Deceased Bishops in the year 2006

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (137)
2006.01.09	Bishop Michael Francis McAuliffe († 85) Bishop emeritus of Jefferson City (USA) (1969.07.02 – 1997.06.25)
2006.01.10	Bishop Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1977.07.09 – 1991.05.18)
2006.01.11	Bishop Marko Sopi († 67) Apostolic Administrator of Prizren (Kosovo) (2000.05.24 – 2006.01.11)
2006.01.16	Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Dourados (Brazil) (1960.08.29 – 1970.02.14) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lages (Brazil) (1970.02.14 – 1974)
2006.01.19	Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. († 82) Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1973.03.05 – 2006.01.19) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (1992.06.26 – 2002.11.16)
2006.01.19	Bishop Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja († 74) Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia) (1984.07.02 – 2006.01.19)
2006.01.30	Archbishop Giovanni Ceirano († 78) Titular Archbishop of Tagase (1989.12.21 – 2006.01.30)
2006.02.03	Bishop Ivan Choma (Ukrainian Rite) († 82) Bishop emeritus of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1949.06.29 – 1991.01.16)
2006.02.05	Archbishop David de Sousa, O.F.M. († 94) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Évora (Portugal) (1965.11.15 – 1981.10.17)
2006.02.05	Archbishop Antonio Maria Travia († 92) Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities (1968.12.16 – 1989.12.23)
2006.02.10	Bishop Roger Froment († 77) Bishop emeritus of Tulle (France) (1985.06.20 – 1996.10.22)
2006.02.17	Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo († 93) Bishop emeritus of Caicó (Brazil) (1959.01.08 – 1978.03.29)
2006.02.21	Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus († 84) Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1981.09.26 – 1990.10.30)
2006.02.22	Bishop Emil Riti (Romanian Rite) († 79)
2006.02.23	Bishop Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. (Ruthenian Rite) († 87)
2006.02.23	Bishop Joseph Sun Yuan-mo (孫遠謨) († 85) Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1991.06 – 2006.02.23)
2006.02.24	Bishop Desmond A. Williams († 75) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland) (1985.03.14 – 1993.12.18)
2006.02.25	Bishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R. († 97) Bishop emeritus of Huancavélica (Peru) (1956.03.01 – 1982.01.14)
2006.02.28	Bishop Peter Fan Wen-xing (范文興) († 85) Bishop emeritus of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1981 – 1999)
2006.03.05	Archbishop Donato Squicciarini († 78) Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia (1978.08.31 – 2006.03.05)
2006.03.05	Bishop John Joseph Paul († 87) Bishop emeritus of La Crosse (USA) (1983.10.14 – 1994.12.10)
2006.03.08	Bishop Ramón Artemio Staffolani († 75) Bishop emeritus of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1995.07.12 – 2006.02.21)
2006.03.10	Bishop Jean Hermil († 88) Bishop emeritus of Viviers (France) (1965.12.14 – 1992.10.15)
2006.03.14	Archbishop Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania) (1985.03.09 – 2006.03.14)
2006.03.14	Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M. († 70) Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins (Brazil) (1996.02.14 – 2006.03.14)
2006.03.15	Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras († 86) Bishop emeritus of Cartago (Colombia) (1962.04.26 – 1995.04.19)
2006.03.16	Archbishop Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.J. († 82) Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1973 – 1984.11.06)
2006.03.16	Bishop André Nguyễn Văn Nam († 84) Bishop emeritus of My Tho (Vietnam) (1989.02.24 – 1999.03.26)
2006.03.18	Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai (郁成才) ▼ († 88) Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) (1959 – 2006.03.18▼)
2006.03.22	Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni († 77) Bishop emeritus of Orvieto–Todi (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2003.11.08)
2006.03.30	Bishop Joseph Merhi, L.M. (Maronite Rite) († 94) Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (1972.08.24 – 1989.06.05)
2006.04.04	Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 94) Bishop emeritus of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1955.10.16 – 1989.02.18)
2006.04.05	Archbishop Pasquale Macchi († 82) Archbishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1988.12.10 – 1996.10.07)
2006.04.06	Archbishop Longinus Da Cunha († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (1996.02.23 – 2006.04.06)
2006.04.10	Bishop Charles Joseph Henderson († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Southwark (England) (1972.10.12 – 2001.01.26)
