| Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (123) |
| 2005.01.02 | Bishop emeritus of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1981.01.20 – 1994.11.23) |
| 2005.01.02 | Bishop emeritus of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) (1985.03.09 – 2004.04.29) |
| 2005.01.03 | Bishop emeritus of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2000.03.25) |
| 2005.01.03 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Québec (Canada) (1982.07.17 – 1998.06.30) |
| 2005.01.04 | |
| 2005.01.08 | Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2001.01.12 – 2005.01.08) |
| 2005.01.10 | 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 | Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1977.03.07 – 2005.01.16) |
| 2005.01.18 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Huaraz (Peru) (1969.03.13 – 1970.05.31) |
| 2005.01.19 | Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (2000.11.10 – 2003.06.11) |
| 2005.01.24 | Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1993 – 2005.01.24) |
| 2005.01.29 | Archbishop emeritus of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1988.04.23 – 1990.12.21) |
| 2005.01.29 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany) (1968.05.03 – 1993.10.25) |
| 2005.02.02 | |
| 2005.02.03 | 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 | Bishop emeritus of De Aar (South Africa) (1967.04.13 – 1987.11.18) |
| 2005.02.04 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy) (1997.06.18 – 2005.02.04) |
| 2005.02.08 | Bishop emeritus of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (1971.10.08 – 1983.08.17) |
| 2005.02.13 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India) (1971.12.06 – 2000.01.29) |
| 2005.02.16 | |
| 2005.02.19 | Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (1990.10.30 – 2005.02.19) |
| 2005.02.26 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Anqing 安慶 (China) (2001 – 2005.02.26) |
| 2005.03.02 | Bishop emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (1964.06.24 – 1974.02.19) |
| 2005.03.03 | Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1992 – 2005.03.03▼) Auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2005.03.03) |
| 2005.03.07 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1985.06.05 – 1998.12.04) |
| 2005.03.08 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San José (Costa Rica) (1979.07.02 – 2002.07.13) |
| 2005.03.08 | Bishop emeritus of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1956.05.27 – 1988.06.01) |
| 2005.03.08 | |
| 2005.03.12 | Bishop emeritus of Grand Rapids (USA) (1969.10.15 – 1989.06.24) |
| 2005.03.14 | Bishop emeritus of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.12.31) |
| 2005.03.14 | Bishop emeritus of Lugano (Switzerland) (1995.06.09 – 2003.12.18) |
| 2005.03.19 | |
| 2005.03.21 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia) (1968.02.27 – 1980.11.06) |
| 2005.03.29 | |
| 2005.04.01 | Bishop emeritus of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia) (1974.05.14 – 1988.05.05) |
| 2005.04.02 | Supreme Pontiff (1978.10.16 [1978.10.22] – 2005.04.02) |
| 2005.04.09 | Bishop emeritus of Romblon (Philippines) (1988.05.30 – 1997.01.30) |
| 2005.04.13 | Bishop emeritus of Mangochi (Malawi) (1973.09.17 – 2004.11.20) |
| 2005.04.15 | 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 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1993 – 2005.04.20▼) |
| 2005.04.22 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Köln (Germany) (1975.05.09 – 1991.04.15) |
| 2005.04.25 | Bishop emeritus of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1989.07.19 – 2000.09.16) |
| 2005.04.26 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Benghazi (Libya) (1965.01.11 – 1997.03.10) |
| 2005.04.30 | Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.07.28) |
| 2005.05.04 | Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1997.06.07 – 2005.05.04) President of Caritas Internationalis (1999 – 2005.05.04) |
| 2005.05.10 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1962.05.18 – 1993.01.08) |
| 2005.05.10 | Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1957.05.21 – 1992.07.11) |
| 2005.05.13 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1983.12.01 – 2001.06.19) |
| 2005.05.16 | Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc–Lagawe (Philippines) (2004.04.15 – 2005.05.16) |
| 2005.05.23 | 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 | Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria (1987.11.28 – 2005.05.24) |
| 2005.05.25 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1997 – 2005.05.25) |
| 2005.05.26 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calabar (Nigeria) (1994.03.26 – 2003.12.17) |
| 2005.05.29 | Bishop emeritus of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.01.09) |
| 2005.06.01 | |
| 2005.06.02 | Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1967.02.02 – 1984.12.07) |
| 2005.06.05 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy) (1962.01.16 – 1987.10.10) |
| 2005.06.07 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Miami (USA) (1977.07.26 – 1994.11.03) |
| 2005.06.10 | Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (1968.09.09 – 1974.08.21) |
