Deceased Bishops in the year 2002

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (118)
2002.01.04	Bishop Matthias Lu Zhen-sheng (陸振聲) († 82) Auxiliary Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1982 – 2002.01.04)
2002.01.07	Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Faro (Portugal) (1977.04.04 – 1988.04.21)
2002.01.11	Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. († 88) Bishop emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (1981.10.21 – 1988.02.27)
2002.01.15	Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. († 94) Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy) (1978.02.15 – 1983.04.11) Bishop emeritus of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1983.04.11) Bishop emeritus of Arezzo (Italy) (1961.12.23 – 1983.04.11)
2002.01.21	Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. († 79) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Calama (Chile) (1982.03.05 – 1991.11.30) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile) (1991.11.30 – 1997.07.16)
2002.01.23	Bishop Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono († 84) Bishop emeritus of Surabaya (Indonesia) (1982.04.02 – 1994.03.26)
2002.01.24	Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira († 85) Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil) (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)
2002.01.24	Bishop Gabino Peral de la Torre, O.S.A. († 78) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Iquitos (Peru) (1967.06.12 – 1991.01.05)
2002.01.26	Archbishop Eduardo André Muaca († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola) (1975.12.19 – 1985.08.31)
2002.01.28	Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Indore (India) (1952.05.15 – 1971.06.26)
2002.01.28	Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite) († 78) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) (1995.01.05 – 2000.11.30)
2002.01.29	Bishop John Raymond McGann († 77) Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA) (1976.05.03 – 2000.01.04)
2002.02.02	Bishop Carlo Urru († 86) Bishop emeritus of Città di Castello (Italy) (1982.04.21 – 1991.02.07)
2002.02.05	Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral († 95) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil) (1962.04.14 – 1978.07.14)
2002.02.09	Bishop Michael Joseph Begley († 92) Bishop emeritus of Charlotte (USA) (1971.11.30 – 1984.05.29)
2002.02.11	Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Itabuna (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)
2002.02.12	Bishop Vincenzo Cirrincione († 75) Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy) (1986.01.08 – 2002.02.12)
2002.02.14	Bishop Elías Prado Tello († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ayacucho (Peru) (1972 – 1985.11.22)
2002.02.14	Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez († 77) Bishop emeritus of Neiva (Colombia) (1985.07.01 – 2001.01.19)
2002.02.16	Bishop Marius Paré († 98) Bishop emeritus of Chicoutimi (Canada) (1961.02.18 – 1979.04.05)
2002.02.17	Bishop Alexander Carter († 92) Bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (1958.11.22 – 1985.05.03)
2002.02.20	Bishop Hermínio Malzone Hugo († 86) Bishop emeritus of Governador Valadares (Brazil) (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
2002.02.21	Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania) (1963.03.01 – 1989.03.06)
2002.02.22	Bishop Fiorino Tagliaferri († 80) Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy) (1991.02.16 – 1997.06.30)
2002.02.26	Archbishop Alois Wagner († 77) Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” (1981.10.12 – 1999.07.08)
2002.02.28	Bishop Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. († 76) Bishop emeritus of Diamantino (Brazil) (1982.11.15 – 1998.08.26)
2002.03.04	Bishop Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. († 99) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Quibdó (Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1983.06.06)
2002.03.04	Bishop Siméon Oualli († 74) Bishop emeritus of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (1970.06.29 – 1984.07.02)
2002.03.05	Archbishop Leonard James Wall († 77) Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada) (1992.02.25 – 2000.06.07)
2002.03.06	Bishop Simon An Shi-en (安世恩) († 87) Bishop of Daming 大名 (China) (1989 – 2002.03.06)
2002.03.08	Bishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. († 79) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of San Jose de Antique (Philippines) (1962.04.12 – 1982.08.09)
2002.03.10	Bishop Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 51) Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal of the Greek-Melkites (Canada) (1998.07.10 – 2002.03.10)
2002.03.11	Cardinal Franjo Kuharić († 82) Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1983.02.02 – 2002.03.11) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia) (1970.06.16 – 1997.07.05)
2002.03.11	Bishop George Joseph Gottwald († 87) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA) (1961.06.23 – 1988.08.02)
2002.03.12	Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé († 64) Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (2001.07.22 [2002.01.05] – 2002.03.12) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1998.07.10 – 2002.03.12)
2002.03.16	Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino († 63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
2002.03.25	Bishop José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. († 50) Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2001.06.20 – 2002.03.25)
2002.03.25	Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak († 70) Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1996.03.25 – 2002.03.25)
