 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (132) |
| 2003.01.08 |  Bishop Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana († 86)Bishop emeritus of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1984.08.06 – 1992.04.22) |
| 2003.01.08 |  Bishop Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez († 83)Bishop emeritus of Segovia (Spain) (1969.12.11 – 1995.05.12) |
| 2003.01.14 |  Bishop Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. († 99)Bishop emeritus of Coro (Venezuela) (1939.11.10 – 1980.05.20) |
| 2003.01.16 |  Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. (Slovak Rite) († 81)Bishop emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada) (1980.10.13 – 1996.11.11) |
| 2003.01.17 |  Bishop Edward Eugeniusz Samsel († 63) |
| 2003.01.18 |  Bishop Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin († 61) |
| 2003.01.25 | Archbishop Carlos Walter Galán Barry († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina) (1991.05.08 – 2000.06.12) |
| 2003.01.25 |  Archbishop Giuseppe Carata († 87)Archbishop emeritus of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.12.15) |
| 2003.01.25 |  Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. († 88)Bishop emeritus of Guiratinga (Brazil) (1981.10.03 – 1991.11.20) |
| 2003.01.31 | Bishop Narbal da Costa Stencel († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1987.10.30 – 2002.03.13) |
| 2003.02.02 | Archbishop Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1990.05.09 – 2003.02.02) |
| 2003.02.02 |  Bishop Philip James Benedict Harvey († 87)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Westminster (England) (1977.03.28 – 1990.07.03) |
| 2003.02.02 | Bishop Raúl Omar Rossi († 64) Bishop of San Martín (Argentina) (2000.02.22 – 2003.02.02) |
| 2003.02.04 |  Bishop Joseph Robert Crowley († 88)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA) (1971.06.16 – 1990.05.08) |
| 2003.02.05 | Bishop Décio Pereira († 62) Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (1997.05.21 – 2003.02.05) |
| 2003.02.08 | Bishop James Robert Hoffman († 70) |
| 2003.02.14 | Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1971.01.14 – 1995.07.05) |
| 2003.02.17 | Bishop Jacques Le Cordier († 98) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis (France) (1966.10.09 – 1978.04.01) |
| 2003.02.23 |  Bishop Jan Olszański, M.I.C. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 2002.05.04) |
| 2003.02.27 | Bishop Elizeu de Morais Pimentel († 50) Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (2001.12.19 – 2003.02.27) |
| 2003.03.02 | Bishop Antonio Arellano Durán († 75) Bishop emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1980.06.03 – 2002.12.27) |
| 2003.03.02 | Bishop Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. († 71) |
| 2003.03.02 |  Bishop Leonard Xu Ying-fa (Hsu Ying-fa) (徐英發), O.F.M. († 80)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan) (1990.10.06 – 2001.05.11) |
| 2003.03.06 |  Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 88)Archbishop emeritus of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (1970.10.15 – 1992.08.24) |
| 2003.03.07 |  Bishop Martin Wiesend († 92)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany) (1967.01.19 – 1985.08.31) |
| 2003.03.08 | Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch († 94) |
| 2003.03.08 | Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Campo Maior (Brazil) (1976.03.24 – 2000.02.02) |
| 2003.03.15 | Bishop Leonard James Crowley († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1971.02.08 – 1997.03.26) |
| 2003.03.16 |  Bishop Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal († 87)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba) (1960.03.31 – 1963.03.21) |
| 2003.03.17 | Archbishop Charles Alexander K. Salatka († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oklahoma City (USA) (1977.10.11 – 1992.11.24) |
| 2003.03.18 |  Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S. († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bhopal (India) (1963.09.13 – 1994.03.26) |
| 2003.03.18 |  Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim († 92)Titular Archbishop of Xanthus (1961.11.09 – 2003.03.18) |
| 2003.03.18 |  Bishop Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. († 90)Bishop emeritus of Manado (Indonesia) (1969.06.26 – 1990.02.08) |
| 2003.03.19 |  Bishop Joseph Chen Chu (陳除) ▼ († 81) |
| 2003.03.24 |  Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. († 83)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano (1988.06.28 – 2003.03.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria) (1986.07.15 – 1995.09.14) Ordinary emeritus of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) (1986.10.30 – 1995.09.14) |
