| Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (135) |
| 2000.01.01 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1966.04.30 – 1992.12.23) |
| 2000.01.08 | Bishop emeritus of Troyes (France) (1967.02.21 – 1992.04.04) |
| 2000.01.10 | Bishop emeritus of Szeged–Csanád (Hungary) (1982.08.05 – 1987.06.05) |
| 2000.01.11 | Bishop emeritus of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1980.09.14 – 1993.07.24) |
| 2000.01.13 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Detroit (USA) (1973.02.08 – 1982.08.17) |
| 2000.01.16 | Bishop emeritus of Alghero–Bosa (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1993.02.18) |
| 2000.01.16 | |
| 2000.01.17 | Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1960.07.02 – 2000.01.17) |
| 2000.01.17 | Bishop emeritus of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1963.01.07 – 1989.03.15) |
| 2000.01.20 | Bishop emeritus of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.10.30 – 1979.10.10) |
| 2000.01.23 | Bishop emeritus of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.07.03 – 1983.05.07) |
| 2000.01.25 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Opole (Poland) (1970.06.06 – 1989.09.02) |
| 2000.01.27 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25) |
| 2000.01.28 | Bishop emeritus of Salamanca (Spain) (1964.07.07 – 1995.05.12) |
| 2000.01.28 | Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China) (1989 – 2000.01.28▼) |
| 2000.01.30 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Delhi (India) (1967.09.16 – 1990.11.19) |
| 2000.01.31 | Titular Archbishop of Volturno (1976.05.31 – 2000.01.31) |
| 2000.02.03 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.06.14 – 1997.03.03) |
| 2000.02.07 | Bishop emeritus of Franceville (Gabon) (1974.10.05 – 1996.11.08) |
| 2000.02.12 | Bishop emeritus of Umuahia (Nigeria) (1959.02.19 – 1990.04.02) |
| 2000.02.13 | Bishop emeritus of Valence (France) (1966.03.06 – 1977.12.01) |
| 2000.02.19 | Bishop emeritus of Helsinki (Finland) (1967.06.29 – 1998.09.18) |
| 2000.02.20 | Bishop emeritus of Lydenburg–Witbank (South Africa) (1964.09.13 – 1983.02.25) |
| 2000.02.24 | |
| 2000.03.01 | Bishop emeritus of Bogor (Indonesia) (1975.01.30 – 1993.07.17) |
| 2000.03.07 | Bishop emeritus of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1961.02.21 – 1976.12.09) |
| 2000.03.11 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1967.11.29 – 2000.03.11) |
| 2000.03.11 | Bishop emeritus of Passau (Germany) (1968.10.27 – 1984.10.15) |
| 2000.03.12 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1991.06.30 – 2000.03.12) Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12) |
| 2000.03.21 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Adelaide (Australia) (1971.05.01 – 1985.06.19) |
| 2000.03.22 | Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1991.07.06 – 1996.07.19) |
| 2000.03.22 | Bishop emeritus of Venafro (Italy) (1962.07.11 – 1983.04.07) Bishop emeritus of Isernia (Italy) (1962.07.11 – 1983.04.07) |
| 2000.03.23 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1988.06.28 – 2000.03.23) Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.16 – 1996.11.11) |
| 2000.03.26 | Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” (1978.11.06 – 1981) |
| 2000.03.26 | Bishop emeritus of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1961.04.09 – 1984.07.17) |
| 2000.04.03 | Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) (1985.12.20 – 1994.11.03) |
| 2000.04.05 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) (1970.11.16 – 2000.02.17) |
| 2000.04.06 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07) |
| 2000.04.09 | Bishop emeritus of Youngstown (USA) (1968.05.02 – 1995.12.05) |
| 2000.04.11 | Bishop emeritus of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines) (1981.01.20 – 1993.05.28) |
| 2000.04.12 | |
| 2000.04.12 | Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA) (1966.10.20 – 1993.11.12) |
| 2000.04.13 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1974.09.07 – 2000.04.13) |
| 2000.04.15 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada) (1967.07.13 – 1986.11.07) |
| 2000.04.15 | Bishop of Whitehorse (Canada) (1987.07.03 – 2000.04.15) |
| 2000.04.17 | Bishop emeritus of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) (1982.03.18 – 1995.11.02) |