2002.03.27	Bishop James Louis Schad († 84) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Camden (USA) (1966.10.18 – 1993.01.26)
2002.03.31	Bishop William Dunne, S.P.S. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Kitui (Kenya) (1963.11.16 – 1995.11.02)
2002.04.02	Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary († 81) Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA) (1974.10.16 – 1988.09.27)
2002.04.18	Bishop Pál Reizer († 59) Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 2002.04.18)
2002.04.21	Bishop José María Cases Deordal († 82) Bishop emeritus of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain) (1971.12.16 – 1996.02.22)
2002.04.21	Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady († 87) Bishop emeritus of Orlando (USA) (1974.11.11 – 1989.12.12)
2002.05.04	Bishop Pierre Wadih Tayah (Maronite Rite) († 74) Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México of the Maronites (Mexico) (1995.11.06 – 2002.05.04)
2002.05.08	Bishop Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. († 93) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) (1966.02.19 – 1970.08.22)
2002.05.08	Bishop Tiago Postma († 69) Bishop emeritus of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)
2002.05.10	Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Rondonópolis (Brazil) (1986.02.15 – 1997.11.19)
2002.05.16	Archbishop Ernesto Gallina († 78) Titular Archbishop of Trevi (1969.07.12 – 2002.05.16)
2002.05.19	Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond († 71) Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1984.07.02 – 2002.05.19)
2002.05.22	Cardinal Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) († 89) Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (1991.06.28 – 2002.05.22) Metropolitan emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1994.07.04)
2002.05.27	Bishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay (India) (1967.11.29 – 1976.07.10)
2002.05.31	Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Gizo (Solomon Islands) (1966.11.15 – 1995.02.03)
2002.06.01	Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙) († 79) Bishop emeritus of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1974.10.05 – 1997.06.04)
2002.06.01	Bishop James Patrick Mahoney († 76) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1972.07.25 – 1997.05.10)
2002.06.03	Archbishop Teodulfo Sabugai Domingo († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuguegarao (Philippines) (1974.09.21 – 1986.01.31)
2002.06.07	Bishop Antônio Soares Costa († 71) Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1993.10.27 – 2002.06.07)
2002.06.11	Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga († 89) Bishop emeritus of Bujumbura (Burundi) (1964.10.09 – 1988.11.14)
2002.06.12	Archbishop Bonifatius Haushiku, S.C.P. († 66) Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia) (1994.03.14 – 2002.06.12)
2002.06.20	Bishop Joseph Li Cong-zhe (李從哲) († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1985? – 2001)
2002.06.25	Bishop Henri Clément Victor Donze († 89) Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1970.02.12 – 1988.03.25)
2002.06.28	Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida († 74) Bishop emeritus of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)
2002.07.01	Bishop Jozef-Maria Heuschen († 86) Bishop emeritus of Hasselt (Belgium) (1967.06.13 – 1989.12.15)
2002.07.12	Bishop Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Santarém (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1985.11.27)
2002.07.16	Bishop Alan Charles Clark († 82) Bishop emeritus of East Anglia (England) (1976.04.26 – 1995.03.21)
2002.07.25	Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – 2002.07.25) Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1974.04.04 – 2002.07.25)
2002.07.27	Bishop José Joaquim Ribeiro († 84) Bishop emeritus of Díli (Timor-Leste) (1967.01.31 – 1977.10.22)
2002.07.29	Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho (Eritrean Rite) († 67) Bishop of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1995.12.21 – 2002.07.29)
2002.08.04	Bishop Felix Sanchez Zafra († 82) Bishop emeritus of Tagbilaran (Philippines) (1986.10.20 – 1992.04.21)
2002.08.08	Bishop James Kavanagh († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland) (1973.03.06 – 1990.12.31)
2002.08.13	Bishop Celso N. Guevarra († 79) Bishop emeritus of Balanga (Philippines) (1975.06.04 – 1998.04.08)
2002.08.14	Bishop John Etheridge, C.P. († 66) Bishop emeritus of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) (1980.04.24 – 1989.02.07)
2002.08.19	Bishop Otto Wüst († 76) Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland) ([1982.09.02] 1982.09.21 – 1993.10.26)
2002.08.24	Bishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Antsirabé (Madagascar) (1974.02.28 – 1989.06.19)
2002.08.31	Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Prado († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1990.02.08 – 2002.08.31)
2002.09.02	Bishop Manuel Palmeira da Rocha († 83) Bishop emeritus of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1980.03.14 – 1993.05.26)
2002.09.03	Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (1970.09.01 – 1994.11.11)
2002.09.07	Archbishop József Bánk († 91) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Vác (Hungary) (1978.03.02 – 1987.03.03)
2002.09.07	Bishop Hanna Kello (Chaldean Rite) († 80) Bishop emeritus of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1973.10.10 – 2001.12.03)
