Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2019

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (162)
2019.01.02
MexicoBishop Salvador Martínez Pérez († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Huejutla (Mexico) (1994.06.24 – 2009.03.12)

2019.01.03
Hong KongBishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (楊鳴章) († 73)

Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (2017.08.01 – 2019.01.03)

2019.01.05
ChileBishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile) (1977.12.23 – 2001.09.21)

2019.01.08
PolandArchbishop Giorgio Zur († 88)

President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1998.12.07 – 2000.01.29)

2019.01.08
BrazilBishop José Belvino do Nascimento († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

2019.01.08
SyriaBishop Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. († 92)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria) (1992.07.09 – 2002.11.21)

2019.01.09
USABishop Joseph Lawson Howze († 95)

Bishop emeritus of Biloxi (USA) (1977.03.08 – 2001.05.15)

2019.01.11
ColombiaBishop Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda (Colombia) (2003.01.10 – 2004.02.28)

2019.01.11
IndiaBishop Charles Soreng, S.J. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Hazaribag (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.09.08)

2019.01.12
Papua New GuineaBishop Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Lae (Papua New Guinea) (2007.01.15 – 2018.10.10)

2019.01.13
UruguayBishop Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Melo (Uruguay) (1962.01.02 – 1996.04.23)

2019.01.14
BoliviaBishop Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. († 82)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Bolivia (Bolivia) (2000.04.14 – 2012.04.04)

2019.01.22
USABishop John Mortimer Fourette Smith († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Trenton (USA) (1997.06.30 – 2010.12.01)

2019.01.24
SpainCardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angela Merici (2014.02.22 [2014.09.21] – 2019.01.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain) (1993.03.26 – 2007.07.31)

2019.01.25
CanadaBishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (1996.12.27 – 2010.10.28)

2019.01.25
ItalyBishop Vigilio Mario Olmi († 91)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brescia (Italy) (1986.03.20 – 2003.03.25)

2019.01.25
BotswanaBishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Gaborone (Botswana) (1981.11.30 – 2009.02.05)

2019.01.25
SpainBishop Jaume Traserra Cunillera († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain) (2001.07.28 – 2010.11.03)

2019.02.02
USABishop Walter James Edyvean († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (2001.06.29 – 2014.06.29)

2019.02.10
PhilippinesBishop Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Marbel (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 2018.04.28)

2019.02.10
PhilippinesBishop Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar († 94)

Bishop emeritus of San Carlos (Philippines) (1987.11.21 – 2001.07.25)

2019.02.15
USABishop Thomas Joseph Costello († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Syracuse (USA) (1978.01.02 – 2004.03.23)

2019.02.16
BrazilArchbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória (Brazil) (1984.04.27 – 2004.04.14)

2019.02.17
LatviaBishop Antons Justs († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Jelgava (Latvia) (1995.12.07 – 2011.07.22)

2019.02.21
PolandBishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Łowicz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2004.03.27)

2019.02.28
U.S. Virgin IslandsBishop Elliot Griffin Thomas († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1993.10.30 – 1999.06.29)

2019.03.02
SpainBishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Real (Spain) (1980.02.04 – 2003.03.20)

2019.03.10
USABishop René Arnold Valero († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA) (1980.10.07 – 2005.10.27)

2019.03.12
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1975.11.22 – 2001.03.13)

2019.03.14
BelgiumCardinal Godfried Danneels († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1983.02.02 – 2019.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Belgium (Belgium) (1986.07.21 – 2010.01.18)

2019.03.19
PortugalArchbishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Évora (Portugal) (1981.10.17 – 2008.01.08)

2019.03.20
USABishop Joseph Victor Adamec († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) (1987.03.12 – 2011.01.14)

2019.03.20
SudanBishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J. († 87)

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1995.12.15 – 2019.03.20)

2019.03.21
USABishop Francis Anthony Quinn († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Sacramento (USA) (1979.12.18 – 1993.11.30)

2019.03.21
BeninBishop Paul Kouassivi Vieira († 69)

Bishop of Djougou (Benin) (1995.10.01 – 2019.03.21)

