Deceased Bishops in the year 2023

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (136)
2023.01.02	Bishop John Huo Cheng (霍成) († 96) Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1991 – 2023.01.02)
2023.01.03	Bishop Norbert Werbs († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany) (1994.10.24 – 2015.05.20)
2023.01.06	Bishop Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda († 92) Bishop emeritus of Daet (Philippines) (1991.06.07 – 2007.04.04)
2023.01.06	Bishop Gervasio Gestori († 86) Bishop emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy) (1996.06.21 – 2013.11.04)
2023.01.08	Bishop Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz († 57) Bishop of Ocaña (Colombia) (2021.02.27 – 2023.01.08)
2023.01.10	Cardinal George Pell († 81) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2003.10.21 [2004.03.20] – 2023.01.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24) Prefect emeritus of Secretariat for the Economy (2014.02.24 – 2019.02.24)
2023.01.17	Bishop Ivan Bura (Ukrainian Rite) († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (2006.01.03 – 2019.11.15)
2023.01.22	Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark († 85) Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA) (1979.04.23 – 2012.09.21)
2023.01.22	Bishop Bernd Joachim Uhl († 76) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (2001.03.29 – 2018.02.19)
2023.02.03	Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (2002.07.06 – 2009.06.16)
2023.02.03	Bishop Anthony Fernandes († 86) Bishop emeritus of Bareilly (India) (1989.01.19 – 2014.07.11)
2023.02.08	Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto († 97) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India) (1998.09.10 – 2004.07.22)
2023.02.08	Bishop Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. († 93) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Corocoro (Bolivia) (1966.06.10 – 1991.09.05)
2023.02.14	Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (2001.07.24 – 2010.11.30)
2023.02.14	Bishop Vito Schlickmann († 94) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1995.01.25 – 2004.03.03)
2023.02.18	Bishop David Gerard O’Connell († 69) Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (2015.07.21 – 2023.02.18)
2023.02.25	Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. († 91) Bishop emeritus of Villarrica (Chile) (2001.11.19 – 2009.02.07)
2023.02.26	Bishop Mário Lukunde († 65) Bishop emeritus of Menongue (Angola) (2005.08.03 – 2018.03.12)
2023.03.01	Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calabar (Nigeria) (2003.12.17 – 2013.02.02)
2023.03.04	Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez († 97) Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India) (1978.01.30 – 2001.10.16)
2023.03.06	Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy) (1990.05.11 – 2011.11.21)
2023.03.07	Bishop Augusto Lauro († 99) Bishop emeritus of San Marco Argentano–Scalea (Italy) (1979.04.07 – 1999.03.06)
2023.03.11	Bishop Angel Tec-i Hobayan († 93) Bishop emeritus of Catarman (Philippines) (1974.12.12 – 2005.03.10)
2023.03.11	Bishop Alexandru Mesian (Romanian Rite) († 86) Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1995.11.20 – 2023.03.11)
2023.03.12	Bishop Joseph Edward Troy († 91) Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1986.04.02 – 1997.09.24)
2023.03.14	Bishop Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (1999.10.15 – 2017.01.28)
2023.03.16	Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. († 94) Bishop emeritus of Uíje (Angola) (1979.05.16 – 2008.02.02)
2023.03.16	Bishop Victor de la Cruz Ocampo († 71) Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines) (2015.06.12 – 2023.03.16)
2023.03.18	Archbishop Joseph Powathil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1985.11.05 – 2007.01.22)
2023.03.21	Bishop Fernand Joseph Cheri, O.F.M. († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) (2015.01.12 – 2023.03.21)
2023.03.26	Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber († 88) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (2015.02.14 [2015.06.13] – 2023.03.26) President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1990.01.22 – 1993.03.16)
2023.03.26	Bishop David Christopher McGough († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England) (2005.10.25 – 2020.03.18)
2023.04.01	Archbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)
2023.04.01	Bishop Hugh Christopher Budd († 85) Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England) (1985.11.19 – 2013.11.09)
2023.04.02	Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Rio do Sul (Brazil) (2000.08.30 – 2008.03.19)
