Deceased Persons

in a.d. 2019

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Persons (22)
2019.01.04
USAMsgr. Thomas Badovsky

Priest of Peoria (USA) (? – 2019.01.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007.07.04 – 2019.01.04)

2019.01.05
CanadaFr. Raymond Leslie O’Toole, S.F.M. († 80)

Assistant General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2005.11.18 – 2013.01.01)

General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2013.01.01 – 2019.01.05)

2019.01.06
ItalyAbbot Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 80)

Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (2000.01.31 – 2013.11.04)

Superior General of Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata (2000.01.31 – 2013.11.04)

2019.01.07
USAMsgr. William I. Varsanyi

Priest of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1946.07.07 – 1951)

Priest of Providence (USA) (1951 – 2019.01.07)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1961 – 1967)

Domestic Prelate (1967 – 1968.03.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1968.03.28 – 1986.01.18)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (1986.01.18 – 2019.01.07)

2019.02.17
USAMsgr. Romano Ciotola

Priest of Columbus (USA) (? – 2019.02.17)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1992.09.24 – 2019.02.17)

2019.03.15
PolandFr. Andrzej Urbanski, S.D.S. († 71)

Superior General of Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians) (1999 – 2012.10.17)

2019.03.21
RomaniaMsgr. László Túry

Priest of Timişoara (Romania) (? – 2019.03.21)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2003.01.15 – 2019.03.21)

2019.03.27
USAMsgr. Martin James Cassidy

Priest of Miami (USA) (? – 2019.03.27)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2007.07.31 – 2019.03.27)

2019.04.15
PolandMsgr. Zygmunt Maliński

Priest of Gdańsk (Poland) (? – 2019.04.15)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007.12.22 – 2019.04.15)

2019.05.07
CanadaMr. Jean Vanier († 90)

Founder of International Federation of L’Arche Communities (L’Arche International) (1964)

Founder of International Association of Faith and Light (1971)

2019.05.14
TanzaniaMsgr. Peter Mutashobya

Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania) (? – 2019.05.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.08.21 – 2019.05.14)

2019.06.10
ColombiaFr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia) (1977.05.06 – 1999.12.22)

2019.06.30
USAMsgr. Robert D. Fuller

Priest of Tucson (USA) (? – 2019.06.30)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1965.10.02 – 2019.06.30)

2019.07.07
PolandMsgr. Jan Dąbski

Priest of Legnica (Poland) (? – 2019.07.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.07.16 – 2019.07.07)

2019.07.24
BrazilFr. Leocir Pessini, M.I. († 64)

Superior General of Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians) (2014.06.22 – 2019.07.24)

2019.08.05
USAMsgr. Joseph P. Penna († 78)

Priest of New York (USA) (1967.05.27 – 2019.08.05)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.08.09 – 2019.08.05)

2019.08.26
USAMsgr. Albert W. Hallin († 90)

Priest of Peoria (USA) (1961.05.28 – 2019.08.26)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1993.05.20 – 2019.08.26)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2007.07.04 – 2019.08.26)

2019.09.05
PolandMsgr. Marian Sobczyk

Priest of Wrocław (Poland) (? – 1992.03.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1991.12.12 – 2019.09.05)

Priest of Legnica (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2019.09.05)

2019.11.06
EnglandMsgr. Bryan Chestle († 86)

Priest of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1962.07.08 – 2019.11.06)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1974.02.13 – 1984.03.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1984.03.29 – 2019.11.06)

Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2003.09.01 – 2019.11.06)

2019.11.12
PolandMsgr. Władysław Jóżków

Priest of Legnica (Poland) (? – 2019.11.12)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1986.06.17 – 2004.04.04)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2004.04.04 – 2019.11.12)

2019.11.18
NigeriaMsgr. Bartholomew Okafor Nnaji

Priest of Nsukka (Nigeria) (? – 2019.11.18)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2011.01.31 – 2019.11.18)

2019.12.03
PolandMsgr. Józef Stec

Priest of Legnica (Poland) (? – 2019.12.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.04.25 – 2019.12.03)

See Also

Deceased Bishops

Deceased Cardinals

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