Deceased Bishops in the year 2014

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (126)
2014.01.10	Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi († 91) Bishop emeritus of Noto (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1998.06.19)
2014.01.11	Bishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Agats (Indonesia) (1969.05.29 – 2001.05.09)
2014.01.12	Bishop Francis Deniau († 77) Bishop emeritus of Nevers (France) (1998.06.26 – 2011.08.27)
2014.01.15	Bishop José de Jesús Garcia Ayala († 103) Bishop emeritus of Campeche (Mexico) (1967.04.27 – 1982.02.09)
2014.01.20	Bishop John Mackey († 96) Bishop emeritus of Auckland (New Zealand) (1974.04.25 – 1983.01.01)
2014.01.25	Bishop Kurt Krenn († 77) Bishop emeritus of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1991.07.11 – 2004.10.07)
2014.01.30	Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Patna (India) (1999.03.16 – 2007.10.01)
2014.01.30	Bishop Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 86) Bishop emeritus of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1998.07.01 – 2003.05.03)
2014.02.01	Bishop Prospero Nale Arellano († 77) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Libmanan (Philippines) (1989.12.09 – 2008.05.19)
2014.02.03	Bishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón († 87) Bishop emeritus of Almería (Spain) (1989.05.12 – 2002.04.15)
2014.02.04	Bishop Hubert Luthe († 86) Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany) (1991.12.18 – 2002.05.22)
2014.02.08	Bishop Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire († 72) Bishop of Hoima (Uganda) (1991.03.09 – 2014.02.08)
2014.02.09	Bishop Pius Suh Awa († 83) Bishop emeritus of Buéa (Cameroon) (1973.01.29 – 2006.11.30)
2014.02.10	Bishop Pere Tena Garriga († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain) (1993.06.09 – 2004.06.15)
2014.02.11	Bishop Léon Hégelé († 89) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France) (1985.09.09 – 2000.12.18)
2014.02.12	Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. († 74) Bishop emeritus of Yoro (Honduras) (2005.09.19 – 2014.01.21)
2014.02.13	Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando († 90) Bishop emeritus of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.11.25 – 1997.07.06)
2014.02.14	Bishop Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1988.12.02 – 2002.07.31)
2014.02.27	Bishop Raymond James Boland († 82) Bishop emeritus of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1993.06.22 – 2005.05.24)
2014.03.04	Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa) (1990.07.07 – 2009.12.18)
2014.03.07	Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas († 95) Bishop emeritus of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1971.06.02 – 1980.07.24)
2014.03.10	Archbishop Francesco De Nittis († 80) Titular Archbishop of Tunes (1981.03.07 – 2014.03.10)
2014.03.12	Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo († 78) Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio in Campo Marzio (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – 2014.03.12) Patriarch emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal) (1998.03.24 – 2013.05.18)
2014.03.12	Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima († 73) Bishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania) (1989.03.06 – 1998.07.20)
2014.03.16	Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas († 87) Bishop emeritus of Linares (Chile) (1976.12.11 – 2003.01.17)
2014.03.16	Bishop Joseph Fan Zhong-liang (范忠良), S.J. († 96) Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (2000.03.12 – 2014.03.16)
2014.03.17	Archbishop José Delicado Baeza († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valladolid (Spain) (1975.04.18 – 2002.08.28)
2014.03.24	Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy) (1998.06.06 – 2004.12.18)
2014.03.26	Bishop Wolfgang Kirchgässner († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1979.11.29 – 1998.12.31)
2014.03.28	Bishop Michael Ernest Putney († 67) Bishop of Townsville (Australia) (2001.01.24 – 2014.03.28)
2014.04.01	Bishop Andrew Joseph McDonald († 90) Bishop emeritus of Little Rock (USA) (1972.07.04 – 2000.01.04)
2014.04.02	Bishop Michael Pearse Lacey († 97) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada) (1979.05.03 – 1993.05.31)
2014.04.03	Bishop Pedro Fré, C.SS.R. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Barretos (Brazil) (1989.12.02 – 2000.12.20)
