Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2009

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (113)
2009.01.10
ItalyCardinal Pio Laghi († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (2002.02.26 [2002.05.31] – 2009.01.10)

Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (1993.05.08 – 2009.01.10)

2009.01.12
IrelandBishop Michael Russell († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland) (1965.11.08 – 1993.05.27)

2009.01.19
EnglandBishop Hugh Lindsay († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle (England) (1974.12.12 – 1992.01.11)

2009.01.20
EgyptCardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite) († 89)

Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2009.01.20)

Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) ([1986.06.09] 1986.06.23 – 2006.03.30)

2009.01.21
BelgiumArchbishop Jean Jadot († 99)

Pro-President emeritus of Secretariat for Non-Christians (1980.06.27 – 1984.04.08)

2009.01.22
FranceBishop Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France) (1967.09.30 – 1988.06.04)

2009.01.24
USABishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA) (1969.08.27 – 1990.07.14)

2009.01.31
BrazilBishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1964.04.02 – 1976.01.16)

2009.02.01
USABishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1994.11.08 – 2002.11.08)

2009.02.03
PortugalBishop António dos Reis Rodrigues († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal) (1966.10.25 – 1998.09.05)

2009.02.04
SpainBishop Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. († 81)

Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1988.12.03 – 2003.10.04)

2009.02.10
MexicoBishop Serafín Vásquez Elizalde († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) (1977.12.02 – 1999.12.11)

2009.02.11
GuineaBishop Philippe Kourouma († 76)

Bishop emeritus of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1979.08.13 – 2007.11.27)

2009.02.16
South KoreaCardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦) († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle (1969.04.30 – 2009.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1968.04.09 – 1998.04.03)

2009.02.17
TaiwanBishop Andrew Qian Zhi-chun (Tsien Chih-ch’un) (錢志純) († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Hualien 花蓮 (Taiwan) (1992.01.23 – 2001.11.19)

2009.02.19
USABishop Thomas Jerome Welsh († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Allentown (USA) (1983.02.03 – 1997.12.15)

2009.02.21
FranceBishop Jean Rémond († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mission de France (France) (1975.05.06 – 1987.12.21)

2009.02.21
AlbaniaBishop Zef Simoni († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Shkodrë (Albania) (1992.12.25 – 2004.01.20)

2009.02.22
VietnamCardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1994.11.26 – 2009.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2005.02.19)

2009.03.03
MexicoArchbishop Luis Mena Arroyo († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (1979.07.27 – 1995.09.09)

2009.03.06
ItalyBishop Silvio Cesare Bonicelli († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Parma (Italy) (1996.12.13 – 2008.01.19)

2009.03.08
MadagascarBishop Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Mananjary (Madagascar) (1968.04.09 – 1973.12.29)

2009.03.15
BrazilArchbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1984.03.20 – 2005.09.21)

2009.03.16
ColombiaBishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R. († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Ipiales (Colombia) (1985.10.25 – 1987.01.16)

2009.03.18
MexicoBishop Luis Rojas Mena († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico) (1969.08.20 – 1993.10.04)

2009.03.19
ParaguayArchbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay) (1989.05.20 – 2002.06.15)

2009.03.23
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Malolos (Philippines) (1961.12.11 – 1977.12.15)

2009.03.30
USABishop Loras Joseph Watters († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Winona (USA) (1969.01.08 – 1986.10.14)

2009.04.01
ItalyCardinal Umberto Betti, O.F.M. († 87)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (2007.11.24 – 2009.04.01)

Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Lateran University (1991 – 1995)

2009.04.02
CanadaBishop Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1967.06.13 – 1979.07.18)

2009.04.12
NigeriaBishop Ephraim Silas Obot († 72)

Bishop of Idah (Nigeria) (1977.12.17 – 2009.04.12)

2009.04.16
FranceBishop Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert († 92)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Grenoble (France) (1971.06.04 – 1992.01.11)

2009.04.30
BrazilBishop David Picão († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Santos (Brazil) (1966.11.21 – 2000.07.26)

2009.05.02
IndiaBishop George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Indore (India) (1972.12.18 – 2008.10.24)

2009.05.08
BrazilBishop Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (1986.08.08 – 1995.11.22)

2009.05.23
FranceArchbishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rouen (France) (1981.05.06 – 2003.10.16)

2009.05.27
SpainBishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Bilbao (Spain) (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)

2009.05.28
USABishop Roger Louis Kaffer († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA) (1985.04.25 – 2002.08.15)

2009.06.02
EthiopiaBishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (Ethiopic Rite) († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1984.10.12 – 2001.11.16)

