| Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (149) |
| 2012.01.01 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy) (1972.12.13 – 2000.10.28) |
| 2012.01.10 | Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 2004.06.15) |
| 2012.01.14 | Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy) (1958.06.25 – 1988.11.19) |
| 2012.01.17 | Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada) (1986.12.12 – 2002.10.26) |
| 2012.01.19 | Vice-President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989.08.26 – 2007.10.13) |
| 2012.01.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA) (1974.06.01 – 1993.04.06) |
| 2012.01.26 | Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 2000.11.10) |
| 2012.01.29 | Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1990.10.06 – 1997.10.14) |
| 2012.01.30 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10) |
| 2012.01.31 | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1991.06.28 – 2012.01.31) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1988.02.11 – 2003.07.15) |
| 2012.01.31 | Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa) (1973.12.17 – 1981.10.30) |
| 2012.02.02 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) (1980.11.15 – 1999.03.11) |
| 2012.02.04 | Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA) (2004.05.07 – 2012.02.04) |
| 2012.02.04 | Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.07.04 – 1975.11.20) |
| 2012.02.04 | |
| 2012.02.10 | Bishop emeritus of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18) |
| 2012.02.10 | Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1980.12.01 – 1998.07.03) |
| 2012.02.13 | Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2006.12.06 – 2012.02.13) |
| 2012.02.17 | Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09) |
| 2012.02.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (1992.09.19 – 2002.10.01) |
| 2012.02.21 | Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal) (1980.09.08 – 1999.01.25) |
| 2012.02.27 | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) (2003.02.20 – 2012.02.27) |
| 2012.03.02 | Bishop emeritus of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (1989.11.18 – 2011.10.08) |
| 2012.03.03 | |
| 2012.03.04 | |
| 2012.03.09 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (2002.02.26 [2002.05.12] – 2012.03.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1982.01.12 – 1986.03.22) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy (1991.07.01 – 1996.06.15) |
| 2012.03.10 | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1981.06.30 – 2012.03.10) |
| 2012.03.12 | |
| 2012.03.12 | Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador) (2008.06.18 – 2012.03.12) |
| 2012.03.13 | Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark) (1965.03.22 – 1995.03.22) |
| 2012.03.18 | Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (1975.06.28 – 2008.04.23) |
| 2012.03.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia) (1988.09.10 – 2000.06.21) |
| 2012.03.21 | Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (1994.02.19 – 2000.11.20) |
| 2012.03.24 | |
| 2012.03.29 | Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1989.06.19 – 2000.12.16) |
| 2012.04.03 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1992.12.16 – 2006.01.09) |
| 2012.04.03 | Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) (1992.10.10 – 2008.07.03) |
| 2012.04.03 | Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13) |
| 2012.04.06 | Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1991.06.12 – 2005.06.29) |
| 2012.04.07 | Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07) Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08) Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07) |
| 2012.04.10 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde (1973.03.05 – 2012.04.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 1999.03.26) |
| 2012.04.10 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia) (2003.03.29 – 2009.07.15) |
| 2012.04.11 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Miami (USA) (1979.02.06 – 2003.06.07) |
| 2012.04.13 | Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1982 – 1991.02.28) |
| 2012.04.16 | Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1989.06.05 – 1999.03.10) |
| 2012.04.18 | Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain) (1976.11.08 – 1996.06.07) |
| 2012.04.21 | Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) (1989.09.14 – 2003.09.15) |
| 2012.04.25 | |
| 2012.05.03 | Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04) |
| 2012.05.04 | Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13) |
