2Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
22 Mar92.3Edmund Michal Piszcz †Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
26 Mar85.6James Moriarty †Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
26 Mar86.4Teofil Józef Wilski †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
28 Mar78.2Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
28 Mar87.0Antonios Naguib †Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Mar91.5Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Kurnool, India
31 Mar75.7Francesc Pardo Artigas †Bishop of Girona, Spain
1 Apr84.9Innayya Chinna Addagatla †Bishop Emeritus of Srikakulam, India
3 Apr93.4Michael Meier, S.V.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
4 Apr80.6José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
9 Apr77.8Stephen Athipozhiyil †Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
10 Apr81.8Raymond John Lahey †
14 Apr85.2Joseph Pathalil †Bishop Emeritus of Udaipur, India
16 Apr89.9John Martin Dougherty †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Apr89.2Javier Lozano Barragán †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
23 Apr86.6Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
24 Apr84.0Denis Kiwanuka Lote †Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
26 Apr70.9[Daniel Lytle Dolan] †Bishop
26 Apr74.0Tiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
27 Apr87.6Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Apr83.1Adam Lepa †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
28 Apr89.4Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
9 May83.6Robert Henry Brom †Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
10 May58.8Peter Wu Junwei †Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
12 May70.2Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
14 May91.0Francesco Zerrillo †Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
15 May66.3Martin Munyanyi †Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe
18 May85.7Fernando Guimarães Kevanu †Bishop Emeritus of Ondjiva, Angola
21 May91.0Emil Aloysius Wcela †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
25 May79.9Luis Guillermo Eichhorn †Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
27 May94.5Angelo Sodano †Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
28 May86.3Ernesto Vecchi †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
31 May89.4Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
1 Jun93.9Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem. †Bishop Emeritus of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Jun90.9Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
6 Jun93.6Michele Scandiffio †Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza, Italy
9 Jun87.7Aloísio Sinésio Bohn †Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Jun84.2Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar †Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de María, El Salvador
14 Jun96.3Gabino Díaz Merchán †Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain
16 Jun93.8Antonio Montero Moreno †Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
17 Jun90.3Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
17 Jun78.0Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Jun84.4Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
27 Jun83.1Renato Ascencio León †Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
1 Jul95.0Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
2 Jul102.2Laurent Noël †Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
4 Jul87.9Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 Jul54.8Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
8 Jul66.2George Jonathan Dodo †Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
8 Jul81.9Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
11 Jul90.9Joseph Mittathany †Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
12 Jul92.2Ivo Fürer †Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
16 Jul80.9José Guadalupe Galván Galindo †Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
18 Jul91.1Egidio Caporello †Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
18 Jul88.2José Diéguez Reboredo †Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
23 Jul82.4Venant Bacinoni †Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
26 Jul99.2Bruno Foresti †Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
27 Jul97.0Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
27 Jul87.0Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
30 Jul89.4Martin Luluga †Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
31 Jul91.7Hubert Coppenrath †Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Jul63.5Hubertus Leteng †Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
2 Aug80.3Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
5 Aug83.7Reginald Michael Cawcutt †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
6 Aug90.8John Walter Yanta †Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
7 Aug84.7Robert Mikhail Moskal †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
7 Aug61.8Koru Tito †Bishop-Elect of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Aug98.4Jozef Tomko †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
12 Aug78.6Lewis Jerome Zeigler †Archbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
13 Aug94.3Antonino Orrù †Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy
13 Aug90.0Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
19 Aug86.7Jorge Luis Lona †Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
20 Aug78.4Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland
22 Aug81.4António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
22 Aug95.3Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
23 Aug80.2Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. †Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
25 Aug83.7Dale Joseph Melczek †Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
26 Aug65.2Alojzije Slavko Večerin †Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
28 Aug85.3Gastone Simoni †Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
28 Aug91.1John Baptist Ye Ronghua †Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
28 Aug79.0Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †Apostolic Nuncio
29 Aug95.6Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
2 Sep90.1Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
6 Sep73.3Philippe Ranaivomanana †Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
10 Sep77.6Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
14 Sep88.7Robert Patrick Maginnis †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Sep74.2Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
16 Sep76.5Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Sep91.6Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
20 Sep92.3Tanios El Khoury †Bishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
21 Sep87.1Antonio Ceballos Atienza †Bishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
21 Sep89.1Paul-Emile Saadé †Bishop Emeritus of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Sep77.5Michael John Sheridan †Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
28 Sep89.8Hilton Forrest Deakin †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
28 Sep81.6Jan Styrna †Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
3 Oct95.2Howard George Tripp †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
7 Oct88.0Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †Apostolic Nuncio
8 Oct86.2Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
16 Oct93.2Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
17 Oct85.2Franz Vorrath †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
19 Oct88.7Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
22 Oct88.2Patrick Coveney †Apostolic Nuncio
27 Oct93.3Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
31 Oct82.1Gentil Delázari †Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
31 Oct73.4José Nambi †Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
4 Nov56.5Daniel Batalha Henriques †Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
4 Nov88.3Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
4 Nov73.1Alfredo Horacio Zecca †Titular Archbishop of Volsinium
6 Nov86.4Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
7 Nov81.1Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
8 Nov88.6Mario Joseph Conti †Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Nov89.4Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India
11 Nov96.0Ernesto Togni †Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
17 Nov86.1Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
19 Nov87.1Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Nov70.7Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
26 Nov78.8Martin Drennan †Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
26 Nov79.2Paul Joseph Swain †Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
27 Nov63.4Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. †Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana
29 Nov87.0Anthony Hampden Dickson †Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
4 Dec86.3Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Dec91.4Pablo Puente Buces †Apostolic Nuncio
8 Dec92.6Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda
9 Dec95.1Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. †Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Dec89.7Severino Poletto †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
19 Dec78.1Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
19 Dec85.2Erwin Josef Ender †Apostolic Nuncio
19 Dec77.7Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
20 Dec81.3Luigi Stucchi †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
20 Dec91.3Tadeusz Werno †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
28 Dec80.3Bernard César Augustin Barsi †Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco
29 Dec94.6Joseph Ti-kang †Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
30 Dec94.6John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Dec90.2Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
31 Dec95.7Joseph Ratzinger †Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

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