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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
3 Jan	91.3	William Leo Higi †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
6 Jan	75.0	John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen †	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
6 Jan	76.4	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
7 Jan	79.3	Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
14 Jan	76.9	Ladislav Hučko †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
25 Jan	78.0	Tito Banchong Thopanhong †	Priest of Vientiane, Laos
29 Jan	84.8	[Richard Nelson Williamson] †	Bishop
2 Feb	94.0	Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe
4 Feb	83.8	Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA
10 Feb	90.5	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
12 Feb	87.2	Giuseppe Verucchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
13 Feb	95.9	Edgerton Roland Clarke †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
19 Feb	90.0	Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
19 Feb	90.0	William Walsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe, Ireland
22 Feb	88.3	Germán Trajano Pavón Puente †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambato, Ecuador
24 Feb	89.8	Gerardo Pierro †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
25 Feb	97.5	Kazimierz Romaniuk †	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
8 Mar	80.2	Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria
8 Mar	96.6	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
10 Mar	79.6	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco †	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
11 Mar	95.0	Francesco Cuccarese †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
18 Mar	79.1	Paul Cremona, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
19 Mar	94.7	Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
26 Mar	81.0	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal †	Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
26 Mar	100.8	Settimio Todisco †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
1 Apr	85.9	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda †	Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
3 Apr	94.7	Theodore Edgar McCarrick †
4 Apr	78.1	Peter Turang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kupang, Indonesia
6 Apr	92.8	Paschal Topno, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
10 Apr	95.6	René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)
11 Apr	88.0	Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
13 Apr	61.4	Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Apr	79.4	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Apr	60.5	Piotr Wojciech Turzyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
15 Apr	92.2	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino †	Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
15 Apr	86.3	Werner Thissen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
18 Apr	95.5	Patricio Infante Alfonso †	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
21 Apr	88.3	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
26 Apr	90.6	Michele Di Ruberto †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
27 Apr	85.2	Giuseppe Cavallotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
28 Apr	89.7	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland
28 Apr	96.5	Owen John Dolan †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
28 Apr	91.7	Stanley Girard Schlarman †	Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
30 Apr	84.8	Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
30 Apr	78.8	Zeno Hastenteufel †	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 May	89.4	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
2 May	79.2	Esteban Escudero Torres †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
4 May	83.0	Gerald Thomas Walsh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
9 May	91.5	John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
15 May	79.4	Andrej Bazil Mária Fogaš †	Bishop
19 May	72.6	Joseph Ponniah †	Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
23 May	88.2	John George Vlazny †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
24 May	86.7	Nestor Celestial Cariño †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
26 May	93.1	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
28 May	80.1	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
29 May	89.4	Roberto Gomes Guimarães †	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 May	66.7	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
30 May	100.0	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
1 Jun	62.6	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid †	Bishop of Colombia, Military
2 Jun	99.4	John Robert Gorman †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 Jun	79.0	José Luis Mollaghan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
8 Jun	86.1	Lawrence Eugene Brandt †	Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Jun	88.7	Antioco Piseddu †	Bishop Emeritus of Lanusei, Italy
18 Jun	49.3	Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko †	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq
23 Jun	93.4	Kamal Hanna Bathish †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27 Jun	97.9	Joseph Martin Sartoris †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
30 Jun	98.2	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1 Jul	94.6	Carl Frederick Mengeling †	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
8 Jul	93.3	Władysław Bobowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
13 Jul	83.0	Alberto Bottari de Castello †	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Jul	82.6	André Armand Vingt-Trois †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
19 Jul	82.2	Luigi Antonio Cantafora †	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
30 Jul	96.5	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
3 Aug	96.5	Fritz Lobinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
3 Aug	94.0	Giuseppe Malandrino †	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
4 Aug	81.6	Laurent Chu Văn Minh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
4 Aug	76.4	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
6 Aug	81.8	Peter John Elliott †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
8 Aug	99.5	Estanislao Esteban Karlic †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
