Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1990 – 1999

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (69)
1990.05.08Northern IrelandCardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio (1979.06.30 – 1990.05.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1977.08.18 – 1990.05.08)

1990.05.18VietnamCardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1979.06.30 – 1990.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1978.11.27 – 1990.05.18)

1990.05.24LatviaCardinal Julijans Vaivods († 94)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1983.02.02 – 1990.05.24)

1990.06.27BoliviaCardinal José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R. († 90)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1967.06.29 – 1990.06.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sucre (Bolivia) (1951.10.27 – 1983.11.30)

1990.08.22ItalyCardinal Luigi Dadaglio († 75)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1985.05.25 – 1990.08.22)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1986.12.15 – 1990.08.22)

1990.11.28PolandCardinal Władysław Rubin († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1990.11.26 – 1990.11.28)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1980.06.27 – 1985.10.30)

1990.12.01Dominican RepublicCardinal Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1976.05.24 – 1990.12.01)

Military Vicar emeritus of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (1962.12.08 – 1982.04.04)

1991.03.16AustraliaCardinal James Darcy Freeman († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

1991.04.20UgandaCardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1976.05.24 – 1991.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kampala (Uganda) (1966.08.05 – 1990.02.08)

1991.06.24GermanyCardinal Franz Hengsbach († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1988.06.28 – 1991.06.24)

Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany) (1957.11.18 – 1991.02.21)

1991.07.09MexicoCardinal José Salazar López († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1973.03.05 – 1991.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1970.02.21 – 1987.05.15)

1991.09.04FranceCardinal Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. († 95)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1983.02.02 – 1991.09.04)

1991.11.13CanadaCardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1953.01.15 – 1991.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20)

1992.03.15ItalyCardinal Sergio Guerri († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.03.15)

Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1969 – 1981.09.26)

1992.05.20ItalyCardinal Giovanni Colombo († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1965.02.25 – 1992.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milano (Italy) (1963.08.10 – 1979.12.29)

1992.07.18ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Paupini († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1992.07.18)

Camerlengo emeritus of College of Cardinals (1987.06.22 – 1988.05.02)

1992.08.04CzechiaCardinal František Tomášek († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1977.06.27 – 1992.08.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia) (1977.12.30 – 1991.03.27)

1992.09.27FranceCardinal Jacques Martin († 84)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cuore di Cristo Re (1988.06.28 – 1992.09.27)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1969.04.09 – 1986.12.18)

1992.11.29IndiaCardinal Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria (1976.05.24 – 1992.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calcutta (India) (1969.05.29 – 1986.04.05)

1993.03.21ItalyCardinal Sebastiano Baggio († 79)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni (1974.12.12 – 1993.03.21)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (1985.03.25 – 1993.03.21)

Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (1984.05.26 – 1993.03.21)

1993.05.24MexicoCardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (1991.06.28 – 1993.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1987.05.15 – 1993.05.24)

1993.07.12ItalyCardinal Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. († 96)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano al Palatino pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 1993.07.12)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1969.05.08 – 1973.03.05)

1993.07.19ScotlandCardinal Gordon Joseph Gray († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara (1969.04.30 – 1993.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1951.06.20 – 1985.05.30)

1993.08.02ItalyCardinal Guido del Mestri († 82)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1991.06.28 – 1993.08.02)

1993.10.05ItalyCardinal Francesco Carpino († 88)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1978.01.27 – 1993.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1970.10.17)

1993.10.06MadagascarCardinal Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1976.05.24 – 1993.10.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1993.10.06)

1993.10.30CanadaCardinal Paul Grégoire († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1988.06.28 – 1993.10.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1968.04.20 – 1990.03.17)

1994.01.15FranceCardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1967.06.29 – 1994.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) (1956.11.05 – 1966.03.05)

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Culture (1982.05.20 – 1988.04.19)

1994.02.03IndonesiaCardinal Justinus Darmojuwono († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1994.02.03)

Military Vicar emeritus of Indonesia (Indonesia) (1964.07.08 – 1983.12.31)

1994.02.11PakistanCardinal Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte (1973.03.05 – 1994.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan) (1958.05.07 – 1994.02.11)

1994.02.16FranceCardinal François Marty († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi (1969.04.30 – 1994.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1968.03.26 – 1981.01.31)

1994.03.26South AfricaCardinal Owen McCann († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1965.02.25 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1984.10.20)

1994.06.03EcuadorCardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. († 91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (1969.04.30 – 1994.06.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador) (1967.06.23 – 1985.06.01)

1994.08.19LebanonCardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Maronite Rite) († 86)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1983.02.02 – 1994.08.19)

Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1975.02.03] 1975.02.15 – 1986.04.03)

1994.09.16FranceCardinal Albert Decourtray († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1985.05.25 – 1994.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1981.10.29 – 1994.09.16)

