Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2005

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (123)
2005.01.02
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Guirao († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1981.01.20 – 1994.11.23)

2005.01.02
JapanBishop Francis Keiichi Sato (フランシスコ 佐藤敬一), O.F.M. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) (1985.03.09 – 2004.04.29)

2005.01.03
ItalyBishop Alberto Giglioli († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2000.03.25)

2005.01.03
CanadaBishop Marc Leclerc († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Québec (Canada) (1982.07.17 – 1998.06.30)

2005.01.04
ChinaBishop Thaddeus Guo Yin-gong (郭印宮) († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Datong 大同 (China) (1990 – 2000?)

2005.01.08
IraqArchbishop Yacoub Denha Scher (Chaldean Rite) († 70)

Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2001.01.12 – 2005.01.08)

2005.01.10
BelgiumCardinal Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. († 76)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (1994.11.26 – 2005.01.10)

President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989.04.14 – 2005.01.10)

2005.01.16
TurkiyeArchbishop Paul Karatas (Chaldean Rite) († 70)

Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1977.03.07 – 2005.01.16)

2005.01.18
PeruBishop Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.J. († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Huaraz (Peru) (1969.03.13 – 1970.05.31)

2005.01.19
Puerto RicoBishop Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (2000.11.10 – 2003.06.11)

2005.01.24
ChinaBishop John Gao Ke-xian (高可賢) († 77)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1993 – 2005.01.24)

2005.01.29
LuxembourgArchbishop Jean Hengen († 92)

Archbishop emeritus of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1988.04.23 – 1990.12.21)

2005.01.29
GermanyBishop Karl Heinz Jacoby († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany) (1968.05.03 – 1993.10.25)

2005.02.02
FranceBishop Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Autun (France) (1966.03.22 – 1987.07.31)

2005.02.03
ItalyCardinal Corrado Bafile († 101)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1987.06.22 – 2005.02.03)

Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1976.05.25 – 1980.06.27)

2005.02.03
South AfricaBishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. († 91)

Bishop emeritus of De Aar (South Africa) (1967.04.13 – 1987.11.18)

2005.02.04
ItalyArchbishop Benito Gennaro Franceschetti († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy) (1997.06.18 – 2005.02.04)

2005.02.08
BrazilBishop Jackson Berenguer Prado († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (1971.10.08 – 1983.08.17)

2005.02.13
IndiaArchbishop Saminini Arulappa († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India) (1971.12.06 – 2000.01.29)

2005.02.16
ItalyBishop Aldo Del Monte († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Novara (Italy) (1972.01.15 – 1990.12.19)

2005.02.19
MexicoBishop Efrén Ramos Salazar († 65)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (1990.10.30 – 2005.02.19)

2005.02.26
ChinaArchbishop Joseph Zhu Hua-yu (朱化宇) († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Anqing 安慶 (China) (2001 – 2005.02.26)

2005.03.02
ArgentinaBishop Eugenio Santiago Peyrou, S.D.B. († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (1964.06.24 – 1974.02.19)

2005.03.03
ChinaBishop Shi Hong-chen (石洪臣), C.M. († 77)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1992 – 2005.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2005.03.03)

2005.03.07
UruguayArchbishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1985.06.05 – 1998.12.04)

2005.03.08
Costa RicaArchbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San José (Costa Rica) (1979.07.02 – 2002.07.13)

2005.03.08
BrazilBishop José Alves de Sà Trindade († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1956.05.27 – 1988.06.01)

2005.03.08
MalawiBishop Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. († 67)

Bishop of Mangochi (Malawi) (2004.11.20 – 2005.03.08)

2005.03.12
USABishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Grand Rapids (USA) (1969.10.15 – 1989.06.24)

2005.03.14
ItalyBishop Abele Conigli († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.12.31)

2005.03.14
SwitzerlandBishop Giuseppe Torti († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Lugano (Switzerland) (1995.06.09 – 2003.12.18)

2005.03.19
PolandBishop Bohdan Bejze († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland) (1963.06.25 – 2005.03.19)

2005.03.21
SloveniaBishop Vekoslav Grmic († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia) (1968.02.27 – 1980.11.06)

2005.03.29
USABishop Edward Dennis Head († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Buffalo (USA) (1973.01.23 – 1995.04.18)

2005.04.01
IndonesiaBishop Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia) (1974.05.14 – 1988.05.05)

2005.04.02
PolandSaint Pope John Paul II († 84)

Supreme Pontiff (1978.10.16 [1978.10.22] – 2005.04.02)

2005.04.09
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Salgado y Garrucho († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Romblon (Philippines) (1988.05.30 – 1997.01.30)

2005.04.13
MalawiBishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Mangochi (Malawi) (1973.09.17 – 2004.11.20)

2005.04.15
North MacedoniaBishop Joakim Herbut († 77)

Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia of the Macedonians (North Macedonia) (2001.01.11 – 2005.04.15)

Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia) (1969.10.02 – 2005.04.15)

