 | 2025 | 2026 |
| 2025 | 2026 |
Date of Death |  Deceased Bishops (60) |
| 2026.01.01 |  Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. († 80)Bishop emeritus of Mbanza Congo (Angola) (1992.05.29 – 2008.07.17) |
| 2026.01.03 |  Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo († 89)Bishop emeritus of Buga (Colombia) (2001.01.19 – 2012.05.10) |
| 2026.01.05 |  Bishop Paolo Gillet († 96)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Albano (Italy) (1993.12.07 – 2005.02.22) |
| 2026.01.06 | Bishop Raffaele Nogaro († 92) Bishop emeritus of Caserta (Italy) (1990.10.20 – 2009.04.25) |
| 2026.01.07 | Archbishop Domenico Graziani († 81) Archbishop emeritus of Crotone–Santa Severina (Italy) (2006.11.21 – 2019.11.07) |
| 2026.01.09 | Bishop Vincenzo Zarri († 96) Bishop emeritus of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) (1988.04.09 – 2005.11.12) |
| 2026.01.12 |  Bishop José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona († 78) |
| 2026.01.16 |  Bishop Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. († 101)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zamora (Ecuador) (1982.09.10 – 2003.02.01) |
| 2026.01.16 | Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. († 92) Bishop emeritus of Ibarra (Ecuador) (2004.02.14 – 2011.03.25) |
| 2026.01.18 |  Bishop John ’Oke Afareha († 78)Bishop emeritus of Warri (Nigeria) (2010.03.29 – 2022.04.18) |
| 2026.01.20 |  Bishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas († 95)Bishop emeritus of Osório (Brazil) (1999.11.10 – 2006.11.15) |
| 2026.01.22 |  Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. († 76)Bishop emeritus of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (2020.02.15 – 2025.12.06) |
| 2026.01.25 |  Bishop Robert Joseph Banks († 97)Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA) (1990.10.16 – 2003.10.10) |
| 2026.01.25 |  Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 93)Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1984.06.19 – 2006.07.15) |
| 2026.01.30 |  Archbishop Flavien Joseph Melki (Syriac Rite) († 94)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1995.06.24 – 1997) |
| 2026.01.31 |  Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B. († 93) |
| 2026.02.02 | Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz († 75) Bishop emeritus of La Paz (Mexico) (2001.06.16 – 2026.01.31) |
| 2026.02.04 |  Bishop Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski († 99)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland) (1969.08.17 – 2004.02.24) |
| 2026.02.05 | Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (2003.05.07 – 2015.09.24) |
| 2026.02.06 | Bishop Pietro Gabrielli Zen, S.D.B. († 94) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez (Ecuador) (1993.07.01 – 2008.04.15) |
| 2026.02.08 |  Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (Казiмiр Велікаселец), O.P. († 80)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus) (1999.05.06 – 2024.10.10) |
| 2026.02.09 | Archbishop Riccardo Fontana († 79) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy) (2009.07.16 – 2022.09.15) |
| 2026.02.11 | Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda († 92) Titular Archbishop of Canne (1979.04.22 – 2026.02.11) |
| 2026.02.17 | Bishop Richard Frank Stika († 68) Bishop emeritus of Knoxville (USA) (2009.01.12 – 2023.06.27) |
| 2026.02.18 |  Bishop Eugène Tremblay († 89) |
| 2026.02.19 |  Cardinal Polycarp Pengo († 81)Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1998.02.21 [1998.04.26] – 2026.02.19) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1992.07.22 – 2019.08.15) |
| 2026.02.20 |  Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. († 94)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bocas del Toro (Panama) (1970.03.12 – 2008.05.01) |
| 2026.03.03 | Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer († 86) |
| 2026.03.04 |  Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. († 94) |
| 2026.03.04 | Bishop Timothy Anthony McDonnell († 88) Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (2004.03.09 – 2014.06.19) |
| 2026.03.12 |  Bishop Joachim Wanke († 84)Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2012.10.01) |
| 2026.03.22 |  Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn († 92)Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino (2003.10.21 [2003.11.23] – 2026.03.22) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1998.03.01 – 2014.03.22) |
| 2026.03.24 | Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. († 74) Bishop emeritus of Kuzhithurai (India) (2014.12.22 – 2020.06.06) |
| 2026.03.25 |  Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson († 74)Bishop emeritus of Montego Bay (Jamaica) (2013.04.11 – 2023.10.16) |
| 2026.03.26 | Bishop William Francis Murphy († 85) Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA) (2001.06.26 – 2016.12.09) |
| 2026.04.05 |  Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M. († 94)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1987.01.24 – 2010.10.02) |
| 2026.04.10 | Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu († 60) |
| 2026.04.10 | Bishop William Edwin Franklin († 95) Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA) (1993.11.12 – 2006.10.12) |
| 2026.04.12 | Bishop Leopold Nowak († 97) Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2004.03.17) |
| 2026.04.13 | Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia († 80) Bishop emeritus of Celaya (Mexico) (2010.04.29 – 2021.06.12) |
| 2026.04.14 | Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa († 64) |
| 2026.04.20 |  Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez († 84)Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (2006.12.13 – 2019.06.05) |
| 2026.04.21 | Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA) (2003.10.20 – 2013.10.29) |
| 2026.04.22 | Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1996.08.20 – 2016.04.26) |
| 2026.05.01 | Archbishop Antonio Arcari († 72) Titular Archbishop of Cæciri (2003.07.18 – 2026.05.01) |
| 2026.05.01 | Bishop René Henry Gracida († 102) Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA) (1983.05.19 – 1997.04.01) |
| 2026.05.03 | Archbishop Józef Michalik († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland) (1993.04.17 – 2016.04.30) |
| 2026.05.03 |  Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust († 81)Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Venezuela) (1992.02.29 – 2016.03.11) |
| 2026.05.07 | Bishop Eugenio Binini († 91) Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy) (1991.07.20 – 2010.05.19) |
| 2026.05.07 | Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield († 82) Bishop emeritus of Wheeling–Charleston (USA) (2004.12.09 – 2018.09.13) |
| 2026.05.09 |  Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1995.08.02 – 2021.09.17) |
| 2026.05.12 |  Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig († 79)Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale (2023.09.30 [2023.11.19] – 2026.05.12) |
| 2026.05.12 |  Bishop Jean-Marie-Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. († 96) |
| 2026.05.13 |  Archbishop Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 98)Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (1998.07.29 – 2003.07.18) |
| 2026.05.14 |  Archbishop Godefroy Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. († 95)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.03.03 – 2006.05.03) |
| 2026.05.15 |  Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu ▼ († 78)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia) (2006.10.28 – 2018.01.30) |
| 2026.05.15 |  Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu (蘇孝洲) († 86)Bishop emeritus of Sibu (Malaysia) (1986.12.22 – 2011.12.24) |
| 2026.05.20 | Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (1997.01.20 [1997.03.13] – 2011.03.11) Superior General of Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites) (2019.06 – 2026.05.20) |
| 2026.05.24 | Archbishop Mario Milano († 90) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Aversa (Italy) (1998.02.28 – 2011.01.15) |
| 2026.05.26 | Archbishop Edoardo Rovida († 98) Titular Archbishop of Taormina (1971.07.31 – 2026.05.26) |
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