2023.04.05	Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki († 93) Bishop emeritus of Hoima (Uganda) (1969.07.07 – 1991.03.09)
2023.04.06	Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto († 86) Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)
2023.04.09	Bishop James Clifford Timlin († 95) Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA) (1984.04.24 – 2003.07.25)
2023.04.12	Bishop Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot († 87) Bishop emeritus of Évreux (France) (1982.05.05 – 1995.01.13 deposed)
2023.04.12	Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. († 96) Bishop emeritus of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1993.09.18 – 2003.02.28)
2023.04.14	Archbishop Peter Lin Jia-shan (林佳善) († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (2020.06.09 – 2023.04.14▼) Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China) (2016 – 2023.04.14) Prefect Apostolic of Jian’ou 建甌 (China) (2006.12.29 – 2023.04.14)
2023.04.15	Archbishop Francisco Viti († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huambo (Angola) (1986.09.12 – 2003.07.31)
2023.04.16	Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé (Syriac Rite) († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (2001.06.24 – 2019.07.12)
2023.04.16	Bishop Antônio Celso Queiroz († 89) Bishop emeritus of Catanduva (Brazil) (2000.02.09 – 2009.10.21)
2023.04.22	Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong (曾順祥) († 96) Bishop emeritus of Melaka–Johor (Malaysia) (1972.12.18 – 2001.12.10)
2023.04.24	Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon († 96) Bishop emeritus of Steubenville (USA) (1992.01.28 – 2002.05.31)
2023.04.25	Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (2002.11.16 – 2023.04.25) Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2015.12.22 – 2023.04.25)
2023.04.26	Bishop Isidore Fernandes († 76) Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India) (1988.05.05 – 2013.01.31)
2023.05.02	Bishop Helmut Krätzl († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Wien (Austria) (1977.09.30 – 2008.03.06)
2023.05.07	Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath († 77) Bishop emeritus of San Jose (USA) (1999.11.27 – 2019.05.01)
2023.05.09	Bishop Edward Peter Cullen († 90) Bishop emeritus of Allentown (USA) (1997.12.16 – 2009.05.27)
2023.05.10	Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés († 78) Bishop emeritus of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba) (1998.01.24 – 2006.12.13)
2023.05.11	Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M. (Coptic Rite) († 76) Bishop emeritus of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt) (1990.05.16 – 2021.11.03)
2023.05.14	Archbishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C. († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1990.07.07 – 2011.08.11)
2023.05.14	Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati († 78) Bishop emeritus of Janaúba (Brazil) (2015.05.27 – 2019.06.12)
2023.05.15	Bishop Valentin Pozaić, S.J. († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia) (2005.02.02 – 2017.05.13)
2023.05.18	Archbishop Giuseppe Casale († 99) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Foggia–Bovino (Italy) (1988.05.07 – 1999.05.27)
2023.05.23	Archbishop Alojz Tkáč († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Košice (Slovakia) (1995.03.31 – 2010.06.04)
2023.05.28	Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P. († 97) Bishop emeritus of Multan (Pakistan) (1966.05.17 – 1984.10.20)
2023.05.29	Bishop Victor Benito Galeone († 87) Bishop emeritus of Saint Augustine (USA) (2001.06.26 – 2011.04.27)
2023.06.03	Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA) (1993.08.17 – 2015.04.27)
2023.06.04	Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J. († 84) Bishop emeritus of El Obeid (Sudan) (1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)
2023.06.04	Bishop Luigi Marrucci († 78) Bishop emeritus of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy) (2010.11.25 – 2020.06.18)
2023.06.06	Bishop Peter Henrici, S.J. († 95) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland) (1993.03.04 – 2007.02.05)
2023.06.13	Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangui (Central African Republic) (1970.09.16 – 2003.07.26)
2023.06.14	Bishop Maurice Taylor († 97) Bishop emeritus of Galloway (Scotland) (1981.04.04 – 2004.04.07)
2023.06.16	Bishop Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Peterborough (Canada) (2002.12.28 – 2014.04.08)
2023.06.18	Bishop Wenceslas Compaoré († 88) Bishop emeritus of Manga (Burkina Faso) (1997.01.02 – 2010.12.28)
