Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2012

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (149)
2012.01.01
ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Battisti († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy) (1972.12.13 – 2000.10.28)

2012.01.10
BrazilBishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 2004.06.15)

2012.01.14
ItalyBishop Antonio Mistrorigo († 99)

Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy) (1958.06.25 – 1988.11.19)

2012.01.17
CanadaBishop Colin Campbell († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada) (1986.12.12 – 2002.10.26)

2012.01.19
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni De Andrea († 83)

Vice-President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989.08.26 – 2007.10.13)

2012.01.20
USAArchbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA) (1974.06.01 – 1993.04.06)

2012.01.26
Puerto RicoBishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 2000.11.10)

2012.01.29
IndiaBishop Gabriel Lawrence Sengol († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1990.10.06 – 1997.10.14)

2012.01.30
ColombiaArchbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

2012.01.31
USACardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua († 88)

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
South AfricaBishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa) (1973.12.17 – 1981.10.30)

2012.02.02
GermanyBishop Paul Consbruch († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) (1980.11.15 – 1999.03.11)

2012.02.04
USABishop Joseph Walter Estabrook († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA) (2004.05.07 – 2012.02.04)

2012.02.04
Cote d’IvoireBishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.07.04 – 1975.11.20)

2012.02.04
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Volta († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Pavia (Italy) (1986.04.02 – 2003.12.01)

2012.02.10
VenezuelaBishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, Opus Dei († 84)

Bishop emeritus of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)

2012.02.10
ItalyBishop Filippo Giannini († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1980.12.01 – 1998.07.03)

2012.02.13
BrazilBishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. († 74)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2006.12.06 – 2012.02.13)

2012.02.17
CanadaBishop Joseph Faber MacDonald († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09)

2012.02.20
ArgentinaArchbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (1992.09.19 – 2002.10.01)

2012.02.21
PortugalBishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal) (1980.09.08 – 1999.01.25)

2012.02.27
GermanyBishop Werner Guballa († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) (2003.02.20 – 2012.02.27)

2012.03.02
El SalvadorBishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (1989.11.18 – 2011.10.08)

2012.03.03
IndiaBishop Stephen M. Tiru († 74)

Bishop of Khunti (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)

2012.03.04
USABishop John Charles Reiss († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Trenton (USA) (1980.03.11 – 1997.06.30)

2012.03.09
PhilippinesCardinal José Tomás Sánchez († 91)

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
Puerto RicoBishop Hermín Negrón Santana († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1981.06.30 – 2012.03.10)

2012.03.12
RwandaBishop Augustin Misago († 68)

Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1992.03.30 – 2012.03.12)

2012.03.12
EcuadorBishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil († 67)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador) (2008.06.18 – 2012.03.12)

2012.03.13
DenmarkBishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark) (1965.03.22 – 1995.03.22)

2012.03.18
GreeceBishop Anárghyros Printesis (Greek Rite) († 74)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (1975.06.28 – 2008.04.23)

2012.03.20
CroatiaArchbishop Ante Jurić († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia) (1988.09.10 – 2000.06.21)

2012.03.21
USABishop John George Chedid (Maronite Rite) († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (1994.02.19 – 2000.11.20)

2012.03.24
PolandBishop Edward Henryk Materski († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1999.06.28)

2012.03.29
ArgentinaBishop Paulino Reale Chirina († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1989.06.19 – 2000.12.16)

2012.04.03
CanadaArchbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1992.12.16 – 2006.01.09)

2012.04.03
ItalyBishop Arduino Bertoldo († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) (1992.10.10 – 2008.07.03)

2012.04.03
BrazilBishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 83)

Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

2012.04.06
SpainBishop Felipe Fernández García († 76)

Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1991.06.12 – 2005.06.29)

2012.04.07
SyriaCardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud (Syriac Rite) († 81)

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
Puerto RicoCardinal Luis Aponte Martínez († 89)

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
BoliviaBishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia) (2003.03.29 – 2009.07.15)