2009.06.04
BelgiumBishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1982.02.15 – 2002.03.20)

2009.06.10
ColombiaBishop Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. († 84)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Riohacha (Colombia) (1966.09.29 – 1988.07.16)

2009.06.10
VietnamBishop Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ († 100)

Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1997.12.30)

2009.06.14
LebanonArchbishop Khalil Abi-Nader (Maronite Rite) († 87)

Archbishop emeritus of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1986.04.04 – 1996.06.08)

2009.06.16
HaitiBishop Emmanuel Constant († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1966.08.20 – 2003.07.30)

2009.06.21
BrazilBishop José Nicomedes Grossi († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (1962.08.28 – 1990.03.15)

2009.06.28
SpainBishop José María Guix Ferreres († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Vic (Spain) (1983.06.20 – 2003.06.13)

2009.07.14
LaosBishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (1997.04.21 – 2009.07.14)

2009.07.16
BrazilArchbishop Paulo Lopes de Faria († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Diamantina (Brazil) (1997.05.14 – 2007.05.30)

2009.07.16
ItalyBishop Angelo Rizzo († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Ragusa (Italy) (1974.02.02 – 2002.02.16)

2009.07.17
MauritiusCardinal Jean Margéot († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (1988.06.28 – 2009.07.17)

Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1969.02.06 – 1993.02.15)

2009.07.19
ChinaBishop Damas Zhang Han-min (張翰民) († 82)

Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China) (1999 – 2009.07.19)

2009.07.20
LebanonArchbishop Paul Fouad Tabet (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 79)

Titular Archbishop of Sinna (1980.02.09 – 2009.07.20)

2009.07.27
MacauBishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung (林家駿) († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1988.10.06 – 2003.06.30)

2009.08.02
HondurasBishop Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. († 93)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras) (1963.12.28 – 1977.08.06)

2009.08.13
CanadaArchbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rimouski (Canada) (1973.04.27 – 1992.10.16)

2009.08.13
South AfricaBishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa) (1985.02.08 – 2000.07.05)

2009.08.16
PolandBishop Czesław Lewandowski († 87)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Włocławek (Poland) (1973.02.16 – 1997.12.06)

2009.08.16
IndiaBishop John Mulagada († 71)

Bishop of Eluru (India) (1976.12.09 – 2009.08.16)

2009.08.19
TanzaniaArchbishop Anthony Mayala († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania) (1987.11.18 – 2009.08.19)

2009.08.24
Sri LankaBishop Frank Marcus Fernando († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1972.12.27 – 2006.10.19)

2009.08.25
USABishop Carl Kevin Moeddel († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cincinnati (USA) (1993.06.15 – 2007.06.20)

2009.08.29
ColombiaArchbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1999.03.18 – 2009.08.29)

2009.08.31
South KoreaArchbishop John Choi Young-soo (최영수 요한 / 崔榮壽) († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Daegu 대구 (South Korea) (2007.03.29 – 2009.08.17)

2009.09.03
ItalyBishop Giovanni Melis Fois († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Nuoro (Italy) (1970.11.07 – 1992.04.16)

2009.09.07
VietnamBishop Paul Lê Ðắc Trọng († 91)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2006.01.21)

2009.09.09
PolandBishop Andrzej Józef Śliwiński († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Elbląg (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2003.08.02)

2009.09.14
ChinaBishop Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti (余成悌) († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1984 – 2003)

2009.09.16
ChinaBishop Nicholas Shi Jing-xian (史景賢), O.S.A. († 88)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1999 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1991 – 2009.09.16)

2009.09.19
MonacoArchbishop Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. († 86)

Archbishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco) (1985.05.31 – 2000.05.16)

2009.09.21
UkraineArchbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn (Ukrainian Rite) († 85)

Secretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1982.09.14 – 2001.04.11)

2009.09.24
IndiaBishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Nellore (India) (1973.12.17 – 2006.12.07)

2009.09.24
JapanBishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori (ヨセフ 深堀 敏) († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (1977.07.07 – 2004.05.14)

2009.09.28
PeruArchbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru) (1996.03.02 – 2003.11.29)

2009.10.03
USABishop Vasile Louis Puscas (Romanian Rite) († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Saint George in Canton of the Romanians (USA) (1987.03.26 – 1993.07.02)

2009.10.04
ChinaBishop James David Lin Xi-li (林錫黎) († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Yongjia 永嘉 (China) (1992 – 2007)

2009.10.08
USABishop Michael Angelo Saltarelli († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA) (1995.11.21 – 2008.07.07)

2009.10.09
KenyaBishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. († 73)

Bishop of Malindi (Kenya) (2000.06.02 – 2009.10.09)

