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The Year of Our Lord 1973

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown68.7Pedro José Agostini, O. Cist. †Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil
unknownJames Ireland, M.H.M. †Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
unknownGiuseppe Khantzian †Ordinary of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Armenian)
unknownPietro Moretti, O.F.M. †Prefect of Tungchow [Tongzhou], China
unknownJohn A. Weidner, S.A.C. †Prefect of Raipur, India
2 Jan59.9Alejandro Olalia †Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
8 Jan92.7José Carlos de Aguirre †Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
12 Jan57.9Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
13 Jan89.4Fernando Cento †Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13 Jan71.2Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
16 Jan80.4Juan Vicente Solís Fernández †Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
20 Jan94.4Antonio Torrini †Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
22 Jan52.6Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
27 Jan88.1Stefano Hász †Titular Bishop of Sura
29 Jan87.6Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
29 Jan90.4Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †Bishop of Kian [Ji’an], China
1 Feb63.1Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
2 Feb85.1Oreste Rauzi †Auxiliary Bishop of Trento, Italy
10 Feb92.8Fidel García Martínez †Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
12 Feb90.2Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bovino, Italy
15 Feb89.0Achille Liènart †Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
15 Feb79.0Michael O'Reilly †Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
16 Feb66.3Luigi Cicuttini †Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
16 Feb69.0Clarence Edward Elwell †Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
16 Feb63.0Pawel Latusek †Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
17 Feb72.2John Farmer Healy †Bishop of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
27 Feb57.4Altino Ribeiro de Santana †Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
28 Feb77.4Thomas Niu Hui-ching †Bishop of Yangku [Yanggu], China
7 Mar60.1Peter Han Kong-ryel †Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
7 Mar63.8John Selby Spence †Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
8 Mar86.9Benjamín de Arriba y Castro †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
11 Mar59.3Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. †Prelate of Juli, Peru
17 Mar74.0Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
20 Mar79.1Francesco Bottino †Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
23 Mar68.4Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Mar78.6Alphonse Marie Van den Bosch, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar67.7György Zemplén †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
31 Mar82.8Francesco Venanzio Filippini, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
2 Apr81.0Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
7 Apr65.2Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Malanje, Angola
7 Apr77.7John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
13 Apr51.1Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R. †Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
16 Apr51.8Curiacos Moussess †Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
27 Apr90.7Peter Francis Rayappa †Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
28 Apr61.3Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza †Bishop of Tacna, Peru
29 Apr45.1Érico Ferrari †Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 May65.6Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. †President of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
2 May83.7Joseph Rabbani †Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
6 May73.5Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
7 May85.5Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites
7 May83.3Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin †Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
8 May82.4José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
12 May83.6Raffaele Baratta †Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
16 May79.8Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada
19 May87.5Lino Rodrigo Ruesca †Bishop of Huesca, Spain
21 May85.4Eugene O’Callaghan †Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
23 May53.3Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping †Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
23 May78.6Joseph Francis Flannelly †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
2 Jun77.9John Edward Petit †Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
12 Jun53.4Paulo José Tavares †Bishop of Macau, China
21 Jun78.2Joseph Guffens, S.J. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jun52.8Léon Eugène Émile François Dixneuf †Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France
28 Jun62.6Jean-Ernest Ménard †Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
29 Jun71.3Jan Vos, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
30 Jun70.1Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.SS.R. †Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
10 Jul79.7José García y Goldaraz †Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
11 Jul81.2Cesare Zerba †Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
13 Jul86.7William Patrick O’Connor †Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
22 Jul85.2Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
24 Jul64.3Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
25 Jul87.3Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
1 Aug72.9Michael Alphonsus Harrington †Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
2 Aug80.5José Souto Vizoso †Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
6 Aug84.5Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
9 Aug68.0Stjepan Bauerlein †Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
10 Aug55.7Giuseppe Marafini †Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
14 Aug70.1Jeremiah Francis Minihan †Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 Aug78.6Jan Nowicki †Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
18 Aug60.5Leonard Philip Cowley †Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
18 Aug59.8Patrick Kla Juwle †Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
24 Aug90.7David Francis Hickey, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Belize, Belize
24 Aug75.6Pietro Zuccarino †Bishop of Bobbio-San Colombano, Italy
27 Aug85.2Biagio Budelacci †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
27 Aug67.6Enrico Nicodemo †Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
27 Aug89.0Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
29 Aug68.3Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B. †Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
31 Aug57.1Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas †Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
3 Sep65.0Rufino Jiao Santos †Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
5 Sep67.5Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien †Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam
9 Sep57.8Joseph Babana †Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
13 Sep87.0Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena †Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
16 Sep89.6William Theodore Heard †Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
18 Sep88.8Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Sep82.3Urban John Vehr †Archbishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
30 Sep81.1Alfonso María Buteler †Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
30 Sep75.7Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †Archbishop of Kunming o Yünnan [Kunming], China
8 Oct61.4Henry Murphy †Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
14 Oct44.6Armando Amaral Dos Santos †Bishop of Benguela, Angola
15 Oct63.2Claude Rolland, M.S. †Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
21 Oct68.1James Ward †Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
22 Oct61.4Antonio Hernández Gallegos †Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
24 Oct72.9Costantino Stella †Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
26 Oct82.1José Borgatti, S.D.B. †Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
31 Oct78.8Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Saigon, Viêt Nam
4 Nov76.1Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Sideia, Papua New Guinea
6 Nov73.7George Alapatt †Bishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
11 Nov65.6Thomas Edward Gill †Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
14 Nov70.4Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo †Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
17 Nov83.6Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
18 Nov74.4Peter Thomas McKeefry †Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
25 Nov96.9Giuseppe Placido M. Nicolini, O.S.B. †Bishop of Assisi, Italy
29 Nov58.7Aldo Gobbi †Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy
2 Dec77.9Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
7 Dec58.9Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
13 Dec84.9Giuseppe Beltrami †Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
13 Dec79.9Blaise Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. †Prefect of Yungchow [Lingling], China
14 Dec85.9Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
17 Dec90.8Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
26 Dec65.5Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. †Bishop of Rawalpindi, Pakistan
31 Dec93.9Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India

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