The Year of Our Lord 2024

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
1 Jan	67.3	Lawrence Sydney Nicasio †	Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
2 Jan	57.0	Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas †	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
5 Jan	88.0	Ryszard Karpiński †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
5 Jan	82.0	William Lee †	Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
6 Jan	89.1	Fernando Robles Capalla †	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
6 Jan	95.0	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
6 Jan	81.5	Pablo Varela Server †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Panamá
8 Jan	84.5	Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe
9 Jan	93.7	Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
16 Jan	92.7	Sergio Sebastiani †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
18 Jan	83.8	Giovanni Giudici †	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
19 Jan	63.2	Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez †	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
24 Jan	78.4	Alberto Tanasini †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
26 Jan	97.5	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
28 Jan	97.7	Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
29 Jan	84.1	Delio Lucarelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
1 Feb	83.2	Nereo Page Odchimar †	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
1 Feb	91.0	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malaybalay, Philippines
2 Feb	87.5	Luis Morales Reyes †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
2 Feb	85.9	Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
12 Feb	71.1	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
14 Feb	91.2	Wolfgang Weider †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
17 Feb	62.7	Peter Michael Muhich †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
17 Feb	90.6	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
22 Feb	82.0	Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
22 Feb	86.7	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
23 Feb	88.3	Francesco Marinelli †	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
25 Feb	95.9	Klaus Dick †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
4 Mar	84.7	Francisco González Valer, S.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
4 Mar	87.7	Piotr Krupa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
6 Mar	90.0	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
11 Mar	86.4	Marian Gołębiewski †	Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
14 Mar	93.5	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
15 Mar	77.3	Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
15 Mar	89.5	Paul Josef Cordes †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
15 Mar	86.2	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo
22 Mar	90.0	Franz Dietl †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Mar	96.8	José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui †	Bishop Emeritus of Valledupar, Colombia
27 Mar	93.5	Karl Reger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
31 Mar	72.3	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
1 Apr	80.5	José Trinidad González Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
3 Apr	81.9	Vitus Huonder †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
4 Apr	94.1	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
10 Apr	59.8	Martin James Chambers †	Bishop-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Apr	91.5	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
26 Apr	83.2	Peter William Ingham †	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
4 May	74.1	Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
13 May	82.5	Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
17 May	90.0	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario †	Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic
18 May	80.2	Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
24 May	85.3	George William Coleman †	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
24 May	90.7	Janusz Edmund Zimniak †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
26 May	76.6	Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
29 May	81.0	Franziskus Eisenbach †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
30 May	80.0	Thumma Bala †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
30 May	91.2	Kelvin Edward Felix †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
14 Jun	85.8	Tomás Andrés Mauro (Maurus) Muldoon, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Juticalpa, Honduras
16 Jun	84.5	Roberto Lückert León †	Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
16 Jun	79.2	Marcelo Raúl Martorell †	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
18 Jun	96.0	Daniel Patrick Reilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
19 Jun	87.6	José Ángel Rovai †	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
21 Jun	80.2	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
25 Jun	81.7	William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez †	Prefect Emeritus of Leticia, Colombia
27 Jun	96.8	Alberto Tricarico †	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
29 Jun	89.9	Luciano Giovannetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
1 Jul	88.4	George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
3 Jul	86.5	José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
5 Jul	92.2	George Mamalassery †	Bishop Emeritus of Tura, India
8 Jul	87.5	Pierre Nguyễn Soạn †	Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
10 Jul	96.0	Alphonsus Mathias †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
14 Jul	73.8	Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Jul	90.7	Kevin Michael Manning †	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
19 Jul	97.6	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
27 Jul	96.0	Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
1 Aug	52.3	Dilmo Franco de Campos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
3 Aug	93.8	Endre Gyulay †	Bishop Emeritus of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
4 Aug	61.2	Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
6 Aug	92.7	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
8 Aug	84.0	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
11 Aug	73.6	Noël Treanor †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
14 Aug	79.2	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
17 Aug	84.3	Youssef Massoud Massoud †	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
20 Aug	83.4	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio
20 Aug	91.3	Rafael Eleuterio Rey †	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
26 Aug	69.2	Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana †	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Aug	97.6	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
30 Aug	72.9	Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
1 Sep	86.9	Denis George Browne †	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
2 Sep	86.5	Raul José Quimpo Martirez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
6 Sep	93.3	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
10 Sep	77.7	Daniel G. Juelfs †	Administrator of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
12 Sep	75.1	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Sep	84.0	Edward James Slattery †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
15 Sep	94.3	Basil Harry Losten †	Bishop Emeritus of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
24 Sep	88.1	Elio Tinti †	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
28 Sep	88.3	Hugo Barrantes Ureña †	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
28 Sep	99.5	Alexandre do Nascimento †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
30 Sep	87.1	Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pontianak, Indonesia
30 Sep	94.4	Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
5 Oct	91.5	Helmut Bauer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
6 Oct	90.5	Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tzaneen, South Africa
8 Oct	83.0	Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia
8 Oct	79.0	[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. †	Bishop
11 Oct	69.3	Vicente Juan Segura †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
11 Oct	93.5	Jean Alix Verrier †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
12 Oct	83.4	Edward Ozorowski †	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
13 Oct	84.3	Donal Brendan Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland
18 Oct	78.9	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Oct	80.5	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
20 Oct	85.4	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
21 Oct	85.5	Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Alindao, Central African Republic
21 Oct	87.3	Giovanni Battista Morandini †	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Oct	92.7	Franz Kamphaus †	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
28 Oct	91.9	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
6 Nov	70.9	Pablo León Hakimian †	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
6 Nov	86.7	Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Nov	96.5	Louis Edward Gelineau †	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
9 Nov	91.2	Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
9 Nov	93.2	James Patrick Keleher †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
12 Nov	80.1	Bronisław Bernacki †	Bishop Emeritus of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
13 Nov	87.2	Teodoro Javier Buhain Jr. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
16 Nov	86.3	John Franklin Meldon Hine †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
20 Nov	84.6	José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
21 Nov	89.1	Richard John Sklba †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
25 Nov	72.4	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
27 Nov	95.4	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
2 Dec	87.5	Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón †	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
3 Dec	96.7	John Stephen Cummins †	Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
3 Dec	81.6	Frederick Bernard Henry †	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
8 Dec	82.1	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
16 Dec	89.0	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
17 Dec	86.6	Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
18 Dec	87.9	Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
21 Dec	79.5	Stephen Victor Chmilar †	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
23 Dec	89.2	Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia
27 Dec	69.5	Arnold Orowae †	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
30 Dec	85.3	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
30 Dec	81.7	Braulio Rafael León Villegas †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
31 Dec	86.5	Angelo Amato, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
31 Dec	82.2	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

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