12 Aug	83.6	Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria †	Bishop Emeritus of Sincelejo, Colombia
12 Aug	94.5	Joseph Willy Romélus †	Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti
13 Aug	93.6	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
13 Aug	93.0	Szilárd Keresztes †	Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
13 Aug	89.2	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
13 Aug	82.0	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
15 Aug	62.9	Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
17 Aug	98.5	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
18 Aug	97.9	Abraham Than †	Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
19 Aug	89.9	André Louis Fort †	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
20 Aug	79.3	Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Aug	86.9	Józef Kowalczyk †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
23 Aug	94.9	Teodoro de Faria †	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
27 Aug	80.8	Cesare Nosiglia †	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
28 Aug	78.6	Jan Szkodoń †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
29 Aug	93.0	Jayme Henrique Chemello †	Bishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
29 Aug	88.8	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo †	Bishop Emeritus of Nsukka, Nigeria
30 Aug	91.9	Bernard Joseph Harrington †	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
1 Sep	85.4	Alejandro Goić Karmelić †	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
2 Sep	92.6	Giuseppe Costanzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
6 Sep	82.0	John Raymond Gaydos †	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
6 Sep	92.2	Placidus Pei Ronggui (Pei Yonggui), O.C.S.O. †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Luoyang [Loyang], China
7 Sep	86.1	Adalbert Ndzana †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
11 Sep	83.0	Adriano Bernardini †	Apostolic Nuncio
11 Sep	91.8	Libardo Ramírez Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
12 Sep	91.0	Eusebius Joseph Beltran †	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
14 Sep	87.0	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
15 Sep	83.5	Patrick Percival Power †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
16 Sep	67.9	Novatus Rugambwa †	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Sep	94.7	Jacob Thoomkuzhy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Sep	79.5	Herbert Armstrong Bevard †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
22 Sep	87.9	Edwin Colaço †	Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
22 Sep	98.6	Gilberto Pereira Lopes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Sep	92.1	Ricardo Pido Tancinco †	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
25 Sep	94.3	Lucian Mureşan †	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
1 Oct	50.1	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
9 Oct	94.9	Victor Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D. †	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
13 Oct	90.4	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun †	Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria
15 Oct	88.8	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
17 Oct	91.6	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
20 Oct	86.0	Edoardo Menichelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
21 Oct	81.7	Warlito Itucas Cajandig †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
21 Oct	97.0	István Katona †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
22 Oct	72.1	Charles Martin Wamika †	Bishop of Jinja, Uganda
23 Oct	93.0	Bertrand Blanchet †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
24 Oct	90.9	Julius Babatunde Adelakun †	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
25 Oct	84.2	José Moreira de Melo †	Bishop Emeritus of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Oct	71.0	Francisco Moreno Barrón †	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
26 Oct	90.8	Faustin Ngabu †	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct	83.1	Barthélemy Adoukonou †	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
29 Oct	90.4	Julius Jia Zhiguo (Kia Zhi Cuo, Jia Shoushen) †	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
2 Nov	83.8	Alejo Zavala Castro †	Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
4 Nov	82.5	Dominik Jaroslav Václav Duka, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
6 Nov	93.7	Giulio Sanguineti †	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
9 Nov	88.6	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín †	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
9 Nov	88.2	Philip Sulumeti †	Bishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya
11 Nov	74.1	João Casimiro (Jan Kazimierz) Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
14 Nov	85.8	Diego Causero †	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Nov	89.4	Thomas McMahon †	Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
25 Nov	76.3	Bernardo Álvarez Afonso †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
26 Nov	88.6	Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke †	Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Nov	85.4	Francisco Gil Hellín †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
29 Nov	52.7	Simon Kulli †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
1 Dec	89.1	Osvaldo Giuntini †	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 Dec	77.4	Luigi Bonazzi †	Apostolic Nuncio
4 Dec	76.9	Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
5 Dec	90.7	Mario Busquets Jordá †	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
9 Dec	83.6	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer †	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
10 Dec	87.2	Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
13 Dec	65.0	José Salmorin Bantolo †	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
18 Dec	96.1	Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of Holguín, Cuba
26 Dec	95.9	Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina †	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
27 Dec	89.2	Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
30 Dec	95.5	Joseph Raoul Réal Corriveau, P.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras

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