| 2003.03.25 |  Bishop Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé († 75) |
| 2003.03.30 | Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen († 66) |
| 2003.04.04 | Bishop Luís Gonzaga Fernandes († 76) Bishop emeritus of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1981.07.09 – 2001.08.29) |
| 2003.04.06 | Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter († 91) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1979.06.30 – 2003.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada) (1978.04.27 – 1990.03.17) |
| 2003.04.06 | Bishop Emmanuel Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 70) Bishop of Mananthavady of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 2003.04.06) |
| 2003.04.08 |  Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa († 70)Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe) (1982.06.25 – 2003.04.08) |
| 2003.04.11 |  Bishop Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. († 80)Bishop emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1985.01.31 – 1998.06.13) |
| 2003.04.16 | Bishop John Richard Sheets, S.J. († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA) (1991.05.14 – 1997.09.23) |
| 2003.04.19 | Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani († 90) Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2003.04.19) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1965.06.24 – 1971.09.25) President emeritus of Fabric of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Vicar General for the Vatican City State emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01) |
| 2003.04.19 |  Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira († 88)Bishop emeritus of Rancagua (Chile) (1970.02.02 – 1986.05.30) |
| 2003.04.20 |  Archbishop Henri Lemaître († 81)Titular Archbishop of Tongeren (1969.05.30 – 2003.04.20) |
| 2003.04.24 | Bishop Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. († 75) |
| 2003.04.25 |  Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. († 88)Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (1976.04.10 – 1989.10.07) |
| 2003.04.25 |  Bishop Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales († 89)Bishop emeritus of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1967.02.17 – 1989.08.06) |
| 2003.04.25 |  Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai († 86)Bishop emeritus of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) (1972.12.18 – 1992.07.06) |
| 2003.04.25 | Bishop Otmar Mäder († 81) Bishop emeritus of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) ([1976.03.23] 1976.03.25 – 1994.09.24) |
| 2003.04.26 |  Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. († 103)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Chiquitos (Bolivia) (1949.05.12 – 1974.08.21) |
| 2003.05.03 |  Bishop Jozef Feranec († 93)Bishop emeritus of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1973.01.24] 1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14) |
| 2003.05.06 | Bishop Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. († 78) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (1965.07.20 – 1972.07.15) |
| 2003.05.08 | Bishop Carlo Aliprandi († 78) |
| 2003.05.09 | Archbishop Louis Ferrand († 97) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tours (France) (1956.10.28 – 1980.09.09) |
| 2003.05.10 | Archbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Camagüey (Cuba) (1998.12.05 – 2002.06.10) |
| 2003.05.18 | Bishop Teodoro Úbeda Gramage († 71) |
| 2003.05.20 |  Bishop Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. († 73)Bishop of Surat Thani (Thailand) (1988.06.21 – 2003.05.20) |
| 2003.05.21 |  Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhỏ († 66)Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (1997.04.21 – 2003.05.21) |
| 2003.05.22 | Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy († 82) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Tanjore (India) (1986.09.12 – 1997.06.28) |
| 2003.05.25 | Bishop George Edward Lynch († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Raleigh (USA) (1969.10.20 – 1985.04.16) |
| 2003.05.31 | Cardinal Francesco Colasuonno (高樂天) († 78) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio (1998.02.21 [1998.11.29] – 2003.05.31) |
| 2003.06.06 |  Archbishop Adalbert Boros († 94)Titular Archbishop of Ressiana (1990.03.14 – 2003.06.06) |
| 2003.06.09 | Archbishop Angelo Palmas († 88) Titular Archbishop of Vibiana (1964.06.17 – 2003.06.09) |