| 2005.06.10 | Bishop emeritus of Palmira (Colombia) (1983.08.20 – 2000.10.13) |
| 2005.06.14 | Bishop emeritus of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) (1966.05.23 – 1986.10.17) |
| 2005.06.15 | Bishop emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1981.02.12 – 2005.02.07) |
| 2005.06.21 | 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 | |
| 2005.06.23 | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2003.08.14 – 2005.06.23) |
| 2005.06.24 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1988.10.25 – 2002.01.16) |
| 2005.06.26 | Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa) (1975.02.28 – 2005.06.26) |
| 2005.06.26 | Bishop emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania) (1980.03.28 – 1996.11.30) |
| 2005.06.26 | Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (1979.02.05 – 2005.06.26) |
| 2005.07.06 | |
| 2005.07.09 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.05.28 – 2002.02.08) |
| 2005.07.12 | Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (1981.07.10 – 2005.07.12) |
| 2005.07.14 | Bishop emeritus of Maracay (Venezuela) (1987.06.24 – 2003.02.05) |
| 2005.07.14 | |
| 2005.07.15 | Bishop emeritus of San Miguel (Argentina) (1994.11.12 – 2000.03.17) |
| 2005.07.24 | Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China) (1959 – 2005.07.24▼) |
| 2005.08.03 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (1972.12.18 – 1983.07.02) |
| 2005.08.04 | Bishop emeritus of Mendi (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1995.02.03) |
| 2005.08.05 | Bishop emeritus of Clermont (France) (1974.01.18 – 1995.11.27) |
| 2005.08.05 | |
| 2005.08.06 | Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar) (1976.10.28 – 2005.08.06) |
| 2005.08.14 | Bishop of Aurangabad (India) (1999.02.09 – 2005.08.14) |
| 2005.08.15 | Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China) (1993 – 2005.08.15) |
| 2005.08.25 | |
| 2005.09.07 | Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (2004.06.19 – 2005.09.07) |
| 2005.09.13 | |
| 2005.09.29 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1981.11.21 – 1987.09.19) |
| 2005.10.01 | Bishop emeritus of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.12.16 – 1995.11.02) |
| 2005.10.06 | Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera (1975.12.23 – 2004.10.23) |
| 2005.10.07 | Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) (1984.05.13 – 1993.02.02) |
| 2005.10.09 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.03.13 – 2005.10.09) |
| 2005.10.11 | Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA) (1968.03.08 – 1983.05.10) |
| 2005.10.12 | Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China) (1984 – 2005.10.12) |
| 2005.10.15 | 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 | Bishop emeritus of Morondava (Madagascar) (1964.09.29 – 1998.08.08) |
| 2005.10.25 | Bishop of Teano–Calvi (Italy) (1989.07.15 – 2005.10.25) |
| 2005.10.31 | 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 | Bishop emeritus of Córdoba (Spain) (1978.05.25 – 1996.03.15) |
| 2005.11.09 | Bishop emeritus of Paisley (Scotland) (1968.07.25 – 1988.03.08) |
| 2005.11.13 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru) (1956.11.11 – 1989.10.23) |
| 2005.11.14 | Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14) |
| 2005.11.16 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1977.05.24 – 2001.10.30) |
| 2005.11.17 | President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (1969 – 1986) |
| 2005.11.18 | Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (1979.12.20 – 1994.11.11) |
| 2005.11.19 | |
| 2005.11.20 | |
| 2005.11.22 | Bishop emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil) (1967.03.29 – 2004.01.21) |
| 2005.11.24 | Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (France) (2002.10.24 – 2005.11.24) |
| 2005.11.25 | Bishop emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) (1993.02.10 – 2005.05.23) |
| 2005.12.01 | Archbishop-Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (2002.08.24 – 2005.12.01) |
| 2005.12.03 | Bishop emeritus of Châlons (France) (1973.09.16 – 1998.09.01) |
| 2005.12.03 | Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1991 – 2005.12.03▼) |
| 2005.12.05 | Bishop emeritus of Nicosia (Italy) (1976.12.20 – 1984.04.09) |
| 2005.12.06 | Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt) (2003.03.21 – 2005.12.06) |
| 2005.12.08 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – 2005.12.08) |
| 2005.12.09 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) (1974.04.18 – 1990.01.05) |
| 2005.12.12 | Archbishop emeritus of Hobart (Australia) (1988.10.24 – 1999.06.26) |
| 2005.12.12 | Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand) (1988.01.30 – 2005.12.12) |
| 2005.12.18 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1991.05.31 – 2002.06.15) |
| 2005.12.19 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagpur (India) (1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17) |
| 2005.12.19 | Bishop emeritus of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1983.12.16 – 1996.06.26) |
| 2005.12.23 | Bishop emeritus of Kilmore (Ireland) (1972.10.11 – 1998.10.16) |
| 2005.12.29 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1983.05.13 – 1999.11.13) |
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