2014.04.08	Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly (Chaldean Rite) († 86) Cardinal-Patriarch (2007.11.24 – 2014.04.08) Patriarch emeritus of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([2003.12.03] 2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19)
2014.04.09	Archbishop Boniface Lele († 66) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mombasa (Kenya) (2005.04.01 – 2013.11.01)
2014.04.10	Bishop Ján Hirka (Slovak Rite) († 90) Bishop emeritus of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1989.12.21 – 2002.12.11)
2014.04.15	Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lomé (Togo) (1962.03.10 – 1992.02.13)
2014.04.15	Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal († 97) Bishop emeritus of León (Mexico) (1966.01.13 – 1992.01.04)
2014.04.18	Bishop Ramón Malla Call († 91) Bishop emeritus of Lleida (Spain) (1992.10.31 – 1999.10.29)
2014.04.21	Bishop Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1992.12.16 – 2014.04.21)
2014.04.25	Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh († 80) Bishop emeritus of Cape Palmas (Liberia) (1981.12.19 – 2008.10.15)
2014.04.26	Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil) (1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)
2014.04.26	Bishop José Moreira Bastos Neto († 61) Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil) (2009.01.07 – 2014.04.26)
2014.04.26	Bishop Protacio Guevarra Gungon († 88) Bishop emeritus of Antipolo (Philippines) (1983.01.24 – 2001.10.18)
2014.04.28	Archbishop Damião António Franklin († 63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (2001.01.23 – 2014.04.28)
2014.05.02	Bishop Tomás Balduino, O.P. († 91) Bishop emeritus of Goiás (Brazil) (1967.11.10 – 1998.12.02)
2014.05.06	Bishop Livio Maritano († 88) Bishop emeritus of Acqui (Italy) (1979.06.30 – 2000.12.09)
2014.05.08	Bishop Homero Leite Meira († 82) Bishop emeritus of Irecê (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.06.13)
2014.05.11	Bishop Gérard Drainville († 83) Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada) (1978.04.19 – 2004.05.03)
2014.05.11	Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1995.01.25 – 1998.05.06)
2014.05.12	Cardinal Marco Cé († 88) Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1979.06.30 – 2014.05.12) Patriarch emeritus of Venezia (Italy) (1978.12.07 – 2002.01.05)
2014.05.12	Bishop Ruben Tolentino Profugo († 76) Bishop emeritus of Lucena (Philippines) (1982.05.15 – 2003.09.13)
2014.05.13	Archbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1991.07.17 – 2001.02.07)
2014.05.19	Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Braga (Portugal) (1977.02.03 – 1999.06.05)
2014.05.21	Bishop Paul-Émile Charbonneau († 92) Bishop emeritus of Hull (Canada) (1963.05.21 – 1973.04.12)
2014.05.25	Bishop Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani († 81) Bishop emeritus of Catamarca (Argentina) (1989.12.19 – 2007.12.27)
2014.06.01	Bishop Heinrich Fasching († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1993.05.24 – 2004.10.07)
2014.06.02	Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy († 90) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 2014.06.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India) (1968.01.11 – 1971.04.30) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1985.10.30 – 1991.05.24)
2014.06.04	Bishop Joseph Befe Ateba († 50) Bishop of Kribi (Cameroon) (2008.06.19 – 2014.06.04)
2014.06.06	Bishop Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (1992.07.11 – 2005.10.25)
2014.06.07	Bishop Juan María Leonardi Villasmil († 67) Bishop of Punto Fijo (Venezuela) (1997.07.12 – 2014.06.07)
2014.06.09	Cardinal Bernard Agré († 88) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – 2014.06.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1994.12.19 – 2006.05.02)
2014.06.11	Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Itaguaí (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1998.07.08)
2014.06.26	Archbishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)
2014.06.27	Bishop Bernard Ferdinand Popp († 96) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA) (1983.06.03 – 1993.03.23)
2014.06.28	Bishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría († 96) Bishop emeritus of Maturín (Venezuela) (1958.05.24 – 1994.05.07)
2014.06.30	Archbishop Petero Mataca († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suva (Fiji) (1976.04.10 – 2012.12.19)
2014.07.03	Bishop Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France) (1986.08.27 – 1987.05.07) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bayeux (France) (1987.05.07 – 2005.07.01)
