| Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (118) |
| 2008.01.03 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1978.03.15 – 2002.07.01) |
| 2008.01.04 | Archbishop Military Vicar emeritus of Spain (Spain) (1977.05.25 – 1982.10.27) |
| 2008.01.06 | Bishop emeritus of Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (Italy) (1998.09.08 – 2007.07.21) |
| 2008.01.08 | |
| 2008.01.08 | Bishop emeritus of Larantuka (Indonesia) (1974.02.28 – 2004.06.16) |
| 2008.01.09 | Bishop emeritus of Cabinda (Angola) (1984.07.02 – 2005.02.11) |
| 2008.01.10 | Bishop emeritus of Mandeville (Jamaica) (1997.11.21 – 2004.07.06) |
| 2008.01.14 | |
| 2008.01.16 | Bishop emeritus of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1999 – 2004) |
| 2008.01.17 | Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy) (1986.08.14 – 1997.02.12) |
| 2008.01.17 | Archbishop emeritus of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1968.09.09 – 1988.10.24) |
| 2008.01.25 | |
| 2008.01.29 | Bishop emeritus of Timişoara (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1999.06.24) |
| 2008.02.10 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain) (1968.10.22 – 1987.10.30) |
| 2008.02.15 | Archbishop emeritus of Zadar (Croatia) (1969.08.20 – 1996.02.02) |
| 2008.02.17 | Bishop emeritus of Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.06.11) |
| 2008.02.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beograd (Serbia) (1986.12.16 – 2001.03.31) |
| 2008.02.20 | |
| 2008.03.01 | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England) (2004.03.26 – 2008.03.01) |
| 2008.03.02 | Bishop emeritus of Machakos (Kenya) (1973.07.09 – 2003.03.15) |
| 2008.03.05 | Bishop emeritus of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) (1973.08.04 – 1978.11.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conza (Italy) (1973.08.04 – 1978.11.18) Bishop emeritus of Bisaccia (Italy) (1973.08.04 – 1978.11.18) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nusco (Italy) (1963.05.10 – 1978.11.18) |
| 2008.03.06 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina (2006.03.24 [2006.03.28] – 2008.03.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tamale (Ghana) (1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26) |
| 2008.03.07 | Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2001.01.12 – 2008.03.07) |
| 2008.03.10 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1979.08.02 – 2001.11.14) |
| 2008.03.13 | Bishop emeritus of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1966.03.15 – 1984.11.08) |
| 2008.03.14 | Bishop emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland) (1970.12.29 – 1995.11.09) |
| 2008.03.20 | |
| 2008.03.21 | Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia) (1994.06.10 – 2008.03.21) |
| 2008.03.21 | Bishop of San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire) (2007.03.01 – 2008.03.21) |
| 2008.03.22 | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1994.11.26 – 2008.03.22) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Monterrey (Mexico) (1983.11.08 – 2003.01.25) |
| 2008.03.25 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany) (1972.06.05 – 2003.02.20) |
| 2008.04.08 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1974.07.01 – 1996.07.16) |
| 2008.04.10 | Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (1979.06.30 – 2008.04.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (1977.07.19 – 1994.09.29) |
| 2008.04.10 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1991.01.12 – 1997.07.30) |
| 2008.04.19 | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001.11.17 [2002.04.27] – 2008.04.19) President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1990.11.08 – 2008.04.19) |
| 2008.04.21 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands) (1982.01.15 – 1997.05.03) |
| 2008.04.27 | |
| 2008.04.30 | |
| 2008.05.03 | Bishop emeritus of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05) |
| 2008.05.07 | |
| 2008.05.09 | Bishop emeritus of Hwange (Zimbabwe) (1963.03.01 – 1999.02.09) |
| 2008.05.13 | Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1986.09.29 – 2008.05.13) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Bishops (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.25) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.25) |
| 2008.05.18 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1997 – 2008.05.18) |
| 2008.05.21 | Military Vicar emeritus of Australia (Australia) (1969.05.29 – 1985.01.02) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1985.01.02) |
| 2008.05.22 | Bishop emeritus of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1995.12.21 – 2001.10.04) |
| 2008.05.24 | Bishop emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) (1974.12.19 – 2003.02.22) |
| 2008.05.27 | Bishop emeritus of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1999.07.09) |
| 2008.06.01 | Bishop emeritus of Fidenza (Italy) (1998.04.02 – 2007.06.30) |
| 2008.06.03 | Bishop emeritus of Busan 부산 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 1973.09.19) |
| 2008.06.10 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany) (1977.05.27 – 1994.03.31) |
| 2008.06.12 | |
| 2008.06.14 | |
| 2008.06.21 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1969.08.24 – 1991.06.24) |
| 2008.06.25 | |
| 2008.06.28 | Archbishop emeritus of Singapore (Singapore) (1977.02.03 – 2000.10.14) |
| 2008.06.29 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13) |
| 2008.07.06 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Acapulco (Mexico) (1983.02.10 – 2001.05.08) |
| 2008.07.09 | Bishop emeritus of Petrópolis (Brazil) (1995.11.15 – 2004.05.12) |