2012.04.11
USABishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Miami (USA) (1979.02.06 – 2003.06.07)

2012.04.13
ItalyArchbishop Mario Rizzi († 86)

Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1982 – 1991.02.28)

2012.04.16
SyriaArchbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany (Maronite Rite) († 82)

Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1989.06.05 – 1999.03.10)

2012.04.18
SpainBishop José Cerviño Cerviño († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain) (1976.11.08 – 1996.06.07)

2012.04.21
SpainBishop Ramón Búa Otero († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) (1989.09.14 – 2003.09.15)

2012.04.25
PolandBishop Jan Bernard Szlaga († 71)

Bishop of Pelplin (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.04.25)

2012.05.03
SlovakiaBishop František Tondra († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

2012.05.04
USABishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

2012.05.06
Cote d’IvoireBishop Félix Kouadjo († 72)

Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1996.04.22 – 2012.05.06)

2012.05.08
CanadaArchbishop William Aquin Carew († 89)

Titular Archbishop of Telde (1969.11.27 – 2012.05.08)

2012.05.13
VietnamBishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện († 106)

Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1968.07.12)

2012.05.19
IndonesiaBishop Isak Doera († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Sintang (Indonesia) (1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

2012.05.24
ChinaBishop Hermengild Li Yi (李毅), O.F.M. († 88)

Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China) (1998 – 2012.05.24)

2012.06.01
LithuaniaBishop Juozas Tunaitis († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1991.05.08 – 2010.03.04)

2012.06.04
GuatemalaCardinal Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño († 80)

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
SpainBishop Ireneo García Alonso († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Albacete (Spain) (1968.12.07 – 1980.08.04)

2012.06.06
BrazilBishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (1987.01.07 – 2005.08.24)

2012.06.11
SyriaArchbishop Raymond Eid (Maronite Rite) († 81)

Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1999.06.05 – 2006.06)

2012.06.13
BrazilBishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Guarulhos (Brazil) (1991.12.04 – 2011.11.23)

2012.06.15
MadagascarArchbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antsiranana (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1998.11.14)

2012.06.15
PortugalBishop Albino Mamede Cleto († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Coimbra (Portugal) (2001.03.24 – 2011.04.28)

2012.06.17
NigeriaBishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Okigwe (Nigeria) (1981.01.24 – 2006.04.22)

2012.06.19
BrazilArchbishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil) (2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19)

2012.06.20
PeruArchbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru) (1983.10.05 – 2003.11.29)

2012.06.21
BrazilArchbishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (2006.04.05 – 2012.06.21)

2012.06.21
IndiaBishop Gilbert Blaize Rego († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1971.03.11 – 1999.11.10)

2012.06.22
ItalyBishop Sergio Goretti († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2005.11.19)

2012.06.24
GermanyBishop Rudolf Schmid († 97)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) (1972.01.03 – 1990.07.11)

2012.06.26
ColombiaBishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. († 91)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Florencia (Colombia) (1961.04.18 – 1978.11.15)

2012.06.27
Dominican RepublicBishop Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Mao–Monte Cristi (Dominican Republic) (1978.01.16 – 2006.05.24)

2012.06.29
South AfricaBishop Mogale Paul Nkhumishe († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Polokwane (South Africa) (2009.09.04 – 2011.12.09)

2012.06.29
VenezuelaBishop José Sótero Valero Ruz († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Guanare (Venezuela) (2001.03.19 – 2011.10.12)

2012.07.04
GermanyBishop Vinzenz Guggenberger († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Regensburg (Germany) (1972.05.17 – 2004.03.22)

2012.07.07
IraqArchbishop Paul Coussa (Armenian Rite) († 94)

Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (1983.06.27 – 2001.10.13)

2012.07.09
BrazilCardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales († 91)

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
MadagascarBishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Toamasina (Madagascar) (1990.01.31 – 2008.11.24)

2012.07.12
ItalyArchbishop Pier Luigi Mazzoni († 79)

Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy) (1997.02.12 – 2007.09.20)