| 2012.05.06 | Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1996.04.22 – 2012.05.06) |
| 2012.05.08 | Titular Archbishop of Telde (1969.11.27 – 2012.05.08) |
| 2012.05.13 | Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1968.07.12) |
| 2012.05.19 | Bishop emeritus of Sintang (Indonesia) (1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01) |
| 2012.05.24 | |
| 2012.06.01 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1991.05.08 – 2010.03.04) |
| 2012.06.04 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino (2003.10.21 [2004.03.13] – 2012.06.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala) (2001.06.19 – 2010.10.02) |
| 2012.06.04 | Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain) (1968.12.07 – 1980.08.04) |
| 2012.06.06 | Bishop emeritus of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (1987.01.07 – 2005.08.24) |
| 2012.06.11 | Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1999.06.05 – 2006.06) |
| 2012.06.13 | Bishop emeritus of Guarulhos (Brazil) (1991.12.04 – 2011.11.23) |
| 2012.06.15 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antsiranana (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1998.11.14) |
| 2012.06.15 | Bishop emeritus of Coimbra (Portugal) (2001.03.24 – 2011.04.28) |
| 2012.06.17 | Bishop emeritus of Okigwe (Nigeria) (1981.01.24 – 2006.04.22) |
| 2012.06.19 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil) (2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19) |
| 2012.06.20 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru) (1983.10.05 – 2003.11.29) |
| 2012.06.21 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (2006.04.05 – 2012.06.21) |
| 2012.06.21 | Bishop emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1971.03.11 – 1999.11.10) |
| 2012.06.22 | Bishop emeritus of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2005.11.19) |
| 2012.06.24 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) (1972.01.03 – 1990.07.11) |
| 2012.06.26 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Florencia (Colombia) (1961.04.18 – 1978.11.15) |
| 2012.06.27 | Bishop emeritus of Mao–Monte Cristi (Dominican Republic) (1978.01.16 – 2006.05.24) |
| 2012.06.29 | Bishop emeritus of Polokwane (South Africa) (2009.09.04 – 2011.12.09) |
| 2012.06.29 | Bishop emeritus of Guanare (Venezuela) (2001.03.19 – 2011.10.12) |
| 2012.07.04 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Regensburg (Germany) (1972.05.17 – 2004.03.22) |
| 2012.07.07 | Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (1983.06.27 – 2001.10.13) |
| 2012.07.09 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII (1969.04.30 – 2012.07.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1971.03.13 – 2001.07.25) Ordinary emeritus of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1972.06.22 – 2001.10.03) |
| 2012.07.09 | Bishop emeritus of Toamasina (Madagascar) (1990.01.31 – 2008.11.24) |
| 2012.07.12 | Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy) (1997.02.12 – 2007.09.20) |
| 2012.07.15 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of El Beni (Bolivia) (1981.11.30 – 2007.06.06) |
| 2012.07.16 | Bishop emeritus of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1980.04.19 – 2010.10.30) |
| 2012.07.17 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy) (1987.11.23 – 2003.06.20) |
| 2012.07.27 | Bishop emeritus of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14) |
| 2012.07.28 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (2002 – 2011.06.11) |
| 2012.07.31 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France) (1980.12.12 – 2003.08.13) |
| 2012.07.31 | Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.07.31) |
| 2012.08.01 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) (1995.12.06 – 2004.02.28) |
| 2012.08.13 | Bishop emeritus of Taiohae (French Polynesia) (1973.03.01 – 1986.05.31) |
| 2012.08.21 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon) (1974.09.08 – 1999.07.30) |
| 2012.08.22 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1998.02.21 [1998.05.17] – 2012.08.22) Bishop emeritus of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan) (1991.03.04 – 2006.01.05) |
| 2012.08.22 | Bishop emeritus of Marabá (Brazil) (2000.01.12 – 2012.04.25) |
| 2012.08.23 | Bishop emeritus of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan) (1966.06.07 – 1990.12.03) |
| 2012.08.25 | Bishop emeritus of Angra (Portugal) (1979.06.30 – 1996.04.09) |
| 2012.08.25 | Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1984.01.11 – 2002.05.15) |
| 2012.08.27 | |
