Deceased Persons

in a.d. 2017

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Persons (31)
2017.01.09
PolandMsgr. Albin Potracki († 83)

Priest of Chełmno (Poland) (? – 1990?)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1986.06.04 – 1996.04.04)

Priest of Gdańsk (Poland) (1990? – 2017.01.09)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1996.04.04 – 2001.07.09)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2001.07.09 – 2017.01.09)

2017.01.12
PolandMsgr. Franciszek Fecko

Priest of Gdańsk (Poland) (? – 2017.01.12)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2003.01.22 – 2017.01.12)

2017.01.21
ItalyDr. Renato Buzzonetti († 92)

Personal Doctor of the Pope of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1978 – 2009)

Director of Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State (2000? – 2005.06.21)

2017.02.18
ItalyFr. Fernando Galbiati, P.I.M.E. († 84)

Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1983 – 1989)

2017.03.06
VietnamMsgr. Pierre Nguyễn Quang Sách († 93)

Priest of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (? – 2017.03.06)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.09.22 – 2017.03.06)

2017.03.10
EnglandMsgr. David Michael Corley

Priest of Brentwood (England) (? – 2017.03.10)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1981.03.16 – 2017.03.10)

2017.03.13
CanadaMsgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy († 101)

Priest of Toronto (Canada) (1939.06.03 – 2017.03.13)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1957.10.15 – 2017.03.13)

2017.03.15
CanadaMsgr. Donald Patrick Clement († 89)

Priest of Kingston (Canada) (1961.05.28 – 2017.03.15)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1990.06.02 – 2017.03.15)

2017.04.06
Falkland IslandsFr. Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. († 77)

Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands) (2002.08.09 – 2016.10.26)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) (2002.08.09 – 2016.10.26)

2017.04.11
ItalyMsgr. Michele Guidotti

Priest of Lucca (Italy) (? – 2017.04.11)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.03.09 – 2017.04.11)

2017.04.29
CanadaMsgr. Egdar Allen Arbour († 81)

Priest of Toronto (Canada) (? – 2017.04.29)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2017.02.20 – 2017.04.29)

2017.05.08
RomaniaMsgr. Béla Szirmai

Priest of Alba Iulia (Romania) (? – 2017.05.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.07.24 – 2017.05.08)

2017.05.14
USAMsgr. Paul A. Lenz († 91)

Priest of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) (1949.04.02 – 2017.05.14)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1963.09.07 – 2007.01.23)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2007.01.23 – 2017.05.14)

2017.05.27
PolandMsgr. January Kownacki

Priest of Gdańsk (Poland) (? – 2017.05.27)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2003.01.22 – 2017.05.27)

2017.06.05
ItalyMsgr. Antonio Neri († 54)

Priest of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy) (1991.12.07 – 2017.06.05)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2011.05.28 – 2014.10.28)

Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy (2011.05.28 – 2017.06.05)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2014.10.28 – 2017.06.05)

2017.06.21
USAFr. Richard von Phul Mouton († 86)

Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1955.06.04 – 2017.06.21)

2017.06.30
USAMsgr. Arsenio S. Carrillo

Priest of Tucson (USA) (? – 2017.06.30)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1979.04.07 – 2017.06.30)

2017.06.30
USAMsgr. Van Allan Wagner

Priest of Tucson (USA) (? – 2017.06.30)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2009.01.02 – 2017.06.30)

2017.07.05
SpainDr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls († 80)

Director of Press Office of the Holy See (1984.11.04 – 2006.07.11)

2017.07.11
ItalyMsgr. Renzo Civili († 91)

Priest of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy) (1950.07.02 – 1988.09.26)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1974.05.07 – 1988.09.26)

Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota (1988.09.26 – 2001.02.08)

Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2001.02.08 – 2017.07.11)

2017.07.13
ItalyMr. Giovanni Battista Franzoni, O.S.B. Cas. († 88)

Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy) ([1964.03.03] 1964.03.11 – 1973)

Lay state (1976.08.03)

2017.08.18
IndonesiaFr. Michele Di Simone, C.P. († 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia) (1968.07.31 – 1972)

2017.09.10
FranceMsgr. René Laurentin († 99)

Priest of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France) (1946.12.08 – 2017.09.10)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2009.04.30 – 2017.09.10)

2017.10.11
ItalyAbbot Paolo Lunardon, O.S.B. Cas. († 87)

Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) (1992 – 1995)

Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy) (1997.07.25 – 2005.04.01)

2017.10.18
CanadaMr. Gregory Baum, O.E.S.A. († 94)

Lay state (1978)

2017.11.07
MexicoMsgr. Jesús Manuel Pérez Rivas

Priest of Durango (Mexico) (? – 2017.11.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1989.10.12 – 2017.11.07)

2017.11.17
VietnamMsgr. Francis Borgia Trần Văn Khả († 79)

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1967.12.21 – 2017.11.17)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1989.06.29 – 1998.11.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.11.29 – 2017.11.17)

Bureau Chief of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2002.12.17 – 2008?)

2017.11.17
VietnamMsgr. Phanxicô Borgia Trần Văn Khả († 79)

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1967 – 2017.11.17)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.11.29 – 2008.11.21)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2008.11.21 – 2017.11.17)

2017.12.18
FranceFr. Yves Douguet, P.S.M. († 96)

Superior General of Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchebray (1983 – 2017.12.18)

2017.12.20
ItalyFr. Piero Gheddo, P.I.M.E. († 88)
2017.12.29
PhilippinesMsgr. Mario F. Ramos

Priest of San Fernando (Philippines) (? – 2017.12.29)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1997.08.26 – 2017.12.29)

See Also

Deceased Bishops

Deceased Cardinals

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