2019.03.22
ItalyArchbishop Dino De Antoni († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia (Italy) (1999.06.02 – 2012.06.28)

2019.03.25
ItalyBishop Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1994.11.19 – 2013.06.25)

2019.03.26
PeruBishop Isidro Sala Ribera († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Abancay (Peru) (1992.12.01 – 2009.06.20)

2019.03.29
ChadBishop Michele Russo, M.C.C.J. († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Doba (Chad) (1989.03.06 – 2014.01.30)

2019.04.03
AlgeriaBishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Prado († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Constantine (Algeria) (1983.03.25 – 2008.11.21)

2019.04.06
USABishop George Edward Rueger († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Worcester (USA) (1987.01.16 – 2005.01.25)

2019.04.09
Puerto RicoBishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1979.06.11 – 2009.10.31)

2019.04.12
USABishop Ronald Paul Herzog († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Alexandria (USA) (2004.11.04 – 2017.02.02)

2019.04.13
GuatemalaBishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1996.09.28 – 2012.05.14)

2019.04.16
IndiaBishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1999.12.18)

2019.04.22
IndiaBishop Simon Kaipuram, C.M. († 65)

Bishop of Balasore (India) (2013.12.09 – 2019.04.22)

2019.04.24
MozambiqueBishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. († 74)

Bishop of Gurúè (Mozambique) (2010.03.24 – 2019.04.24)

2019.04.29
FranceBishop Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Meaux (France) (1999.08.17 – 2012.08.09)

2019.05.02
LebanonBishop Roland Aboujaoudé (Maronite Rite) († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1988 – 2011.08.13)

2019.05.08
Cote d’IvoireBishop Antoine Koné († 56)

Bishop of Odienné (Cote d’Ivoire) (2009.07.01 – 2019.05.08)

2019.05.09
USABishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1983.01.25 – 2004.05.21)

2019.05.10
ItalyBishop Domenico Padovano († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy) (1987.02.13 – 2016.02.05)

2019.05.10
GermanyBishop Paul-Werner Scheele († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany) (1979.08.31 – 2003.07.14)

2019.05.12
LebanonCardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Maronite Rite) († 98)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1994.11.26 – 2019.05.12)

Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1986.04.19] 1986.05.07 – 2011.02.26)

2019.05.14
BrazilBishop Urbano José Allgayer († 95)

Bishop emeritus of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (1982.02.04 – 1999.05.19)

2019.05.15
SpainBishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández († 62)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (2015.11.18 – 2019.05.15)

2019.05.15
TanzaniaBishop Gabriel Mmole († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Mtwara (Tanzania) (1988.03.12 – 2015.10.15)

2019.05.16
TanzaniaBishop Emmanuel A. Mapunda († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Mbinga (Tanzania) (1986.12.22 – 2011.03.12)

2019.05.17
LithuaniaBishop Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. († 94)

Titular Bishop of Egara (1984.06.01 – 2019.05.17)

2019.05.19
PolandBishop Jan Bagiński († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Opole (Poland) (1985.07.08 – 2009.08.14)

2019.05.19
SwitzerlandBishop Amédée Grab, O.S.B. († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland) (1998.06.12 – 2007.02.05)

2019.05.23
ScotlandBishop Joseph Devine († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Motherwell (Scotland) (1983.05.13 – 2013.05.31)

2019.05.24
EcuadorBishop Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador) (1985.05.02 – 2007.06.15)

2019.05.25
USABishop Joseph Anthony Galante († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Camden (USA) (2004.03.23 – 2013.01.08)

2019.05.27
NigeriaBishop Kevin Joseph Aje († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Sokoto (Nigeria) (1984.12.03 – 2011.06.10)

2019.05.30
BrazilBishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1998.03.25 – 2009.11.25)

2019.05.30
South AfricaBishop Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.J. († 72)

Bishop of Witbank (South Africa) (2009.11.06 – 2019.05.30)