2006.04.15	Archbishop José Méndez Asensio († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Granada (Spain) (1978.01.31 – 1996.12.10)
2006.04.18	Bishop Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. († 74) Bishop emeritus of Carolina (Brazil) (1991.03.13 – 2003.10.15)
2006.04.19	Bishop Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Mercedes (Uruguay) (1975.05.22 – 1995.02.14)
2006.04.20	Bishop Basil Filevich (Ukrainian Rite) († 88) Bishop emeritus of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06)
2006.04.27	Bishop Dominic J. Khumalo, O.M.I. († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Durban (South Africa) (1978.02.27 – 1999.03.02)
2006.04.30	Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney († 93) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Louisville (USA) (1954.12.30 – 1988.01.08)
2006.05.01	Cardinal Raúl Francisco Primatesta († 87) Cardinal-Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (1973.03.05 – 2006.05.01) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Córdoba (Argentina) (1965.02.16 – 1998.11.17)
2006.05.09	Bishop Cirilo Polidoro van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. († 97) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Illapel (Chile) (1966.06.27 – 1984.08.11)
2006.05.12	Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. (Bulgarian Rite) († 90) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1971.03.09 – 1995.09.05)
2006.05.17	Archbishop Raffaello Funghini († 77) President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State (2003.12.20 – 2006.05.17)
2006.05.20	Bishop Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. († 76) Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy) (1978.03.01 – 2006.03.18)
2006.05.24	Bishop Gerardo de Andrade Ponte († 81) Bishop emeritus of Patos (Brazil) (1983.12.05 – 2001.08.08)
2006.05.25	Archbishop Anthony Li Du-an (李篤安) († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China) (1987 – 2006.05.25)
2006.05.30	Bishop Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. († 75) Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa) (1990.11.19 – 2006.05.30)
2006.05.31	Bishop Amaury Castanho († 78) Bishop emeritus of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1996.10.02 – 2004.01.07)
2006.06.02	Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga (ヨゼフ松永久次郎) († 76) Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan) (1990.10.06 – 2006.06.02)
2006.06.03	Bishop Leo Morris Clarke († 82) Bishop emeritus of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia) (1995.06.14 – 1995.11.03)
2006.06.12	Bishop James Stephen Sullivan († 76) Bishop emeritus of Fargo (USA) (1985.03.29 – 2002.03.18)
2006.06.14	Bishop Léonard Pétion Laroche († 87) Bishop emeritus of Hinche (Haiti) (1982.05.22 – 1998.06.30)
2006.06.20	Bishop Salvatore Sorrentino († 89) Bishop emeritus of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1974.02.21 – 1993.05.08)
2006.06.29	Bishop Paul Guo Wen-zhi (郭文治) († 88) Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China) (1989 – 2000.08)
2006.06.29	Bishop Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 65) Bishop of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1993.04.20 – 2006.06.29)
2006.07.02	Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick († 89) Bishop emeritus of Albany (USA) (1969.03.19 – 1976.06.03)
2006.07.02	Bishop Carlos Talavera Ramírez († 82) Bishop emeritus of Coatzacoalcos (Mexico) (1984.03.14 – 2002.09.24)
2006.07.04	Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti († 69) Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala) (1996.04.27 – 2006.07.04)
2006.07.04	Bishop Thomas Fernando († 93) Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1970.11.23 – 1990.10.06)
2006.07.10	Bishop José Fernandes Veloso († 90) Bishop emeritus of Petrópolis (Brazil) (1984.02.15 – 1995.11.15)
2006.07.13	Cardinal Angel Suquía Goicoechea († 89) Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (1985.05.25 – 2006.07.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1994.07.28)
2006.07.13	Archbishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico) (1972.07.03 – 1995.01.20)
2006.07.13	Bishop Jésus Rocha († 66) Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (2004.10.20 – 2006.07.13)
2006.07.15	Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick († 87) Bishop emeritus of Brownsville (USA) (1971.04.27 – 1991.11.30)
2006.07.16	Bishop Augustine Zheng Shou-duo (鄭守鐸) († 89) Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China) (1991 – 2006.07.16▼) Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China) (1982 – 2006.07.16)
2006.07.20	Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen († 83) Bishop emeritus of Moulins (France) (1975.12.02 – 1998.10.01)
