Deceased Persons

in a.d. 2002

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Persons (16)
2002
CanadaMsgr. Lucien Foucreault († 75)
2002
ItalyMsgr. Angelo Pietrobelli
2002
CanadaMsgr. Denis Robitaille († 75)

Priest of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (? – 2002)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1984.06.11 – 2002)

2002
USAFr. Basil Frison, C.M.F. († 90)
2002.01.03
USAMsgr. Donald Martin Carroll († 92)

Bishop of Rockford (USA) (1956.06.27 – 1956.09.25 not possessed)

2002.01.25
ArgentinaFr. Juan Edmundo Vecchi, S.D.B. († 70)

Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) (1996.03.20 – 2002.01.25)

2002.02.22
USAFr. Godfrey Leo Diekmann, O.S.B. († 93)
2002.04.12
USAFr. Francis Xavier Murphy, C.SS.R. († 87)
2002.04.21
SpainMsgr. Lorenzo Turrado († 91)
2002.05.01
USAMsgr. George G. Higgins († 86)

Priest of Chicago (USA) (? – 2002.05.01)

2002.05.24
GermanyMsgr. Johannes Overath († 89)

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1938.03.03 – 2002.05.24)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (1981.06.04 – 2002.05.24)

2002.06.28
CanadaFr. André Naud († 76)
2002.07.15
VietnamMsgr. Vinh Sơn Trần Ngọc Thụ († 84)

Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam) (1943.12 – 2002.07.15)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1985.12.18 – 2002.07.15)

Second Private Secretary of the Pope (1988.01.07 – 1996)

2002.12.21
Fr. Fidelis Grabowski, M.I.C.

Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers) (1981.05.15 – 1984.11.19)

2002.12.23
ItalyFr. Luigi M. Villa, B.

Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1994 – 2000.07.24)

2002.12.26
NetherlandsMr. Leo Alting von Geusau († 77)

Priest of Groningen (Netherlands) (? – 1980)

Lay state (1980)

See Also

Deceased Bishops

Deceased Cardinals

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