2023.06.20	Bishop Rogelio Esquivel Medina († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (2001.06.27 – 2008.06.27)
2023.06.22	Archbishop Jacques Ishaq (Chaldean Rite) († 85) Archbishop emeritus of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1997.05.07 – 1999.05.04)
2023.06.26	Bishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Edmundston (Canada) (1993.10.22 – 2009.01.05)
2023.07.02	Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. († 94) Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA) (1988.12.27 – 2004.02.10)
2023.07.08	Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero († 54) Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (2020.10.22 – 2023.07.08)
2023.07.11	Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. († 94) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (1996.12.20 – 2004.10.26)
2023.07.11	Bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany) (1994.10.24 – 2016.10.08)
2023.07.14	Bishop John Raymond Manz († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA) (1996.01.23 – 2021.07.01)
2023.07.15	Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama (ペトロ平山高明) († 99) Bishop emeritus of Oita 大分 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 2000.05.10)
2023.07.16	Bishop Luigi Bettazzi († 99) Bishop emeritus of Ivrea (Italy) (1966.11.26 – 1999.02.20)
2023.07.18	Archbishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mbarara (Uganda) (1999.01.02 – 2020.04.25)
2023.07.22	Bishop Ferenc Cserháti († 76) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary) (2007.06.15 – 2023.02.03)
2023.07.25	Bishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Garissa (Kenya) (1984.02.03 – 2015.12.08)
2023.07.26	Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mariana (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2018.04.25)
2023.08.06	Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada) (1989.09.27 – 2007.05.14)
2023.08.06	Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bertoua (Cameroon) (1999.06.03 – 2009.12.03)
2023.08.08	Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora († 79) Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (2003.10.18 – 2014.12.01)
2023.08.09	Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone) (1980.09.04 – 2007.03.22)
2023.08.10	Bishop José Vicente Huertas Vargas († 83) Bishop emeritus of Garagoa (Colombia) (2000.06.23 – 2017.06.15)
2023.08.10	Bishop Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono († 69) Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia) (2007.04.03 – 2023.08.10)
2023.08.15	Bishop Liam Seán MacDaid († 78) Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland) (2010.05.06 – 2016.10.01)
2023.08.16	Bishop Mariano Anastasio Moreno García, O.S.A. († 84) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cafayate (Argentina) (2007.11.17 – 2014.02.10)
2023.08.19	Bishop Howard James Hubbard († 84) Bishop emeritus of Albany (USA) (1977.02.01 – 2014.02.11)
2023.08.22	Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay) (2002.06.15 – 2014.11.06)
2023.08.22	Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B. († 91) Bishop emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)
2023.08.23	Bishop Joseph Hubert Hart († 91) Bishop emeritus of Cheyenne (USA) (1978.04.25 – 2001.09.26)
2023.08.26	Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo († 89) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2023.08.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1999.01.13 – 2011.01.12)
2023.08.27	Archbishop Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. († 95) Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France) (2002.12.08 – 2004.12.21)
2023.08.28	Bishop Rabban Al-Qas (Chaldean Rite) († 74) Bishop emeritus of Duhok of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (2020.06.27 – 2021.08.14)
2023.09.02	Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ森一弘) († 84) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1984.12.03 – 2000.05.10)
2023.09.05	Archbishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. († 94) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada) (1991.05.25 – 2004.01.10)
2023.09.08	Bishop Didier Berthet († 61) Bishop of Saint-Dié (France) (2016.06.15 – 2023.09.08)
2023.09.10	Bishop Pierre Trần Thanh Chung († 95) Bishop emeritus of Kontum (Vietnam) (1995.04.08 – 2003.07.16)
2023.09.13	Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek († 88) Bishop emeritus of Gliwice (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2011.12.29)
2023.09.14	Archbishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotonou (Benin) (2005.03.05 – 2010.08.21)