2006.07.22	Bishop Alfonso Coto Monge († 90) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Limón (Costa Rica) (1980.03.07 – 1994.12.30)
2006.07.25	Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa († 90) Bishop emeritus of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1981.05.20)
2006.07.28	Bishop Mario Lezana Vaca († 84) Military Ordinary emeritus of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1986.07.21 – 2000.04.14)
2006.08.02	Cardinal Johannes Willebrands († 96) Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975.12.06 – 2006.08.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1975.12.06 – 1983.12.03) Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals (1988.05.02 – 1995)
2006.08.02	Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera († 76) President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1993.04.29 – 1998.12.07)
2006.08.06	Bishop Pietro Giachetti († 83) Bishop emeritus of Pinerolo (Italy) (1976.05.01 – 1998.07.07)
2006.08.08	Bishop Stanisław Smolenski († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kraków (Poland) (1970.01.14 – 1992.02.01)
2006.08.11	Archbishop François Abou Mokh, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1996 – 1998.07.27)
2006.08.11	Bishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya († 81) Bishop emeritus of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.09.04 – 2001.10.16)
2006.08.12	Bishop Antônio Batista Fragoso († 85) Bishop emeritus of Crateús (Brazil) (1964.04.28 – 1998.02.18)
2006.08.14	Bishop Américo Henriques († 82) Bishop emeritus of Nova Lisboa (Angola) (1972.02.19 – 1976.04.13)
2006.08.19	Bishop Marko Culej († 68) Bishop of Varaždin (Croatia) (1997.07.05 – 2006.08.19)
2006.08.20	Archbishop Ioánnis Perrís († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1960.10.24 – 1993.04.29)
2006.08.22	Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Karachi (Pakistan) (1994.02.11 – 2002.11.20)
2006.08.23	Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga († 95) Bishop emeritus of Vitoria (Spain) (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)
2006.08.23	Bishop Justin Tetmu Samba († 55) Bishop of Musoma (Tanzania) (1988.10.25 – 2006.08.23)
2006.08.27	Archbishop Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Opus Dei († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1989.12.07 – 2003.05.07)
2006.08.27	Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1988.04.06 – 2006.08.27)
2006.08.27	Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. († 59) Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (2003.03.08 – 2006.08.27)
2006.09.05	Bishop Oscar Garcia Urizar († 84) Bishop emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1980.03.04 – 1987.01.08)
2006.09.07	Archbishop Petar Perkolić († 84) Archbishop emeritus of Bar (Montenegro) (1979.05.06 – 1998.06.27)
2006.09.07	Bishop Alberto Setele († 70) Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (1975.11.20 – 2006.09.07)
2006.09.11	Bishop Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet († 82) Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France) (1987.07.31 – 1999.08.17)
2006.09.11	Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Avellino (Italy) (1993.02.20 – 2004.11.13)
2006.09.14	Archbishop Michel Yatim (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 85) Archbishop emeritus of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1981.08.18 – 1995.07.18)
2006.09.14	Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. († 51) Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (2006.04.19 – 2006.09.14)
2006.09.16	Archbishop Domenico De Luca († 78) Head of Protocol emeritus of Secretariat of State (1989 – 1993.05.22)
2006.09.16	Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1979.06.01 – 1996.05.15)
2006.09.17	Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.J. († 65) Bishop of Balsas (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17)
2006.09.22	Archbishop Vital Komenan Yao († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2006.09.22)
2006.09.24	Bishop Joseph-Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến († 61) Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2006.09.24)
2006.09.24	Bishop Andrew Zhu Wen-yu (朱問漁) ▼ († 86) Bishop of Chifeng 赤峰 (China) (1990 – 2006.09.24▼)
2006.09.26	Bishop Benedict Charles Franzetta († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Youngstown (USA) (1980.07.26 – 1996.09.04)
2006.09.29	Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon († 94) Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale» (1985.05.25 – 2006.09.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Québec (Canada) (1981.03.20 – 1990.03.17)
2006.09.29	Archbishop Cataldo Naro († 55) Archbishop of Monreale (Italy) (2002.10.18 – 2006.09.29)
2006.10.08	Bishop Pavol Mária Hnilica, S.J. († 85) Titular Bishop of Rusadus (1964.05.13 – 2006.10.08)