| 2000.04.25 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1985.01.12 – 1994.06.21) |
| 2000.04.25 | |
| 2000.04.26 | |
| 2000.05.03 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1985.05.25 – 2000.05.03) Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1984.01.25 – 2000.05.03) |
| 2000.05.08 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia) (1988.01.18 – 1994.05.21) |
| 2000.05.09 | Resigned episcopacy (1979) |
| 2000.05.12 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Warszawa (Poland) (1969.02.19 – 1992.02.01) |
| 2000.05.19 | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary) (1988.12.23 – 2000.05.19) |
| 2000.05.19 | Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina) (1997.03.29 – 2000.05.19) |
| 2000.05.23 | Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal) (1965.02.13 – 1988.09.14) |
| 2000.05.24 | |
| 2000.05.24 | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1992.08.28 – 2000.05.24) |
| 2000.05.24 | |
| 2000.05.26 | Bishop emeritus of Joaçaba (Brazil) (1975.06.27 – 1999.03.17) |
| 2000.05.28 | Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella (1988.06.28 – 2000.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1989.03.10 – 1996.05.04) |
| 2000.06.03 | Bishop emeritus of Quy Nhon (Vietnam) (1974.07.01 – 1999.06.03) |
| 2000.06.04 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis (1965.02.25 – 2000.06.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1960.04.08 – 1995.06.10) |
| 2000.06.10 | |
| 2000.06.10 | Bishop emeritus of Iquique (Chile) (1966.11.21 – 1984.07.09) |
| 2000.06.16 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) (1984.08.01 – 1994.07.01) |
| 2000.06.18 | Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 2000.06.18) |
| 2000.06.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India) (1990.11.19 – 2000.06.20) |
| 2000.06.23 | Bishop emeritus of Avellaneda (Argentina) (1962.09.25 – 1967.12.02) |
| 2000.06.26 | Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1977.05.24 – 2000.06.26) |
| 2000.06.28 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka (Croatia) (2000.05.25 – 2000.06.28) |
| 2000.07.07 | Bishop emeritus of Agrigento (Italy) (1963.10.14 – 1980.05.02) |
| 2000.07.10 | Bishop emeritus of Mbarara (Uganda) (1956.12.11 – 1968.11.25) |
| 2000.07.10 | |
| 2000.07.15 | |
| 2000.07.18 | Bishop emeritus of San Francisco (Argentina) (1965.09.08 – 1988.12.02) |
| 2000.07.23 | Archbishop-Bishop of Fulda (Germany) (1983.06.01 – 2000.07.23) Archbishop Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany) (1990.11.30 – 2000.07.23) |
| 2000.07.23 | Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1973.01.25 – 1994.05.18) |
| 2000.07.23 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany) (1972.01.03 – 1993.07.13) |
| 2000.07.31 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (1994.04.23 – 2000.07.31) |
| 2000.08.02 | Bishop emeritus of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26) |
| 2000.08.03 | Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Roseau (Dominica) (1946.06.13 – 1954.10.30) |
| 2000.08.04 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Panamá (Panama) (1969.02.05 – 1994.04.18) |
| 2000.08.04 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1963.11.25 – 1988.11.08) |
| 2000.08.04 | Bishop emeritus of Resistencia (Argentina) (1957.06.12 – 1984.02.28) |
| 2000.08.06 | |
| 2000.08.13 | Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Lamego (Portugal) (1972.07.01 – 1995.01.05) |
| 2000.08.13 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1967 – 1974.08.18) |
| 2000.08.23 | Abbot Ordinary emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy) (1955.11.07 – 1964.02.14) Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (1971 – 1973) |
| 2000.08.26 | Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt) (1978.04.29 – 2000.08.26) |
| 2000.08.27 | Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA) (1969.10.06 – 1978.11.22) |
| 2000.08.31 | Bishop emeritus of Salt Lake City (USA) (1960.03.31 – 1980.04.22) |
| 2000.09.04 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (1994.11.26 – 2000.09.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru) (1989.12.30 – 1999.01.09) |
