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The Year of Our Lord 2003

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DateAgeBishopTitle
8 Jan86.3Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana †Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
8 Jan84.0Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez †Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
14 Jan99.6Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
16 Jan81.4Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada
17 Jan63.0Edward Eugeniusz Samsel †Bishop of Ełk, Poland
18 Jan61.5Hervé Jean Luc Renaudin †Bishop of Pontoise, France
25 Jan87.6Giuseppe Carata †Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
25 Jan88.7Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
25 Jan77.7Carlos Walter Galán Barry †Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
31 Jan77.9Narbal da Costa Stencel †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Feb71.3Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Feb87.9Philip James Benedict Harvey †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
2 Feb64.5Raúl Omar Rossi †Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
4 Feb88.1Joseph Robert Crowley †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
5 Feb62.8Décio Pereira †Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Feb70.7James Robert Hoffman †Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
14 Feb84.8Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
17 Feb98.9Jacques Le Cordier †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
23 Feb84.1Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
27 Feb50.3Elizeu de Morais Pimentel †Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
2 Mar75.7Antonio Arellano Durán †Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela
2 Mar80.1Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
2 Mar71.3Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
6 Mar88.8Saba Youakim, B.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan
7 Mar92.9Martin Wiesend †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
8 Mar94.4Harry Anselm Clinch †Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
8 Mar81.7Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
15 Mar81.2Leonard James Crowley †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
16 Mar87.5Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
17 Mar85.1Charles Alexander K. Salatka †Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
18 Mar85.3Eugene Louis D'Souza, M.S.F.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
18 Mar92.0Bruno Bernard Heim †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
18 Mar90.4Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
24 Mar83.4Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25 Mar76.2Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †Bishop of Ségou, Mali
30 Mar66.3Vincent DePaul Breen †Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
4 Apr76.6Luís Gonzaga Fernandes †Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
6 Apr91.1Gerald Emmett Carter †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 Apr70.7Emmanuel Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Apr70.8Patrick Fani Chakaipa †Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
11 Apr80.8Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
16 Apr80.6John Richard Sheets, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
19 Apr88.3Alejandro Durán Moreira †Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
19 Apr90.5Aurelio Sabattani †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Apr81.5Henri Lemaître †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
24 Apr75.5Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. †Bishop of Arica (San Marcos de), Chile
25 Apr89.5Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
25 Apr86.0Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
25 Apr81.4Otmar Mäder †Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
25 Apr88.5André Perraudin, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
26 Apr103.3José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
3 May93.1Jozef Feranec †Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
6 May78.7Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
8 May78.6Carlo Aliprandi †Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
9 May97.4Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
10 May79.1Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
18 May71.6Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
20 May73.0Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
21 May66.3Pierre Nguyên Van Nho †Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
22 May82.3Packiam Arokiaswamy †Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
25 May86.2George Edward Lynch †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
26 May84.8Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
31 May78.4Francesco Colasuonno †Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
6 Jun94.7Adalbert Boros †Titular Archbishop of Ressiana
9 Jun73.8Barthélémy Nguyên Son Lâm, P.S.S. †Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam
9 Jun88.5Angelo Palmas †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
23 Jun85.2Simeon O. Valerio, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
25 Jun84.1Raymond Roy †Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
2 Jul73.0Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
2 Jul89.9Antonio Yapsutco Fortich †Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines
3 Jul89.5Gaetano Alibrandi †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
6 Jul83.6Ciril Kos †Bishop Emeritus of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
6 Jul74.5Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Jul65.4Roman Andrzejewski †Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
7 Jul81.2Raphaël I Bidawid †Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
11 Jul81.9John Robert Roach †Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
14 Jul80.2Dino Trabalzini †Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
17 Jul81.9Manuel Franklin da Costa †Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
21 Jul81.7Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
22 Jul93.6Elie Farah †Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
23 Jul91.8Isidore Borecky †Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
27 Jul82.2Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
28 Jul79.7Franco Brambilla †Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia
31 Jul72.7Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India
11 Aug76.6Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino †Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
12 Aug77.4Antonio Deig Clotet †Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
14 Aug92.0Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe
22 Aug92.1Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
27 Aug82.5James Patrick Shannon †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
29 Aug95.1Corrado Ursi †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Sep88.5Henry Joseph Kennedy †Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
4 Sep97.6Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
5 Sep79.4Kenneth Joseph Povish †Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
6 Sep80.6Maurice Michael Otunga †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
7 Sep82.6Ivan Marghitych †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukacheve (Ruthenian), Ukraine
8 Sep60.8Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
11 Sep64.7James Edward Fitzgerald †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
14 Sep90.6Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
14 Sep75.0Geoffrey Francis Mayne †Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
16 Sep87.8Adelmo Tacconi †Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
17 Sep70.4Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
17 Sep72.4Dennis Harold De Jong †Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
19 Sep90.8Mario Zanchin †Bishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
20 Sep80.2Daniel Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Sep85.5Giovanni Bianchi †Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
24 Sep77.0Wilhelm Michel Ellis †Bishop Emeritus of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
8 Oct73.8Donat Chiasson †Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
12 Oct87.1Daniel Paul Arulswamy †Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
13 Oct72.4Laurence Ryan †Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
14 Oct83.9Luigi Bongianino †Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
15 Oct69.6Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
15 Oct79.1Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
16 Oct79.2Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy
16 Oct85.9Ignatius Jerome Strecker †Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
17 Oct63.8Dennis Patrick O'Neil †Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
30 Oct88.1Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
31 Oct78.9Georges Biard, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali
8 Nov83.3Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile
10 Nov82.0André Charles Collini †Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
14 Nov87.6Izidor István Marosi †Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
16 Nov84.1Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
18 Nov81.3Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
25 Nov78.5Fernando Ariztía Ruiz †Bishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
29 Nov88.2William Edward Power †Bishop Emeritus of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
6 Dec89.5Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
8 Dec85.8Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
11 Dec82.3Paulos Tzadua †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
12 Dec77.8Joseph Anthony Ferrario †Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
13 Dec59.7Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta †Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
28 Dec84.1Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
28 Dec92.2Miguel Angel García y Aráuz †Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
29 Dec58.9Michael Aidan Courtney †Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
29 Dec81.7Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

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