Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2025

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (37)
2025.01.03
USABishop William Leo Higi († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana (USA) (1984.04.07 – 2010.05.12)

2025.01.06
ThailandBishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Ratchaburi (Thailand) (2005.03.18 – 2023.06.13)

2025.01.06
MyanmarBishop Raymond Saw Po Ray († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Mawlamyine (Myanmar) (1993.03.22 – 2023.05.31)

2025.01.07
VietnamBishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Long Xuyên (Vietnam) (2003.10.02 – 2019.02.23)

2025.01.14
CzechiaBishop Ladislav Hučko (Ruthenian Rite) († 76)

Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic of the Ruthenians (Czechia) (2003.04.24 – 2025.01.14)

2025.01.29
EnglandBishop Richard Nelson Williamson, S.S.P.X. († 84)
2025.02.02
São Tomé and PríncipeBishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. († 94)

Bishop emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1984.12.03 – 2006.12.01)

2025.02.04
USABishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (Chaldean Rite) († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans (USA) (2002.05.21 – 2016.05.07)

2025.02.10
ColombiaBishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (1999.10.29 – 2003.10.18)

2025.02.12
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Verucchi († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy) (2000.03.09 – 2012.11.17)

2025.02.13
JamaicaArchbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (1994.11.11 – 2004.02.17)

2025.02.19
SpainBishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain) (1978.07.27 – 1991.09.04)

2025.02.19
IrelandBishop William Walsh († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Killaloe (Ireland) (1994.10.02 – 2010.05.18)

2025.02.22
EcuadorBishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Ambato (Ecuador) (2001.04.19 – 2015.01.20)

2025.02.24
ItalyArchbishop Gerardo Pierro († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy) (1992.05.25 – 2010.06.10)

2025.02.25
PolandBishop Kazimierz Romaniuk († 97)

Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2004.08.26)

2025.03.08
NigeriaBishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Ilorin (Nigeria) (1992.03.06 – 2019.06.11)

2025.03.08
NetherlandsBishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. († 96)

Bishop emeritus of Rotterdam (Netherlands) (1983.10.19 – 1993.03.13)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands) (1986.07.21 – 1993.03.13)

2025.03.10
MexicoBishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Iztapalapa (Mexico) (2019.09.28 – 2021.08.14)

2025.03.11
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Cuccarese († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pescara–Penne (Italy) (1990.04.21 – 2005.11.04)

2025.03.18
MaltaArchbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malta (Malta) (2006.12.02 – 2014.10.18)

2025.03.19
IraqArchbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (Syriac Rite) († 94)

Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1983.07.15 – 2011.03.01)

2025.03.26
ItalyArchbishop Settimio Todisco († 100)

Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi–Ostuni (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2000.02.05)

2025.03.26
CubaBishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Matanzas (Cuba) (2005.05.07 – 2022.03.22)

2025.04.01
EcuadorBishop Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda († 85)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Ecuador (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – 2014.06.18)

2025.04.04
IndonesiaArchbishop Peter Turang († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kupang (Indonesia) (1997.10.10 – 2024.03.09)

2025.04.04
USAMr. Theodore Edgar McCarrick († 94)

Cardinal-Priest emeritus of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (2001.02.21 [2001.06.28] – 2018.07.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (2000.11.21 – 2006.05.16)

2025.04.06
IndiaArchbishop Paschal Topno, S.J. († 92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bhopal (India) (1994.03.26 – 2007.06.15)

2025.04.10
South KoreaBishop René Marie Albert Dupont (두봉 레나도), M.E.P. († 95)

Bishop emeritus of Andong 안동 (South Korea) (1969.05.29 – 1990.10.06)

2025.04.13
BrazilBishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues († 61)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (2023.10.25 – 2025.04.13)

2025.04.13
CanadaBishop Albert Thévenot, M. Afr. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada) (2008.05.26 – 2021.03.25)

2025.04.14
PolandBishop Piotr Turzyński († 60)

Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (Poland) (2015.01.17 – 2025.04.14)

2025.04.15
GermanyArchbishop Werner Thissen († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany) (2002.11.22 – 2014.03.21)

2025.04.15
BrazilBishop Angélico Sândalo Bernardino († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Blumenau (Brazil) (2000.04.19 – 2009.02.18)

2025.04.18
ChileArchbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile) (1990.12.12 – 2004.11.26)

2025.04.19
AustraliaBishop David Cremin († 95)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1973.10.25 – 2005.02.22)

2025.04.21
ArgentinaPope Francis († 88)

Supreme Pontiff (2013.03.13 [2013.03.19] – 2025.04.21)

Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation (2022.06.05 – 2025.04.21)

Last updated on 2025.04.22

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Deceased Cardinals

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