2005.04.20
ChinaBishop Joseph Liu Yuan-ren (劉元仁) († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1993 – 2005.04.20)

2005.04.22
GermanyBishop Josef Plöger († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Köln (Germany) (1975.05.09 – 1991.04.15)

2005.04.25
ItalyBishop Sennen Corrà († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1989.07.19 – 2000.09.16)

2005.04.26
LibyaBishop Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. († 94)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Benghazi (Libya) (1965.01.11 – 1997.03.10)

2005.04.30
ItalyArchbishop Ferdinando Palatucci († 90)

Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.07.28)

2005.05.04
LebanonArchbishop Youhanna Fouad El-Hage (Maronite Rite) († 66)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1997.06.07 – 2005.05.04)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1999 – 2005.05.04)

2005.05.10
HondurasArchbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1962.05.18 – 1993.01.08)

2005.05.10
MexicoBishop Manuel Talamás Camandari († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1957.05.21 – 1992.07.11)

2005.05.13
GuatemalaArchbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1983.12.01 – 2001.06.19)

2005.05.16
PhilippinesBishop Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines) (2004.04.15 – 2005.05.16)

2005.05.23
ScotlandFr. Roderick Wright († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) (1990.12.11 – 1996.09.19)

Resigned episcopacy (1996.09.19 – 2005.05.23)

2005.05.24
PolandArchbishop Marian Oles († 70)

Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria (1987.11.28 – 2005.05.24)

2005.05.25
ChinaArchbishop John Baptist Wang Xi-xian (王希賢) († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1997 – 2005.05.25)

2005.05.26
NigeriaArchbishop Brian David Usanga († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calabar (Nigeria) (1994.03.26 – 2003.12.17)

2005.05.29
ItalyBishop Marco Caliaro, C.S. († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.01.09)

2005.06.01
IndiaBishop Thomas Kozhimala († 65)

Bishop of Bhagalpur (India) (1996.06.14 – 2005.06.01)

2005.06.02
ItalyArchbishop Andrea Pangrazio († 95)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1967.02.02 – 1984.12.07)

2005.06.05
ItalyArchbishop Guglielmo Motolese († 94)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy) (1962.01.16 – 1987.10.10)

2005.06.07
USAArchbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Miami (USA) (1977.07.26 – 1994.11.03)

2005.06.10
IsraelArchbishop Joseph-Marie Raya (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 88)

Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (1968.09.09 – 1974.08.21)

2005.06.10
ColombiaBishop José Mario Escobar Serna († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Palmira (Colombia) (1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13)

2005.06.14
USABishop James John Hogan († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) (1966.05.23 – 1986.10.17)

2005.06.15
South AfricaBishop Paul Themba Mngoma († 63)

Bishop emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1981.02.12 – 2005.02.07)

2005.06.21
PhilippinesCardinal Jaime Lachica Sin († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti (1976.05.24 – 2005.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manila (Philippines) (1974.01.21 – 2003.09.15)

2005.06.22
MaliBishop Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of San (Mali) (1964.09.29 – 1987.11.18)

2005.06.23
PalestineBishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. Oliv. († 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2003.08.14 – 2005.06.23)

2005.06.24
Trinidad and TobagoBishop John Mendes († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1988.10.25 – 2002.01.16)

2005.06.26
South AfricaBishop Mansuet Dela Biyase († 71)

Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa) (1975.02.28 – 2005.06.26)

2005.06.26
TanzaniaBishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania) (1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30)

2005.06.26
MexicoBishop Manuel Samaniego Barriga († 74)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (1979.02.05 – 2005.06.26)

2005.07.06
VietnamBishop Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Vinh (Vietnam) (1979.01.10 – 2000.12.11)

2005.07.09
ArgentinaBishop Mario José Serra († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.05.28 – 2002.02.08)

2005.07.12
USABishop Joseph Patrick Delaney († 70)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (1981.07.10 – 2005.07.12)

2005.07.14
VenezuelaBishop José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Maracay (Venezuela) (1987.06.24 – 2003.02.05)

2005.07.14
KenyaBishop Luigi Locati († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo (Kenya) (1995.12.15 – 2005.07.14)

2005.07.15
ArgentinaBishop Abelardo Francisco Silva († 80)

Bishop emeritus of San Miguel (Argentina) (1994.11.12 – 2000.03.17)

2005.07.24
ChinaBishop Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian (張鳴謙), O.F.M. († 87)

Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China) (1959 – 2005.07.24)

2005.08.03
MalaysiaArchbishop Dominic Vendargon († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (1972.12.18 – 1983.07.02)

2005.08.04
Papua New GuineaBishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Mendi (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1995.02.03)

2005.08.05
FranceBishop Jean Louis Joseph Dardel († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Clermont (France) (1974.01.18 – 1995.11.27)

2005.08.05
ChinaBishop Peter Zhang Shi-zhi (張實之) († 87)

Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China) (1986 – 2005.08.05)