2009.10.09
Papua New GuineaBishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (1982.03.08 – 2008.06.30)

2009.10.11
SpainArchbishop Joan Martí i Alanis († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Urgell (Spain) (1970.11.25 – 2003.05.12)

Archbishop ad personam (2001.06.25 – 2009.10.11)

2009.10.14
BrazilBishop Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1971.05.05 – 2001.06.27)

2009.10.16
PolandArchbishop Marian Przykucki († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1999.05.01)

2009.10.22
ItalyBishop Libero Tresoldi († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Crema (Italy) (1981.12.10 – 1996.07.11)

2009.10.22
USABishop George Patrick Ziemann († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (USA) (1992.07.14 – 1999.07.22)

2009.10.25
MexicoBishop Lázaro Pérez Jiménez († 66)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (2003.07.26 – 2009.10.25)

2009.10.26
IndiaArchbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India) (1996.06.14 – 2009.10.26)

2009.10.31
Dominican RepublicBishop Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1966.03.14 – 1992.04.22)

2009.11.01
ColombiaBishop Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Pasto (Colombia) (1977.01.03 – 1995.02.02)

2009.11.04
SwedenBishop Hubertus Brandenburg († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Stockholm (Sweden) (1977.11.21 – 1998.11.17)

2009.11.05
ChinaBishop Peter Chen Bai-lu (陳柏蘆) († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1988 – 1999.09.17)

2009.11.06
ColombiaBishop Abraham Escudero Montoya († 69)

Bishop of Palmira (Colombia) (2007.02.02 – 2009.11.06)

2009.11.06
ItalyBishop Antonio Rosario Mennonna († 103)

Bishop emeritus of Nardò (Italy) (1962.02.22 – 1983.09.30)

2009.11.06
MexicoBishop Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M. († 90)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Jesús María (Mexico) (1962.05.24 – 1992.06.27)

2009.11.11
BrazilBishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. († 80)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Borba (Brazil) (1988.07.06 – 2006.05.03)

2009.11.15
IndiaBishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Coimbatore (India) (1979.12.06 – 2002.07.10)

2009.11.20
ItalyBishop Martino Gomiero († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Adria–Rovigo (Italy) (1988.05.07 – 2000.10.11)

2009.11.29
FranceBishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Claude (France) (1975.06.10 – 1994.12.01)

2009.11.30
LebanonBishop Emile Eid (Maronite Rite) († 84)

Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law (1982.12.20 – 1990.10.18)

2009.12.03
BrazilBishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Uberlândia (Brazil) (1978.03.20 – 1992.12.23)

2009.12.04
ChinaBishop Matthew Luo Du-xi (羅篤熹) († 90)

Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (1993 – 2009.12.04)

2009.12.04
Central African RepublicBishop Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap. († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Berbérati (Central African Republic) (1987.10.03 – 1991.06.17)

2009.12.08
NigeriaBishop Anthony Saliu Sanusi († 98)

Bishop emeritus of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) (1969.05.29 – 1990.08.14)

2009.12.09
BrazilBishop Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Jardim (Brazil) (1981.02.16 – 1999.08.04)

2009.12.13
ItalyArchbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. († 78)

Archbishop emeritus of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) (1993.07.23 – 1996.11.27)

Secretary emeritus of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (1996.11.27 – 2006.07.10)

2009.12.15
BrazilArchbishop Arnaldo Ribeiro († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1988.12.28 – 2006.04.05)

2009.12.16
GermanyBishop Josef Voß († 72)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1988.03.18 – 2009.12.16)

2009.12.23
GhanaBishop Lucas Abadamloora († 71)

Bishop of Navrongo–Bolgatanga (Ghana) (1994.03.14 – 2009.12.23)

2009.12.24
Papua New GuineaBishop Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Lae (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 2007.01.15)

2009.12.29
ItalyBishop Roberto Amadei († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Bergamo (Italy) (1991.11.21 – 2009.01.22)

2009.12.30
JapanCardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1994.11.26 – 2009.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1970.02.21 – 2000.02.17)

2009.12.30
UgandaBishop Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Masaka (Uganda) (1961.11.11 – 1998.01.10)

2009.12.30
ChinaBishop Leo Yao Liang (姚良) († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (2002 – 2009.12.30)

2009.12.31
Northern IrelandCardinal Cahal Brendan Daly († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio (1991.06.28 – 2009.12.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1990.11.06 – 1996.10.01)

2009.12.31
EgyptBishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf (Chaldean Rite) († 69)

Bishop of Cairo of the Chaldeans (Egypt) (1984.02.06 – 2009.12.31)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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