| 2000.09.04 | Bishop emeritus of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1981.02.25 – 1998.10.19) |
| 2000.09.12 | Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Lábrea (Brazil) (1971.06.07 – 1994.01.12) |
| 2000.09.16 | Bishop emeritus of Bhagalpur (India) (1965.01.11 – 1987.11.30) |
| 2000.09.22 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1994.11.26 – 2000.09.22) Bishop emeritus of Vasto (Italy) (1982.08.24 – 1984.07.15) President emeritus of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia (1990.12.29 – 1997) |
| 2000.09.25 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1993.12.15 – 2000.03.31) |
| 2000.09.26 | Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (1969.04.30 – 2000.09.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1964.09.04 – 1985.10.15) |
| 2000.09.28 | Bishop emeritus of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain) (1964.02.07 – 1980.07.25) |
| 2000.09.29 | |
| 2000.10.01 | Titular Archbishop of Tigimma (1969.11.22 – 2000.10.01) Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1995.11.15 – 2000.10.01) |
| 2000.10.04 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1990.11.26 – 2000.10.04) |
| 2000.10.04 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.03.03 – 2000.10.04) |
| 2000.10.04 | Bishop of Andong 안동 (South Korea) (1990.10.06 – 2000.10.04) |
| 2000.10.06 | Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1973.12.17) |
| 2000.10.09 | Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of United States of America (USA) (1986.07.21 – 1991.05.14) |
| 2000.10.10 | Bishop emeritus of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1969.12.09 – 1997.04.10) |
| 2000.10.11 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo della Carità pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 2000.10.11) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1980.06.27 – 1988.07.01) |
| 2000.10.13 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12) |
| 2000.10.13 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez (Ecuador) (1981.01.24 – 1993.07.01) |
| 2000.10.13 | Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez (Bolivia) (1972.12.18 – 2000.10.13) |
| 2000.10.24 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Omaha (USA) (1969.06.11 – 1993.05.04) |
| 2000.10.27 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1993 – 2000.10.27▼) |
| 2000.11.01 | Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) (1959.04.17 – 1996.12.16) |
| 2000.11.01 | Bishop emeritus of Nola (Italy) (1990.06.23 – 1999.03.25) Adjunct Secretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts (1999.03.25 – 2000.11.01) |
| 2000.11.02 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1987 – 2000.11.02▼) |
| 2000.11.08 | Bishop emeritus of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain) (1981.04.16 – 1991.09.11) |
| 2000.11.11 | |
| 2000.11.12 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Atlanta (USA) (1988.03.14 – 1990.07.10) |
| 2000.11.15 | Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1994.03.30 – 2000.11.15) |
| 2000.11.20 | Bishop emeritus of Fulda (Germany) (1974.12.18 – 1982.07.01) |
| 2000.11.22 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) (1958.05.27 – 1992.08.24) |
| 2000.11.25 | Bishop emeritus of Borongan (Philippines) (1968.02.26 – 1976.09.18) |
| 2000.11.30 | Bishop emeritus of Matelica (Italy) (1960.05.17 – 1978.05.31) Bishop emeritus of Fabriano (Italy) (1960.05.17 – 1978.05.31) |
| 2000.12.05 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1982.01.15 – 1999.09.01) |
| 2000.12.07 | |
| 2000.12.08 | Bishop emeritus of Chiang Mai (Thailand) (1975.04.28 – 1986.10.17) |
| 2000.12.10 | Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2000.01.04 – 2000.12.10) |
| 2000.12.13 | |
| 2000.12.14 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2000.12.14) Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14) |
| 2000.12.21 | Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic) (1964.02.10 – 2000.12.21) |
| 2000.12.21 | Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1987.08.17 – 2000.12.21) |
| 2000.12.25 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1976.05.03 – 1995.06.11) |
| 2000.12.30 | Bishop emeritus of Cairns (Australia) (1967.09.14 – 1985.08.05) |
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