2012.07.15
BoliviaBishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of El Beni (Bolivia) (1981.11.30 – 2007.06.06)

2012.07.16
BurundiBishop Joseph Nduhirubusa († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1980.04.19 – 2010.10.30)

2012.07.17
ItalyArchbishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagliari (Italy) (1987.11.23 – 2003.06.20)

2012.07.27
NigeriaBishop Emmanuel Otteh († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Issele-Uku (Nigeria) (1996.11.08 – 2003.11.14)

2012.07.28
LebanonBishop Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite) († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (2002 – 2011.06.11)

2012.07.31
FranceArchbishop Lucien-Charles-Gilbert Daloz († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France) (1980.12.12 – 2003.08.13)

2012.07.31
PolandBishop Stefan Siczek († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.07.31)

2012.08.01
ItalyBishop Riccardo Ruotolo († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) (1995.12.06 – 2004.02.28)

2012.08.13
French PolynesiaBishop Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Taiohae (French Polynesia) (1973.03.01 – 1986.05.31)

2012.08.21
LebanonBishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D. († 89)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon) (1974.09.08 – 1999.07.30)

2012.08.22
TaiwanCardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (單國璽), S.J. († 88)

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
BrazilBishop José Foralosso, S.D.B. († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Marabá (Brazil) (2000.01.12 – 2012.04.25)

2012.08.23
TaiwanBishop Paul Cheng Shi-guang (Ch’eng Shih-kuang) (成世光) († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Tainan 臺南 (Taiwan) (1966.06.07 – 1990.12.03)

2012.08.25
PortugalBishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Angra (Portugal) (1979.06.30 – 1996.04.09)

2012.08.25
BrazilBishop Eduardo Koaik († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1984.01.11 – 2002.05.15)

2012.08.27
EswatiniBishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. († 67)

Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini) (1985.07.01 – 2012.08.27)

2012.08.28
ItalyBishop Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Belluno–Feltre (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.01.02)

2012.08.28
TanzaniaBishop William Pascal Kikoti († 55)

Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania) (2000.10.23 – 2012.08.28)

2012.08.31
ItalyCardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. († 85)

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
ArgentinaBishop Lucas Luis Dónnelly, O. de M. († 91)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Deán Funes (Argentina) (1980.12.30 – 2000.01.18)

2012.09.01
ThailandBishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand) (1976.05.24 – 1998.11.05)

2012.09.04
BrazilBishop Hélio Gonçalves Heleno († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil) (1978.11.27 – 2011.02.16)

2012.09.08
SeychellesBishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1995.03.03 – 2002.06.01)

2012.09.08
BrazilBishop Luís D’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1987.10.29 – 2010.03.19)

2012.09.09
BrazilBishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R. († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Juazeiro (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04)

2012.09.18
FranceBishop Michel Joseph Kuehn († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Chartres (France) (1978.07.27 – 1991.04.06)

2012.09.20
ItalyCardinal Fortunato Baldelli († 77)

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
ItalyArchbishop Bruno Schettino († 71)

Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1997.04.29 – 2012.09.21)

2012.09.23
USABishop Albert Henry Ottenweller († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Steubenville (USA) (1977.10.11 – 1992.01.28)

2012.09.23
South AfricaBishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Dundee (South Africa) (1983.03.17 – 2005.09.30)

2012.09.25
MalawiBishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (1972.05.06 – 1979.12.20)

2012.09.29
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil) (1989.05.30 – 2000.06.07)

2012.09.30
UgandaBishop Joseph Benard Willigers, M.H.M. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Jinja (Uganda) (1967.07.13 – 2010.03.02)

2012.10.07
CanadaBishop Roman Danylak (Ukrainian Rite) († 81)

Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1992.12.16 – 2012.10.07)

2012.10.14
PeruBishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. († 100)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru) (1973.11.26 – 1987.05.15)

2012.10.15
USABishop Patrick Ronald Cooney († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Gaylord (USA) (1989.11.06 – 2009.10.07)