2006.10.09	Bishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho († 82) Bishop emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1961.05.25 – 2001.06.13)
2006.10.11	Bishop Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. († 70) Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (2002.03.01 – 2006.10.11)
2006.10.12	Archbishop Auguste Nobou († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2003.09.25)
2006.10.13	Cardinal Dino Monduzzi († 84) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino (1998.02.21 [1998.04.18] – 2006.10.13) Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1986.12.18 – 1998.02.07)
2006.10.17	Archbishop Teodoro Cardenal Fernández († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Burgos (Spain) (1983.10.19 – 1992.10.30)
2006.10.18	Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda († 77) Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2001.02.21 [2001.03.25] – 2006.10.18) President of Commission for Advocates (2000.03.07 – 2006.10.18)
2006.10.23	Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07)
2006.10.27	Archbishop Cecil DeSa († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India) (1983.11.11 – 1998.04.16)
2006.10.31	Bishop José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. († 80) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cametá (Brazil) (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)
2006.11.04	Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. († 72) Bishop-Prelate of Tromsø (Norway) (1979.03.29 – 2006.11.04)
2006.11.04	Bishop William Thomas Larkin († 83) Bishop emeritus of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1979.04.18 – 1988.11.29)
2006.11.10	Archbishop Nivaldo Monte († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Natal (Brazil) (1967.09.06 – 1988.04.06)
2006.11.12	Archbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1962.08.03 – 1974.08.26)
2006.11.13	Bishop Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. († 98) Bishop emeritus of Lokoja (Nigeria) (1965.05.05 – 1972.07.30)
2006.11.15	Bishop Augusto José Zini Filho († 73) Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (2003.01.22 – 2006.11.15)
2006.11.17	Archbishop Jean Mansour, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1980.08.19 – 1997)
2006.11.17	Bishop Joseph D’Silva († 74) Bishop of Bellary (India) (1992.10.06 – 2006.11.17)
2006.11.17	Bishop Manuel Duran Moreno († 75) Bishop emeritus of Tucson (USA) (1982.01.12 – 2003.03.07)
2006.11.20	Bishop Paul Vincent Dudley († 79) Bishop emeritus of Sioux Falls (USA) (1978.11.06 – 1995.03.21)
2006.11.22	Archbishop Michel Hakim (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 85) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal of the Greek-Melkites (Canada) (1980.10.13 – 1998.06.30)
2006.11.25	Archbishop Santiago Martínez Acebes († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Burgos (Spain) (1992.10.30 – 2002.03.28)
2006.12.04	Bishop John Su Chang-shan (蘇長山) ▼ († 79) Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (2000 – 2006.12.04▼)
2006.12.05	Bishop Bernard Matthew Kelly († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Providence (USA) (1963.11.25 – 1971.06.14)
2006.12.05	Bishop Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B. († 60) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Juli (Peru) (2001.04.19 – 2005.06.25)
2006.12.07	Bishop Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet († 83) Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1988.03.25 – 1998.01.16)
2006.12.10	Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo († 88) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title (1973.03.05 – 2006.12.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1970.10.17 – 1996.04.04)
2006.12.13	Bishop Josaphat Li Hong-guang (李宏光) († 80) Prefect Apostolic of Xinjiang 新絳 (China) (2006 – 2006.12.13)
2006.12.18	Archbishop Ettore Di Filippo († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy) (1989.10.28 – 1998.11.21)
2006.12.18	Archbishop Joseph Zheng Chang-cheng (鄭長誠) († 93) Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (1991 – 2006.12.18)
2006.12.20	Bishop Daniele Ferrari († 86) Bishop emeritus of Chiavari (Italy) (1973.02.22 – 1995.08.04)
2006.12.22	Archbishop Jorge Manuel López († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rosario (Argentina) (1983.01.19 – 1993.11.20)
2006.12.24	Archbishop Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite) († 86) Ordinary emeritus of East Europe of the Armenians (Armenia) (1991.07.13 – 2005.04.02)
2006.12.27	Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres († 72) Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (2001.02.10 – 2006.12.27)

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