2023.09.23	Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1998.06.27 – 2009.02.13)
2023.09.26	Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki († 99) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Białystok (Poland) (1993.05.15 – 2000.11.16)
2023.09.27	Bishop Slobodan Štambuk († 82) Bishop emeritus of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) (1989.03.30 – 2018.03.09)
2023.09.30	Archbishop Eurico dos Santos Veloso († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (2001.11.28 – 2009.01.28)
2023.10.02	Archbishop Marie-Daniel Dadiet († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire) (2004.05.12 – 2017.10.12)
2023.10.02	Bishop Kevin Michael Birmingham († 51) Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (2020.09.11 – 2023.10.02)
2023.10.02	Bishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Syros (Greece) (1974.06.27 – 2014.05.13) Bishop emeritus of Santorini (Greece) (1974.06.27 – 2014.05.13)
2023.10.04	Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo († 83) Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (2003.10.21 [2004.05.23] – 2023.10.04) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ranchi (India) (1985.08.07 – 2018.06.24)
2023.10.09	Bishop Mauro Morelli († 88) Bishop emeritus of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (1981.05.25 – 2005.03.30)
2023.10.11	Bishop Manuel Chuanguira Machado († 73) Bishop emeritus of Gurué (Mozambique) (1993.12.06 – 2009.10.09)
2023.10.14	Bishop Jean-Charles Thomas († 93) Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France) (1988.06.04 – 2001.01.11)
2023.10.15	Bishop Tod David Brown († 86) Bishop emeritus of Orange (USA) (1998.06.30 – 2012.09.21)
2023.10.16	Bishop Dimitrios Salachas (Greek Rite) († 84) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (2008.04.23 – 2016.02.02)
2023.10.17	Bishop Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. († 72) Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (2004.05.21 – 2023.10.17)
2023.10.22	Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar) (1993.03.06 – 2015.04.11)
2023.10.23	Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert († 95) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany) (1968.05.03 – 2003.04.01)
2023.10.23	Bishop Enrique de Vera Macaraeg († 67) Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines) (2016.03.31 – 2023.10.23)
2023.11.01	Bishop Paride Taban († 86) Bishop emeritus of Torit (South Sudan) (1983.07.02 – 2004.02.07)
2023.11.05	Bishop Paolo Magnani († 96) Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy) (1988.11.19 – 2003.12.03)
2023.11.09	Archbishop François Robert Bacqué († 87) Titular Archbishop of Gradisca (1988.06.17 – 2023.11.09)
2023.11.18	Bishop Anthony J. Farquhar († 83) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1983.04.06 – 2015.12.03)
2023.11.19	Archbishop Vincentius Sensi Potokota († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (2007.04.14 – 2023.11.19)
2023.11.21	Bishop Paul Nguyễn Bình Tĩnh, P.S.S. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Đà Nang (Vietnam) (2000.11.06 – 2006.05.13)
2023.11.23	Bishop Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger) (1997.03.03 – 2003.01.25)
2023.11.25	Archbishop Fabio Martínez Castilla († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2013.02.19 – 2023.11.25)
2023.12.03	Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. († 95) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye) (1983.01.22 – 2004.10.11)
2023.12.09	Bishop Raymond Emil Goedert († 96) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA) (1991.07.08 – 2003.01.24)
2023.12.09	Bishop Carles Soler Perdigó († 91) Bishop emeritus of Girona (Spain) (2001.10.30 – 2008.07.16)
2023.12.10	Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine († 93) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1981.03.20 – 2006.02.11)
2023.12.20	Bishop Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets († 63) Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands) (2018.10.10 – 2023.08.10)
2023.12.22	Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams († 93) Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983.02.02 – 2023.12.22) Military Ordinary emeritus of New Zealand (New Zealand) (1995.06.01 – 2005.04.01)
2023.12.24	Bishop José Haring, O.F.M. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (2000.01.19 – 2017.05.10)
2023.12.28	Bishop Patrick Joseph Walsh († 92) Bishop emeritus of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1991.03.18 – 2008.02.22)

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