2005.08.06
MadagascarBishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. († 77)

Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar) (1976.10.28 – 2005.08.06)

2005.08.14
IndiaBishop Sylvester Monteiro († 71)

Bishop of Aurangabad (India) (1999.02.09 – 2005.08.14)

2005.08.15
ChinaBishop Thomas Zhao Feng-wu (趙鳳梧), S.V.D. († 85)

Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China) (1993 – 2005.08.15)

2005.08.25
ChinaBishop James Xie Shi-guang (謝仕光) († 88)

Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China) (1984 – 2005.08.25)

2005.09.07
MexicoBishop José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez († 63)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (2004.06.19 – 2005.09.07)

2005.09.13
TogoBishop Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi († 71)

Bishop of Aného (Togo) (1996.02.23 – 2005.09.13)

2005.09.29
BoliviaArchbishop Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1981.11.21 – 1987.09.19)

2005.10.01
Congo-KinshasaBishop Matthieu Kanyama († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.12.16 – 1995.11.02)

2005.10.06
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Cunial († 99)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera (1975.12.23 – 2004.10.23)

2005.10.07
PortugalBishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) (1984.05.13 – 1993.02.02)

2005.10.09
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.03.13 – 2005.10.09)

2005.10.11
USABishop Aloysius John Wycislo († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA) (1968.03.08 – 1983.05.10)

2005.10.12
ChinaBishop Peter Zhang Bo-ren (張伯仁) († 90)

Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China) (1984 – 2005.10.12)

2005.10.15
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) († 90)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1990.11.26 – 2005.10.15)

Grand Master emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1988.12.14 – 1995.12.21)

2005.10.18
MadagascarBishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Morondava (Madagascar) (1964.09.29 – 1998.08.08)

2005.10.25
ItalyBishop Francesco Tommasiello († 71)

Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (1989.07.15 – 2005.10.25)

2005.10.31
MexicoBishop Antonio Sahagún López († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Linares (Mexico) (1966.07.18 – 1973.10.31)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1973.10.31 – 1992.04.15)

2005.11.06
SpainBishop José Antonio Infantes Florido († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Córdoba (Spain) (1978.05.25 – 1996.03.15)

2005.11.09
ScotlandBishop Stephen McGill, P.S.S. († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Paisley (Scotland) (1968.07.25 – 1988.03.08)

2005.11.13
PeruBishop Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E. († 91)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru) (1956.11.11 – 1989.10.23)

2005.11.14
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila († 76)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14)

2005.11.16
USABishop Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1977.05.24 – 2001.10.30)

2005.11.17
ItalyArchbishop Gennaro Verolino († 99)

President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (1969 – 1986)

2005.11.18
MalawiBishop Matthias A. Chimole († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (1979.12.20 – 1994.11.11)

2005.11.19
BurundiBishop Bernard Bududira († 71)

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi) (1973.09.17 – 2005.11.19)

2005.11.20
MexicoBishop Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez († 66)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico) (2000.02.18 – 2005.11.20)

2005.11.22
BrazilBishop Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil) (1967.03.29 – 2004.01.21)

2005.11.24
FranceBishop Jean-Claude Hertzog († 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France) (2002.10.24 – 2005.11.24)

2005.11.25
IrelandBishop James McLoughlin († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) (1993.02.10 – 2005.05.23)

2005.12.01
ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo D’Addario († 63)

Archbishop-Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (2002.08.24 – 2005.12.01)

2005.12.03
FranceBishop Lucien-Emile Bardonne († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Châlons (France) (1973.09.16 – 1998.09.01)

2005.12.03
ChinaBishop Matthew Pan De-shi (潘德世) († 81)

Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1991 – 2005.12.03)

2005.12.05
ItalyBishop Salvatore Di Salvo († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Nicosia (Italy) (1976.12.20 – 1984.04.09)

2005.12.06
EgyptBishop Andraos Salama (Coptic Rite) († 74)

Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt) (2003.03.21 – 2005.12.06)

2005.12.08
GermanyCardinal Leo Scheffczyk († 85)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – 2005.12.08)

2005.12.09
CroatiaArchbishop Josip Pavlišić († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) (1974.04.18 – 1990.01.05)

2005.12.12
AustraliaArchbishop Joseph Eric D’Arcy († 81)

Archbishop emeritus of Hobart (Australia) (1988.10.24 – 1999.06.26)

2005.12.12
New ZealandBishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. († 53)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand) (1988.01.30 – 2005.12.12)

2005.12.18
ArgentinaArchbishop Rómulo García († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1991.05.31 – 2002.06.15)

2005.12.19
IndiaArchbishop Leobard D’Souza († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagpur (India) (1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17)

2005.12.19
BrazilBishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita († 82)

Bishop emeritus of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1983.12.16 – 1996.06.26)

2005.12.23
IrelandBishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Kilmore (Ireland) (1972.10.11 – 1998.10.16)

2005.12.29
SloveniaBishop Jožef Kvas († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1983.05.13 – 1999.11.13)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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