2012.10.17
BeninBishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M. († 68)

Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) (2007.01.03 – 2012.10.17)

2012.10.19
CanadaBishop Raymond Dumais († 62)

Bishop emeritus of Gaspé (Canada) (1993.12.27 – 2001.07.21)

2012.10.27
VenezuelaBishop Eduardo Herrera Riera († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Carora (Venezuela) (1994.07.05 – 2003.12.05)

2012.10.27
MalawiBishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Lilongwe (Malawi) (2001.01.23 – 2007.07.04)

2012.10.28
ZimbabweArchbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (1994.06.10 – 1997.10.24)

2012.10.28
LebanonArchbishop George Riashi, B.C. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 78)

Archbishop emeritus of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1995.07.28 – 2010.03.03)

2012.10.31
SpainArchbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz († 75)

Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana (1988.10.29 – 2012.10.31)

2012.10.31
GermanyBishop Alfons Demming († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany) (1976.11.06 – 1998.04.30)

2012.11.06
TanzaniaBishop Aloysius Balina († 67)

Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (1997.08.08 – 2012.11.06)

2012.11.06
Antigua and BarbudaBishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. († 102)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John’s–Basseterre (Antigua and Barbuda) (1981.06.21 – 1981.07.17)

2012.11.06
ChinaBishop Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen (郭傳真), O.F.M. († 94)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1997 – 2000?)

2012.11.08
NigeriaBishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Kano (Nigeria) (1999.06.22 – 2008.03.20)

2012.11.12
FranceBishop Michel Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 83)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of France of the Ukrainians (France) (1982.11.27 – 2012.07.21)

2012.11.14
BrazilBishop Luíz Eugênio Pérez († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 2003.06.25)

2012.11.15
BrazilBishop José Song Sui-Wan (宋瑞雲), S.D.B. († 71)

Bishop emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (2002.01.23 – 2009.03.04)

2012.11.20
PhilippinesBishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad († 92)

Bishop emeritus of San Pablo (Philippines) (1967.01.26 – 1995.07.12)

2012.12.03
LebanonArchbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil (Syriac Rite) († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1986.08.01 – 1997)

2012.12.03
Sri LankaBishop Leo Rajendram Antony († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (1974.02.15 – 1983.03.17)

2012.12.04
BrazilBishop José Alves da Costa, D.C. († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Corumbá (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1999.07.21)

2012.12.04
ItalyBishop Massimo Giustetti († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Biella (Italy) (1986.12.03 – 2001.07.13)

2012.12.05
IndonesiaBishop Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau, M.S.F. († 95)

Bishop emeritus of Banjarmasin (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1983.06.06)

2012.12.08
IndiaArchbishop Ambrose Madtha (安博思) († 57)

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
CzechiaBishop Ivan Ljavinec (Ruthenian Rite) († 89)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (1996.01.18 – 2003.04.23)

2012.12.10
FranceArchbishop Jacques André Marie Jullien († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1985.10.15 – 1998.09.01)

2012.12.11
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira († 97)

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
USABishop Walter Francis Sullivan († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Richmond (USA) (1974.06.04 – 2003.09.16)

2012.12.12
SenegalBishop Augustin Sagna († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Ziguinchor (Senegal) (1966.09.29 – 1995.10.23)

2012.12.13
CzechiaBishop Jan Blaha († 74)
2012.12.16
ChinaBishop John Chen Shi-zhong (陳適中) († 94)

Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China) (1985 – 2012.12.16)

2012.12.25
USABishop Edward Thomas Hughes († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Metuchen (USA) (1986.12.11 – 1997.07.08)

2012.12.25
GermanyBishop Rudolf Müller († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Görlitz (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2006.06.24)

2012.12.27
FranceBishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Prado († 93)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lyon (France) (1975.10.02 – 1994.12.03)

2012.12.27
LesothoBishop Paul Khoarai († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Leribe (Lesotho) (1970.03.07 – 2009.06.30)

2012.12.29
PolandArchbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk († 94)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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