| 2003.06.09 | Bishop Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. († 73) |
| 2003.06.23 |  Bishop Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. († 85)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Calapan (Philippines) (1973.11.26 – 1988.09.26) |
| 2003.06.25 | Bishop Raymond Roy († 84) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Paul (Canada) (1972.05.03 – 1997.06.30) |
| 2003.07.02 |  Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. († 72)Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa) (1977.04.15 – 2003.07.02) |
| 2003.07.02 | Bishop Antonio Yapsutco Fortich († 89) Bishop emeritus of Bacolod (Philippines) (1967.01.13 – 1989.01.31) |
| 2003.07.03 | Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi († 89) Titular Archbishop of Binda (1961.10.05 – 2003.07.03) |
| 2003.07.06 | Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. († 74) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2001.02.21 [2001.05.24] – 2003.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1995.05.27 – 2003.07.06) |
| 2003.07.06 |  Bishop Ciril Kos († 83)Bishop emeritus of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia) (1974.02.06 – 1997.02.06) |
| 2003.07.07 |  Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid (Chaldean Rite) († 81)Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1989.05.21] 1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07) |
| 2003.07.07 | Bishop Roman Andrzejewski († 65) Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) (1981.11.12 – 2003.07.07) |
| 2003.07.11 | Archbishop John Robert Roach († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1975.05.28 – 1995.09.08) |
| 2003.07.14 | Archbishop Dino Trabalzini († 80) Archbishop emeritus of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1998.06.06) |
| 2003.07.17 |  Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa († 81)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lubango (Angola) (1986.09.12 – 1997.01.15) |
| 2003.07.21 | Bishop Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1979.07.18 – 1998.04.07) |
| 2003.07.22 |  Archbishop Elie Farah (Maronite Rite) († 93)Archbishop emeritus of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1954.04.16 – 1986.04.04) |
| 2003.07.23 | Bishop Isidore Borecky (Ukrainian Rite) († 91) Bishop emeritus of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1998.06.16) |
| 2003.07.27 | Bishop Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Los Teques (Venezuela) (1981.01.31 – 1995.12.02) |
| 2003.07.28 | Archbishop Franco Brambilla († 79) Titular Archbishop of Viminacium (1970.12.24 – 2003.07.28) |
| 2003.07.31 | Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa († 72) Bishop emeritus of Cuddapah (India) (1976.10.28 – 1998.01.24) |
| 2003.08.11 |  Bishop Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino († 76)Bishop emeritus of Caacupé (Paraguay) (1971.06.12 – 1994.11.01) |
| 2003.08.12 | Bishop Antonio Deig Clotet († 77) Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain) (1990.03.07 – 2001.07.28) |
| 2003.08.14 | Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. († 92) Bishop emeritus of Umtali (Zimbabwe) (1957.02.15 – 1981.11.05) |
| 2003.08.22 | Bishop Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. († 92) Bishop emeritus of Surigao (Philippines) (1955.03.23 – 1973.01.10) |
| 2003.08.27 | Mr. James Patrick Shannon († 82) Lay state (1969) |
| 2003.08.29 | Cardinal Corrado Ursi († 95) Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1967.06.29 – 2003.08.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy) (1966.05.23 – 1987.05.09) |
| 2003.09.02 |  Bishop Henry Joseph Kennedy († 88)Bishop emeritus of Armidale (Australia) (1971.12.06 – 1991.04.26) |
| 2003.09.04 | Bishop Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. († 97) Bishop emeritus of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1962.05.28 – 1982.10.25) |
| 2003.09.05 | Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish († 79) |
| 2003.09.06 |  Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga († 80)Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane (1973.03.05 – 2003.09.06) Military Ordinary emeritus of Kenya (Kenya) (1986.07.21 – 1997.08.29) |
| 2003.09.07 | Bishop Ivan Marghitych (Ruthenian Rite) († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 2002.11.12) |
| 2003.09.08 | Bishop João Risatti (Giovanni), P.I.M.E. († 60) |
| 2003.09.11 | Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald († 64) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA) (2002.01.11 – 2003.06.05) |