2019.06.04
IndiaBishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1988.04.30 – 2003.03.29)

2019.06.04
Congo-KinshasaBishop Léonard Dhejju († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.07.02 – 2002.04.06)

2019.06.05
ItalyCardinal Elio Sgreccia († 90)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (2010.11.20 [2011.03.12] – 2019.06.05)

President emeritus of Pontifical Academy for Life (2005.01.03 – 2008.06.17)

2019.06.06
PolandArchbishop Bolesław Pylak († 97)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lublin (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1997.06.14)

2019.06.08
ChinaBishop Stephen Li Si-de (李思德) († 92)

Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1982 – 2019.06.08)

2019.06.12
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele († 62)

Extra-Regional Observer emeritus to Central American Integration System (SICA) (2015 – 2018.03.17)

2019.06.13
USABishop Roland Pierre DuMaine († 87)

Bishop emeritus of San Jose (USA) (1981.01.27 – 1999.11.27)

2019.06.16
Cabo VerdeBishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1975.04.21 – 2009.07.22)

2019.06.17
BrazilArchbishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1998.07.29 – 2011.11.30)

2019.06.18
USABishop Stephen Edward Blaire († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Stockton (USA) (1999.01.18 – 2018.01.23)

2019.06.25
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Fabiani († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy) (1989.07.19 – 2002.10.18)

2019.06.26
PhilippinesBishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Baguio (Philippines) (2004.06.24 – 2016.10.01)

2019.07.01
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.01.24 – 2009.10.22)

2019.07.06
ItalyBishop Lucio Soravito de Franceschi († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Adria–Rovigo (Italy) (2004.05.29 – 2015.12.23)

2019.07.07
ItalyBishop Salvatore Angerami († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) (2014.09.27 – 2019.07.07)

2019.07.11
USABishop Robert Francis Christian, O.P. († 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (2018.03.28 – 2019.07.11)

2019.07.13
ItalyCardinal Paolo Sardi († 84)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana (2010.11.20 [2011.05.24] – 2019.07.13)

Patron emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (2010.11.30 – 2014.11.08)

2019.07.14
USABishop Paul Albert Zipfel († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Bismarck (USA) (1996.12.31 – 2011.10.19)

2019.07.19
USABishop John Adel Elya (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA) (1993.11.25 – 2004.06.22)

2019.07.21
SpainCardinal José Manuel Estepa Llaurens († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010.11.20 [2011.04.29] – 2019.07.21)

Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Spain (Spain) (1986.07.21 – 2003.10.30)

2019.07.21
EgyptBishop Adel Zaky, O.F.M. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt) (2009.09.01 – 2019.07.21)

2019.07.22
ArgentinaBishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. († 93)

Bishop emeritus of San Luis (Argentina) (1971.07.06 – 2001.06.06)

2019.07.26
CubaCardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla (1994.11.26 – 2019.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba) (1981.11.20 – 2016.04.26)

2019.08.01
PhilippinesArchbishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) (1988.01.05 – 2006.03.04)

2019.08.02
Cook IslandsBishop Stuart France O’Connell, S.M. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (1996.11.08 – 2011.04.11)

2019.08.03
IndonesiaBishop John Philip Saklil († 59)

Bishop of Timika (Indonesia) (2003.12.19 – 2019.08.03)

2019.08.10
Papua New GuineaBishop Bernard Unabali († 62)

Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (2009.12.15 – 2019.08.10)

2019.08.11
MexicoCardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (2018.06.28 [2018.07.01] – 2019.08.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jalapa (Mexico) (1979.03.12 – 2007.04.10)

2019.08.12
CanadaBishop John Michael Sherlock († 93)

Bishop emeritus of London (Canada) (1978.07.07 – 2002.04.27)

2019.08.21
MozambiqueBishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Tete (Mozambique) (1976.05.31 – 2009.04.18)

2019.08.26
BrazilBishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2003.04.09 – 2010.04.14)

2019.08.29
ItalyCardinal Achille Silvestrini († 95)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999.01.09 – 2019.08.29)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1991.05.24 – 2000.09.07)