2002.09.08	Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. († 76) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1998.06.25 [1998.10.24] – 2002.09.08) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in commendum (1998.06.25 – 2002.09.08) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Bishops (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16)
2002.09.09	Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian (Armenian Rite) († 83) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of United States of America and Canada of the Armenians (USA) (1981.07.03 – 1993.09.18)
2002.09.15	Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. († 92) Bishop emeritus of Ahmedabad (India) (1974.07.01 – 1990.05.21)
2002.09.16	Venerable Cardinal François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận († 74) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – 2002.09.16) Bishop emeritus of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (1967.04.13 – 1975.04.24) President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1998.06.24 – 2002.09.16)
2002.09.19	Bishop José Gomes († 81) Bishop emeritus of Chapecó (Brazil) (1968.07.16 – 1998.10.28)
2002.09.19	Bishop Yohannes Woldegiorgis († 80) Vicar Apostolic of Meki (Ethiopia) (1991.12.21 – 2002.09.19)
2002.09.23	Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung (胡振中) († 77) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano (1988.06.28 – 2002.09.23) Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (1975.04.05 – 2002.09.23)
2002.09.23	Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Buéa (Cameroon) (1962.06.04 – 1973.01.29)
2002.09.30	Archbishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotabato (Philippines) (1980.03.14 – 1998.05.30)
2002.10.01	Bishop Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. († 83) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Darién (Panama) (1976.12.09 – 1981.11.13)
2002.10.04	Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino († 76) Bishop emeritus of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1972.11.07 – 2001.04.24)
2002.10.04	Bishop James Collins, C.SS.R. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil) (1989.10.04 – 1996.02.14)
2002.10.04	Bishop Jean Huard († 74) Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) (1977.07.02 – 2002.10.04)
2002.10.08	Bishop Philippe Boutros Chebaya (Maronite Rite) († 82) Bishop emeritus of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1990.06.09 – 1995.06.10)
2002.10.11	Archbishop Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1980.11.08 – 2000.03.29)
2002.10.16	Bishop Christopher Mwoleka († 75) Bishop emeritus of Rulenge (Tanzania) (1969.06.26 – 1996.11.08)
2002.10.22	Archbishop Octavio Nicolás Derisi († 95) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina) (1970.11.16 – 1984.05.24)
2002.10.24	Archbishop José Sebastián Laboa Gallego († 79) Titular Archbishop of Zaraï (1982.12.18 – 2002.10.24)
2002.10.25	Bishop Denzil Reginald D’Souza († 73) Bishop emeritus of Aizawl (India) (1996.01.11 – 2000.10.18)
2002.10.25	Bishop Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Taiohae (French Polynesia) (1966.06.21 – 1970.03.17)
2002.10.31	Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1968.04.20 – 1996.07.01)
2002.10.31	Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu († 85) Bishop emeritus of Owerri (Nigeria) (1970.06.25 – 1993.07.01)
2002.11.06	Bishop Leoncio Leviste Lat († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Manila (Philippines) (1985 – 1992.12.12)
2002.11.10	Archbishop André Wouking († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1998.11.27 – 2002.11.10)
2002.11.11	Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton († 84) Bishop emeritus of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1978.07.07 – 1994.02.02)
2002.11.12	Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド佐藤千敬), O.P. († 76) Bishop emeritus of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1976.01.24 – 1998.06.19)
2002.11.13	Bishop Bernardo Citterio († 94) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Milano (Italy) (1969.11.04 – 2000.12.30)
2002.11.13	Bishop Juan Antonio del Val Gallo († 86) Bishop emeritus of Santander (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1991.08.23)
2002.11.15	Archbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida (Brazil) (1982.09.18 – 1995.07.12)
2002.11.18	Bishop Robert Healy († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Perth (Australia) (1975.10.02 – 2000.10.25)
2002.11.21	Bishop Joseph Jin De-chen (靳德辰) († 83) Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China) (1981 – 2002.11.21)
2002.11.23	Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. († 64) Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia) (1994.03.14 – 2002.11.23)
2002.11.27	Bishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. († 87) Bishop emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1977.07.20 – 1991.02.20)
2002.11.30	Archbishop Eduardo Picher Peña († 82) Military Ordinary emeritus of Peru (Peru) (1986.07.21 – 1996.02.06)
2002.12.04	Bishop Adolfo Gerstner († 81) Bishop emeritus of Concordia (Argentina) (1977.01.24 – 1998.05.02)
2002.12.07	Bishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli († 80) Bishop emeritus of Formosa (Argentina) (1978.03.31 – 1998.01.14)
2002.12.16	Bishop Licínio Rangel († 66) Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney (Brazil) (2002.01.18 – 2002.12.16)
2002.12.20	Bishop James Richard Ham, M.M. († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1980.10.07 – 1990.10.30)
2002.12.24	Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wen-bin (張文彬) ▼ († 87) Prefect Apostolic of Tongzhou 同州 (China) (1981 – 2002.12.24▼)

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