2014.07.05	Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C. († 94) Bishop emeritus of Broome (Australia) (1966.06.07 – 1995.11.03)
2014.07.06	Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz († 86) Bishop emeritus of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (1973.12.21 – 2004.06.15)
2014.07.14	Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. († 100) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.05.28 – 1992.04.10)
2014.07.15	Bishop Pietro Giacomo Nonis († 87) Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy) (1988.02.20 – 2003.10.06)
2014.07.21	Bishop Robert William Donnelly († 83) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Toledo (USA) (1984.03.14 – 2006.05.30)
2014.07.25	Bishop Pedro Luís António († 93) Bishop emeritus of Kwito-Bié (Angola) (1979.06.15 – 1997.01.15)
2014.07.26	Bishop Spiridon Mattar (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 93) Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1978.06.22 – 1990.04.20)
2014.07.27	Cardinal Francesco Marchisano († 85) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia del Gonfalone pro hac vice Title (2014.06.12 – 2014.07.27) President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (2005.02.05 – 2009.07.03) President emeritus of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See (2003.03.08 – 2009.07.03)
2014.08.03	Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy († 90) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1988.06.28 – 2014.08.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1983.02.12 – 2001.03.26)
2014.08.03	Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira († 93) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil) (1978.07.14 – 1996.02.28)
2014.08.08	Archbishop Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P. († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caceres (Philippines) (1983.10.20 – 2012.09.08)
2014.08.08	Bishop Luciano Bux († 78) Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (Italy) (2000.02.05 – 2011.07.02)
2014.08.08	Bishop Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Darwin (Australia) (1986.04.28 – 2007.07.03)
2014.08.11	Archbishop Armando Círio, O.S.J. († 98) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)
2014.08.11	Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. (Coptic Rite) († 83) Bishop emeritus of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt) (1982.05.26 – 2003.08.09)
2014.08.18	Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan († 81) Bishop emeritus of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (2005.04.01 – 2009.07.25)
2014.08.20	Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka († 86) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1988.06.28 – 2014.08.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Detroit (USA) (1981.03.21 – 1990.04.28) President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State (2001.02.22 – 2006.09.15) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997.10.14 – 2006.09.15)
2014.08.25	Archbishop John Wu Shi-zhen (吳仕珍) († 93) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1990 – 2011)
2014.08.25	Bishop Ramón Echarren Istúriz († 84) Bishop emeritus of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1978.11.27 – 2005.11.26)
2014.08.26	Bishop John Joseph Nevins († 82) Bishop emeritus of Venice (USA) (1984.07.17 – 2007.01.19)
2014.08.29	Bishop Simon Akwali Okafor († 79) Bishop emeritus of Awka (Nigeria) (1994.09.09 – 2010.04.17)
2014.09.06	Bishop Cirilo B. Flores († 66) Bishop of San Diego (USA) (2013.09.18 – 2014.09.06)
2014.09.12	Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi († 86) Bishop emeritus of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan) (1986.02.21 – 2008.04.19)
2014.09.14	Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C. († 97) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil) (1965.01.01 – 1975.05.03)
2014.09.21	Bishop John Chrysostom Lan Shi (蘭石) († 88) Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan 三原 (China) (2003 – 2008)
2014.09.23	Bishop John Baptist Wang Jin (王藎) († 90) Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China) (1999 – 2014.09.23)
2014.09.28	Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (1989.07.08 – 2002.07.12)
2014.09.29	Archbishop Carlo Curis († 90) Titular Archbishop of Medeli (1971.07.14 – 2014.09.29)
2014.10.08	Archbishop Angelo Mottola († 79) Delegate of the Administration emeritus of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (1986 – 1999.07.16)