2019.09.02
ItalyBishop Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Isernia–Venafro (Italy) (1990.12.07 – 2006.08.05)

2019.09.03
ColombiaCardinal José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez († 100)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015.02.14 – 2019.09.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia) (1975.05.22 – 1996.10.15)

2019.09.03
CameroonBishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Bafia (Cameroon) (1977.12.21 – 2003.05.03)

2019.09.04
FranceCardinal Roger Etchegaray († 96)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998.06.24 [1998.10.04] – 2019.09.04)

President emeritus of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994.11.15 – 2001)

2019.09.05
ChileBishop Alberto Jara Franzoy († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Chillán (Chile) (1982.04.30 – 2006.03.25)

2019.09.12
USABishop Francis Xavier Roque († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate emeritus of United States of America (USA) (1983.03.29 – 2004.09.15)

2019.09.19
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Bommarito († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Catania (Italy) (2000.12.02 – 2002.06.07)

2019.09.20
Northern IrelandBishop Séamus Hegarty († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Derry (Northern Ireland) (1994.10.01 – 2011.11.23)

2019.09.20
SpainBishop Gregorio Martínez Sacristán († 72)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (2006.12.15 – 2019.09.20)

2019.09.21
MexicoBishop Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M.S.F. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Apatzingán (Mexico) (1981.04.09 – 2014.11.17)

2019.09.23
USAArchbishop Harry Joseph Flynn († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1995.09.08 – 2008.05.02)

2019.09.26
USACardinal William Joseph Levada († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title (2016.06.20 – 2019.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA) (1995.12.27 – 2005.05.13)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2005.05.13 – 2012.07.02)

President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (2009.07.08 – 2012.07.02)

President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission (2005.05.13 – 2012.07.02)

2019.09.27
ItalyBishop Dante Bernini († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Albano (Italy) (1982.04.08 – 1999.11.13)

2019.09.27
USABishop John Francis Kinney († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA) (1995.05.09 – 2013.09.20)

2019.09.27
USABishop John Joseph Snyder († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Augustine (USA) (1979.10.02 – 2000.12.12)

2019.09.28
BrazilBishop Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Grajaú (Brazil) (1998.01.21 – 2016.12.07)

2019.09.28
CanadaBishop Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. († 100)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1981.03.20 – 1991.08.27)

2019.09.30
ItalyArchbishop Enrico Masseroni († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vercelli (Italy) (1996.02.10 – 2014.02.27)

2019.10.03
SpainBishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Huelva (Spain) (1993.10.27 – 2006.07.17)

2019.10.08
BrazilCardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araújo († 95)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998.02.21 [1998.10.25] – 2019.10.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1986.02.05 – 2004.01.28)

2019.10.09
USABishop Thomas Joseph Flanagan († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA) (1998.01.05 – 2005.12.15)

2019.10.09
IndiaBishop John Baptist Sequeira († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Chikmagalur (India) (1987.01.26 – 2006.12.02)

2019.10.10
IndiaArchbishop Dominic Jala, S.D.B. († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India) (1999.12.22 – 2019.10.10)

2019.10.13
BrazilBishop Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Valença (Brazil) (1990.03.14 – 2014.02.12)

2019.10.15
IndiaBishop Antony Devotta († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India) (2000.11.16 – 2018.07.14)

2019.10.17
EnglandArchbishop Michael George Bowen († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Southwark (England) (1977.03.28 – 2003.11.06)

2019.10.20
ColombiaBishop Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia) (1998.01.28 – 2010.02.16)

2019.10.21
LebanonArchbishop Camille Zaidan (Maronite Rite) († 75)

Archbishop of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (2012.06.16 – 2019.10.21)

2019.10.21
EnglandBishop Brian Michael Noble († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Shrewsbury (England) (1995.06.23 – 2010.10.01)

2019.10.22
CanadaBishop Dorylas Moreau († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada) (2001.11.30 – 2019.06.25)