1994.11.28SpainCardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (1969.04.30 – 1994.11.28)

Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1983.04.12)

1994.12.26ItalyCardinal Pietro Pavan († 91)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti (1985.05.25 – 1994.12.26)

Rector Magnificus emeritus of Pontifical Lateran University (1969 – 1973)

1995.05.21BrazilCardinal Agnelo Rossi († 85)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1984.06.25 – 1995.05.21)

President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1984.04.08 – 1989.12.06)

1995.06.22FranceCardinal Yves-Marie-Joseph Congar, O.P. († 91)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino (1994.11.26 – 1995.06.22)

1995.07.15FranceCardinal Robert Coffy († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1991.06.28 – 1995.07.15)

Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France) (1985.04.13 – 1995.04.22)

1995.11.03ColombiaCardinal Mario Revollo Bravo († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1988.06.28 – 1995.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) (1984.06.25 – 1994.12.27)

1995.11.24NigeriaCardinal Dominic Ignatius Ekandem († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1976.05.24 – 1995.11.24)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Abuja (Nigeria) (1989.06.19 – 1992.09.28)

1996.03.03USACardinal John Joseph Krol († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1996.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11)

1996.03.09BrazilCardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969.04.30 – 1996.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1946.12.30 – 1981.08.29)

1996.04.23ItalyCardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1987.06.22 – 1996.04.23)

President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1979 – 1994)

1996.05.06BelgiumCardinal Leo Jozef Suenens († 91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1962.03.22 – 1996.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1961.12.09 – 1979.10.04)

Military Vicar emeritus of Belgium (Belgium) (1962.02.02 – 1979.10.04)

1996.05.30AlgeriaCardinal Léon-Étienne Duval († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1965.02.25 – 1996.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1954.02.03 – 1988.04.19)

1996.08.08JapanCardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎) († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – 1996.08.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08)

1996.11.14USACardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin († 68)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore (1983.02.02 – 1996.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1982.07.08 – 1996.11.14)

1996.12.02BelgiumCardinal Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 1996.12.02)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (1985.05.27 – 1992.01.21)

1996.12.26SpainCardinal Narciso Jubany Arnau († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1973.03.05 – 1996.12.26)

Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1990.03.23)

1997.01.16PeruCardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1962.03.22 – 1997.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru) (1955.05.02 – 1989.12.30)

1997.01.28AlbaniaCardinal Mikel Koliqi († 94)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994.11.26 – 1997.01.28)

1997.02.25ItalyCardinal Ugo Poletti († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25)

Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1969.07.03)

President of Commission for Advocates (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)

1997.10.05Cote d’IvoireCardinal Bernard Yago († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1983.02.02 – 1997.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19)

1997.12.08TanzaniaCardinal Laurean Rugambwa († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22)

1998.02.05ArgentinaBlessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio († 77)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1995.07.11 – 1998.02.05)

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Laity (1984.04.08 – 1996.08.20)

1998.02.28ArgentinaCardinal Antonio Quarracino († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle (1991.06.28 – 1998.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1990.07.10 – 1998.02.28)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) (1990.11.20 – 1998.02.28)

1998.03.01FranceCardinal Jean Balland († 63)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1998.02.21 – 1998.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1995.05.27 – 1998.03.01)

1998.03.24PortugalCardinal António Ribeiro († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (1973.03.05 – 1998.03.24)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) (1971.05.10 – 1998.03.24)

Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal) (1986.07.21 – 1998.03.24)

1998.04.17ItalyCardinal Alberto Bovone († 75)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1998.02.21 – 1998.04.17)

Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1998.02.23 – 1998.04.17)

1998.06.09ItalyCardinal Agostino Casaroli († 83)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1985.05.25 – 1998.06.09)

Secretary of State emeritus of Secretariat of State (1979.07.01 – 1990.12.01)

1998.06.17USACardinal John Joseph Carberry († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi (1969.04.30 – 1998.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA) (1968.02.17 – 1979.07.31)

1998.06.21ItalyCardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1979.06.30 – 1998.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy) (1977.08.01 – 1989.01.31)

1998.09.13GermanyCardinal Alois Grillmeier, S.J. († 88)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1994.11.26 – 1998.09.13)

1998.12.07ChileCardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1994.11.26 – 1998.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1990.03.30 – 1998.02.16)

1999.04.09ChileCardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. († 91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1962.03.22 – 1999.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1961.05.14 – 1983.05.03)

1999.06.17EnglandCardinal George Basil Hume, E.B.C. († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1976.05.24 – 1999.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1976.02.09 – 1999.06.17)

1999.12.17ItalyCardinal Paolo Dezza, S.J. († 98)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (1991.06.28 – 1999.12.17)

Pontifical Delegate emeritus for Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1981.10.05 – 1983.09.13)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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