| 2003.09.14 | Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle († 90) Bishop emeritus of Nelson (Canada) (1958.11.09 – 1989.11.06) |
| 2003.09.14 | Bishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne († 75) Military Ordinary emeritus of Australia (Australia) (1986.07.21 – 2003.07.16) |
| 2003.09.16 | Bishop Adelmo Tacconi († 87) Bishop emeritus of Grosseto (Italy) (1979.03.23 – 1991.07.20) |
| 2003.09.17 |  Bishop Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. († 70) |
| 2003.09.17 |  Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong († 72) |
| 2003.09.19 | Bishop Mario Zanchin († 90) Bishop emeritus of Fidenza (Italy) (1962.09.30 – 1988.08.13) |
| 2003.09.20 | Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Marília (Brazil) (1975.04.23 – 1992.12.09) |
| 2003.09.21 | Bishop Giovanni Bianchi († 85) |
| 2003.09.24 |  Bishop Wilhelm Michel Ellis († 76)Bishop emeritus of Willemstad (Curaçao) (1973.08.07 – 2001.10.11) |
| 2003.10.08 | Archbishop Donat Chiasson († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Moncton (Canada) (1972.03.23 – 1995.09.21) |
| 2003.10.12 | Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy († 87) Bishop emeritus of Kumbakonam (India) (1955.05.05 – 1988.08.16) |
| 2003.10.13 |  Bishop Laurence Ryan († 72)Bishop emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland) (1987.12.10 – 2002.06.04) |
| 2003.10.14 | Bishop Luigi Bongianino († 83) Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy) (1975.06.06 – 1996.02.02) |
| 2003.10.15 |  Bishop Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. († 79)Bishop emeritus of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1991.08.28 – 2002.09.25) |
| 2003.10.16 | Archbishop Ignatius Jerome Strecker († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kansas City (USA) (1969.09.10 – 1993.06.28) |
| 2003.10.16 | Bishop Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. Subl. († 79) Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Subiaco (Italy) (1977.03.25 – 1995.06.03) |
| 2003.10.17 | Bishop Dennis Patrick O’Neil († 63) Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (2001.01.16 – 2003.10.17) |
| 2003.10.30 | Archbishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida (Venezuela) (1979.08.20 – 1991.10.30) |
| 2003.10.31 | Bishop Georges Biard, M. Afr. († 78) |
| 2003.11.08 | Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, Opus Dei († 83) Bishop emeritus of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19) |
| 2003.11.10 | Archbishop André Charles Collini († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) (1978.11.16 – 1996.12.03) |
| 2003.11.14 |  Bishop Izidor István Marosi († 87) |
| 2003.11.16 | Bishop Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 84) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) (1963.04.18 – 1987.09.29) |
| 2003.11.18 |  Bishop Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. († 81)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Mixes (Mexico) (1970.01.14 – 2000.12.16) |
| 2003.11.25 | Bishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz († 78) Bishop emeritus of Copiapó (Chile) (1976.12.11 – 2001.05.26) |
| 2003.11.29 | Bishop William Edward Power († 88) Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada) (1960.05.12 – 1986.12.12) |
| 2003.12.06 | Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. († 89) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1966.03.12 – 1978.11.03) |
| 2003.12.08 | Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru) (1980.09.26 – 1996.03.02) |
| 2003.12.11 |  Cardinal Paulos Tzadua (Ethiopic Rite) († 82)Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina (1985.05.25 – 2003.12.11) Metropolitan emeritus of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1977.02.24 – 1998.09.11) |
| 2003.12.12 | Bishop Joseph Anthony Ferrario († 77) |
| 2003.12.13 | Bishop Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta († 59) |
| 2003.12.28 | Bishop Henrique Froehlich, S.J. († 84) |
| 2003.12.28 |  Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz († 92)Bishop emeritus of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1951.04.11 – 1987.01.29) |
| 2003.12.29 | Archbishop Michael Aidan Courtney († 58) Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin (2000.08.18 – 2003.12.29) Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (2000.08.18 – 2003.12.29) |
| 2003.12.29 | Bishop Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Palembang (Indonesia) (1963.04.05 – 1997.05.20) |
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