2019.10.23
ArgentinaBishop José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. († 56)

Bishop-Prelate of Cafayate (Argentina) (2014.02.10 – 2019.10.23)

2019.10.28
MaliBishop Jean-Gabriel Diarra († 74)

Bishop of San (Mali) (1987.11.18 – 2019.10.28)

2019.10.29
USABishop Richard Gerard Lennon († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Cleveland (USA) (2006.04.04 – 2016.12.28)

2019.10.30
USABishop Francis Xavier Irwin († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (1996.07.24 – 2009.10.20)

2019.10.30
BrazilBishop Ercílio Turco († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Osasco (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2014.04.16)

2019.10.31
USABishop Roger Paul Morin († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Biloxi (USA) (2009.03.02 – 2016.12.16)

2019.10.31
ItalyBishop Silvio Padoin († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1993.05.08 – 2005.09.02)

2019.11.01
WalesBishop Daniel Joseph Mullins († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Menevia (Wales) (1987.02.12 – 2001.06.12)

2019.11.01
PeruBishop Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. († 56)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (2011.02.02 – 2019.11.01)

2019.11.03
BrazilBishop Girônimo Zanandréa († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Erexim (Brazil) (1994.01.26 – 2012.06.06)

2019.11.12
VenezuelaBishop Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas († 79)

Bishop emeritus of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela) (2001.11.07 – 2016.07.15)

2019.11.13
ItalyBishop Giorgio Corbellini († 72)

President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia (2010.05.11 – 2019.11.13)

President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (2009.07.03 – 2019.11.13)

Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2015.01.21 – 2019.11.13)

2019.11.13
PanamaBishop Fernando Torres Durán († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Chitré (Panama) (1999.07.02 – 2013.04.25)

2019.11.15
PolandArchbishop Juliusz Paetz († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Poznań (Poland) (1996.04.11 – 2002.03.28)

2019.11.16
PolandBishop Bronisław Dembowski († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Włocławek (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2003.03.25)

2019.11.19
IndonesiaBishop Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. († 73)

Bishop of Padang (Indonesia) (1983.03.17 – 2019.11.19)

2019.11.20
ChinaBishop Andrew Jin Dao-yuan (靳道遠) († 90)

Bishop of Lu’an 潞安 (China) (2000 – 2019.11.20)

2019.11.28
GuadeloupeBishop Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (1984.07.02 – 2008.05.15)

2019.11.29
IndiaBishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Dharmapuri (India) (1997.01.24 – 2012.01.13)

2019.12.01
ArgentinaBishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Viedma (Argentina) (1975.04.05 – 1995.06.28)

2019.12.01
USABishop Paul David Sirba († 59)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (2009.10.15 – 2019.12.01)

2019.12.04
CzechiaBishop Ján Eugen Kočiš (Ruthenian Rite) († 93)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (2004.04.24 – 2006.10.07)

2019.12.05
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Brollo († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy) (2000.10.28 – 2009.08.20)

2019.12.09
BrazilBishop José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Iguatu (Brazil) (1961.10.13 – 2000.07.26)

2019.12.11
UgandaBishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Moroto (Uganda) (1992.03.30 – 2014.02.20)

2019.12.14
CanadaArchbishop André Gaumond († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1996.07.01 – 2011.07.26)

2019.12.17
ItalyArchbishop Enzio D’Antonio († 94)

Archbishop emeritus of Lanciano–Ortona (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2000.11.25)

2019.12.17
BrazilBishop Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. († 94)

Bishop emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil) (1981.10.03 – 2002.07.17)

2019.12.20
Papua New GuineaBishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (1991.01.21 – 2018.06.22)

2019.12.24
BrazilBishop Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Governador Valadares (Brazil) (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)

2019.12.30
MaltaCardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A. († 94)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti (2012.02.18 [2012.04.21] – 2019.12.30)

2019.12.30
LibyaBishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tripoli (Libya) (1985.05.03 – 2017.02.05)

2019.12.31
LebanonBishop Chucrallah Harb (Maronite Rite) († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1977.08.04 – 1999.06.05)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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