2014.10.09	Bishop John Patrick Boles († 84) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (1992.04.14 – 2006.10.12)
2014.10.13	Bishop José Hernán Sánchez Porras († 70) Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela) (2000.12.19 – 2014.10.13)
2014.10.15	Bishop João Corso, S.D.B. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Campos (Brazil) (1990.10.12 – 1995.11.22)
2014.10.15	Bishop José Refugio Mercado Díaz († 72) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (2003.09.16 – 2009.06.10)
2014.10.16	Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza († 86) Bishop emeritus of Varanasi (India) (1971.05.14 – 2007.02.24)
2014.10.18	Bishop Paul Henry Walsh († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA) (2003.04.03 – 2012.08.17)
2014.10.25	Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami (ペトロ・バプティスタ石神忠真郎), O.F.M. Cap. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Naha 那覇 (Japan) (1972.12.18 – 1997.01.24)
2014.10.26	Bishop Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. († 89) Coadjutor Military Ordinary emeritus of Bolivia (Bolivia) (1993.09.18 – 2000.04.14)
2014.10.28	Bishop Mansour Hobeika (Maronite Rite) († 72) Bishop of Zahlé of the Maronites (Lebanon) (2002.09.12 – 2014.10.28)
2014.10.31	Bishop Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 90) Bishop emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1997.11.07 – 2005.06.02)
2014.11.01	Bishop Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. († 87) Bishop emeritus of Dourados (Brazil) (1990.05.12 – 2001.12.05)
2014.11.04	Archbishop James Spaita († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kasama (Zambia) (1990.12.03 – 2009.05.04)
2014.11.09	Archbishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1994.02.14 – 2003.07.16)
2014.11.11	Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. († 98) Bishop emeritus of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1958.04.16 – 1969.12.19)
2014.11.14	Bishop Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. († 74) Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France) (1988.08.08 – 2014.11.14)
2014.11.16	Bishop Javier Azagra Labiano († 91) Bishop emeritus of Cartagena (Spain) (1978.09.23 – 1998.02.20)
2014.11.19	Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey († 81) Bishop emeritus of Sale (Australia) (1989.04.08 – 2008.01.02)
2014.11.19	Bishop Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (1988.11.10 – 2004.05.18)
2014.11.19	Bishop Sebelio Peralta Álvarez († 75) Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay) (2008.12.27 – 2014.11.19)
2014.11.22	Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini († 98) Cardinal-Priest of S. Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title (2002.02.26 [2002.04.07] – 2014.11.22) President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (1989.03.01 – 1996.10.31)
2014.11.23	Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire († 95) Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1977.10.15 – 1991.12.27)
2014.11.25	Archbishop Joseph Thomas Dimino († 91) Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of United States of America (USA) (1991.05.14 – 1997.08.12)
2014.12.03	Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2006.08.02)
2014.12.09	Cardinal Jorge María Mejía († 91) Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo della Carità pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – 2014.12.09) Librarian emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library (1998.03.07 – 2003.11.24) Archivist emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives (1998.03.07 – 2003.11.24)
2014.12.11	Bishop Georges Lagrange († 85) Bishop emeritus of Gap (France) (1988.07.11 – 2003.11.18)
2014.12.14	Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec († 89) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cleveland (USA) (1982.04.13 – 2001.04.03)
2014.12.17	Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi (Maronite Rite) († 87) Bishop emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (1996.11.11 – 2004.01.10)
2014.12.18	Bishop Claude Henri Édouard Frikart, C.I.M. († 92) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1986.06.21 – 1997.09.02)
2014.12.26	Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. († 86) Secretary emeritus of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions) (1998.07.11 – 2003.11.25)

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