| 2008.07.13 | Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (2006.03.22 – 2008.07.13) |
| 2008.07.18 | Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Moyobamba (Peru) (1967.08.25 – 2000.06.06) |
| 2008.07.23 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1990.02.02 – 2001.03.03) |
| 2008.08.05 | Bishop emeritus of Aveiro (Portugal) (1962.09.16 – 1988.01.20) |
| 2008.08.05 | Bishop emeritus of Berhampur (India) (1993.05.03 – 2006.11.27) |
| 2008.08.05 | Bishop emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1969.02.15 – 2004.06.12) |
| 2008.08.06 | Bishop emeritus of Imperatriz (Brazil) (1987.07.16 – 2005.08.03) |
| 2008.08.09 | Bishop emeritus of Jammu–Srinagar (India) (1986.03.10 – 1998.04.03) |
| 2008.08.12 | |
| 2008.08.14 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bordeaux (France) (1968.02.05 – 1989.05.31) |
| 2008.08.16 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1973.03.05 – 1999.06.04) |
| 2008.08.16 | Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy) (1986.07.29 – 2008.08.16) |
| 2008.08.16 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1992.01.24 – 2000.11.29) |
| 2008.08.18 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Blantyre (Malawi) (1967.11.29 – 2001.01.23) |
| 2008.08.23 | Bishop emeritus of Bunbury (Australia) (1982.05.26 – 2000.12.20) |
| 2008.08.24 | Bishop emeritus of Hasselt (Belgium) (1989.12.15 – 2004.10.25) |
| 2008.08.26 | Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) (1988.02.27 – 2002.04.05) |
| 2008.09.05 | Bishop emeritus of Kiyinda–Mityana (Uganda) (1988.06.21 – 2004.10.23) |
| 2008.09.06 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 2008.09.06) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (1991.07.01 – 1995.12.16) |
| 2008.09.07 | Bishop emeritus of Salto (Uruguay) (1989.03.08 – 2006.05.16) |
| 2008.09.10 | Bishop emeritus of Cajamarca (Peru) (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01) |
| 2008.09.15 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (2006.07.21 – 2008.09.15) |
| 2008.09.17 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain) (1978.01.31 – 1993.03.26) |
| 2008.09.21 | |
| 2008.09.26 | Bishop emeritus of Siedlce (Poland) (1968.10.24 – 1996.03.25) |
| 2008.09.29 | Bishop emeritus of Barra do Garças (Brazil) (1982.03.25 – 2001.05.23) |
| 2008.10.03 | Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1991.07.16 – 2008.10.03) |
| 2008.10.07 | |
| 2008.10.13 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (2001.02.21 [2001.02.25] – 2008.10.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador) (1985.06.01 – 2003.03.21) |
| 2008.10.13 | Bishop emeritus of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain) (1959.03.09 – 1989.05.12) |
| 2008.10.13 | |
| 2008.10.14 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pescara–Penne (Italy) (1982.03.02 – 1990.04.21) |
| 2008.10.17 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Modena–Nonantola (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.04.12) |
| 2008.10.18 | Bishop of Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino (Italy) (1999.07.09 – 2008.10.18) |
| 2008.10.21 | Archbishop emeritus of Athens (Greece) (1959.05.15 – 1972.11.17) |
| 2008.10.22 | Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) (1990.07.07 – 2008.10.22) |
| 2008.10.23 | Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1988 – 2008.10.23) |
| 2008.10.28 | Bishop emeritus of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (1964.03.12 – 1995.07.05) |
| 2008.11.04 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1989 – 2008.06.29) |
| 2008.11.05 | Bishop emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1973.12.02 – 1997.11.07) |
| 2008.11.06 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bilbao (Spain) (1995.09.08 – 2008.02.05) |
| 2008.11.07 | Bishop emeritus of Estância (Brazil) (1961.01.28 – 1985.06.01) |
| 2008.11.11 | |
| 2008.11.12 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1986.11.13 – 1999.07.13) |
| 2008.11.12 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sandomierz (Poland) (1987.04.29 – 2007.12.29) |
| 2008.11.14 | Bishop emeritus of Enugu (Nigeria) (1977.11.10 – 1996.11.08) |
| 2008.11.16 | Bishop emeritus of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 2001.12.12) |
| 2008.11.18 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yucatán (Mexico) (1969.09.20 – 1995.03.15) |
| 2008.11.18 | Bishop emeritus of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1991.11.16 – 1997.06.21) |
| 2008.11.25 | Bishop emeritus of Telšiai (Lithuania) (1989.03.10 – 2001.05.26) |
| 2008.11.28 | Bishop emeritus of San Miniato (Italy) (1987.02.27 – 2004.03.06) |
| 2008.12.06 | Bishop emeritus of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) ([1983.05.26] 1983.05.26 – 2002.11.12) |
| 2008.12.07 | Bishop emeritus of Van Nuys of the Ruthenians (USA) (1990.10.23 – 2000.12.05) |
| 2008.12.08 | Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (2001 – 2008.12.08) |
| 2008.12.09 | Bishop emeritus of Vitoria (Spain) (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08) |
| 2008.12.11 | Bishop emeritus of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1977.03.05 – 2001.12.21) |
| 2008.12.12 | Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata (2001.02.21 [2001.02.23] – 2008.12.12) |
| 2008.12.20 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1966.09.12 – 1968.01.19) |
| 2008.12.25 | Bishop emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 2001.11.28) |
| 2008.12.27 | Bishop emeritus of Buga (Colombia) (1985.01.17 – 2001.01.19) |
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