| 2012.08.28 | Bishop emeritus of Belluno–Feltre (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.01.02) |
| 2012.08.28 | |
| 2012.08.31 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1983.02.02 – 2012.08.31) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milano (Italy) (1979.12.29 – 2002.07.11) |
| 2012.08.31 | Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Deán Funes (Argentina) (1980.12.30 – 2000.01.18) |
| 2012.09.01 | Bishop emeritus of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand) (1976.05.24 – 1998.11.05) |
| 2012.09.04 | Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil) (1978.11.27 – 2011.02.16) |
| 2012.09.08 | Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1995.03.03 – 2002.06.01) |
| 2012.09.08 | Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1987.10.29 – 2010.03.19) |
| 2012.09.09 | Bishop emeritus of Juazeiro (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04) |
| 2012.09.18 | Bishop emeritus of Chartres (France) (1978.07.27 – 1991.04.06) |
| 2012.09.20 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino (2010.11.20 [2011.02.27] – 2012.09.20) Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary (2009.06.02 – 2012.01.05) |
| 2012.09.21 | |
| 2012.09.23 | Bishop emeritus of Steubenville (USA) (1977.10.11 – 1992.01.28) |
| 2012.09.23 | Bishop emeritus of Dundee (South Africa) (1983.03.17 – 2005.09.30) |
| 2012.09.25 | Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (1972.05.06 – 1979.12.20) |
| 2012.09.29 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil) (1989.05.30 – 2000.06.07) |
| 2012.09.30 | |
| 2012.10.07 | Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1992.12.16 – 2012.10.07) |
| 2012.10.14 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru) (1973.11.26 – 1987.05.15) |
| 2012.10.15 | |
| 2012.10.17 | Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2007.01.03 – 2012.10.17) |
| 2012.10.19 | |
| 2012.10.27 | Bishop emeritus of Carora (Venezuela) (1994.07.05 – 2003.12.05) |
| 2012.10.27 | Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (2001.01.23 – 2007.07.04) |
| 2012.10.28 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (1994.06.10 – 1997.10.24) |
| 2012.10.28 | Archbishop emeritus of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1995.07.28 – 2010.03.03) |
| 2012.10.31 | Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana (1988.10.29 – 2012.10.31) |
| 2012.10.31 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany) (1976.11.06 – 1998.04.30) |
| 2012.11.06 | |
| 2012.11.06 | Bishop emeritus of Saint John’s–Basseterre (Antigua and Barbuda) (1981.06.21 – 1981.07.17) |
| 2012.11.06 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1997 – 2000?) |
| 2012.11.08 | |
| 2012.11.12 | Apostolic Exarch emeritus of France of the Ukrainians (France) (1982.11.27 – 2012.07.21) |
| 2012.11.14 | Bishop emeritus of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 2003.06.25) |
| 2012.11.15 | Bishop emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (2002.01.23 – 2009.03.04) |
| 2012.11.20 | Bishop emeritus of San Pablo (Philippines) (1967.01.26 – 1995.07.12) |
| 2012.12.03 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1986.08.01 – 1997) |
| 2012.12.03 | Bishop emeritus of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (1974.02.15 – 1983.03.17) |
| 2012.12.04 | Bishop emeritus of Corumbá (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1999.07.21) |
| 2012.12.04 | |
| 2012.12.05 | Bishop emeritus of Banjarmasin (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1983.06.06) |
| 2012.12.08 | Titular Archbishop of Naissus (2008.05.08 – 2012.12.08) Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire (2008.05.08 – 2012.12.08) |
| 2012.12.09 | Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (1996.01.18 – 2003.04.23) |
| 2012.12.10 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1985.10.15 – 1998.09.01) |
| 2012.12.11 | Bishop emeritus of San Francisco (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1965.06.22) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Salta (Argentina) (1967 – 1978.05.15) |
| 2012.12.11 | |
| 2012.12.12 | Bishop emeritus of Ziguinchor (Senegal) (1966.09.29 – 1995.10.23) |
| 2012.12.13 | |
| 2012.12.16 | |
| 2012.12.25 | |
| 2012.12.25 | Bishop emeritus of Görlitz (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2006.06.24) |
| 2012.12.27 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lyon (France) (1975.10.02 – 1994.12.03) |
| 2012.12.27 | Bishop emeritus of Leribe (Lesotho) (1970.03.07 – 2009.06.30) |
| 2012.12.29 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17) |
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