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The Year of Our Lord 2008

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DateAgeBishopTitle
3 Jan75.3Oskar SaierArchbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
4 Jan93.7Emilio Benavent EscuínBishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
6 Jan77.5Vittorio TomassettiBishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
8 Jan75.7José Higinio Gómez González, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
9 Jan80.1Paulino Fernandes MadecaBishop Emeritus of Cabinda, Angola
9 Jan78.6Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
10 Jan81.6Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
14 Jan80.3Daniel Anthony HartBishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
16 Jan79.9[Mathias Chen Xilu]Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
16 Jan96.0Elias ZoghbiArchbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
17 Jan86.4Vincenzo Maria FaranoArchbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
25 Jan92.3Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 Jan85.1Sebastian KräuterBishop Emeritus of Timişoara, Romania
10 Feb95.8Ramón Daumal SerraAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
15 Feb88.1Marijan OblakArchbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
17 Feb96.2Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
20 Feb78.2Franc PerkoArchbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
21 Feb99.8Paul-Louis CarrièreBishop Emeritus of Laval, France
1 Mar57.6Kevin John DunnBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
2 Mar79.8Urbanus Joseph KiokoBishop Emeritus of Machakos, Kenya
5 Mar93.5Gastone Mojaisky-PerrelliBishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
6 Mar89.8Peter Poreku DeryCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
8 Mar65.3Paulos Faraj RahhoArchbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
10 Mar91.4Romeu BrigentiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Mar91.6Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
14 Mar88.0Pierre MamieBishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
20 Mar87.9John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
21 Mar65.8Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
21 Mar45.8Paulin Kouabénan N`GnaméBishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
22 Mar81.2Adolfo Antonio Suárez RiveraCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
25 Mar80.3Wolfgang RollyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
7 Apr82.3Thomas Francis LittleArchbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
10 Apr88.7Ernesto Corripio y AhumadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
10 Apr86.7Peter Dubovský, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
19 Apr72.4Alfonso López TrujilloCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
21 Apr84.0Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius CastermansAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
27 Apr81.8Lucien Monsi-AgbokaBishop Emeritus of Abomey, Benin
30 Apr85.7Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
3 May84.0Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
7 May84.9Donald William MontroseBishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
9 May85.1Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
13 May86.0Bernardin GantinCardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
18 May96.8[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)]Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
21 May98.6John Aloysius MorganBishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
22 May84.0Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
24 May75.8Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
27 May84.4Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
1 Jun71.5Maurizio GalliBishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
3 Jun96.4John A. Choi Jae-seonBishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
10 Jun86.2Elmar Maria KredelArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
12 Jun61.0Victor KindoBishop of Jashpur, India
14 Jun94.6Charles Albert BuswellBishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
21 Jun92.0Adalberto Almeida y MerinoArchbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
25 Jun86.2Louis KuehnBishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
28 Jun83.1Gregory Yong Sooi NgeanArchbishop Emeritus of Singapore
29 Jun97.0Eladio Vicuña AránguizArchbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
6 Jul82.3Rafael Bello RuizArchbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
9 Jul79.8José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Jul77.3Joseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. †Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
18 Jul81.2Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
23 Jul82.5Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
5 Aug90.2Manuel d’Almeida TrindadeBishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
5 Aug78.0Joseph DasBishop Emeritus of Berhampur, India
5 Aug80.3Guillermo Ranzahuer GonzálezBishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
6 Aug78.5Affonso Felippe GregoryBishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
9 Aug87.4Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
12 Aug85.2Franco SibillaBishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
14 Aug93.4Marius-Félix-Antoine MaziersArchbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
16 Aug84.1Michel-Gaspard CoppenrathArchbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Aug68.2Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
16 Aug84.7Wolodymyr Walter PaskaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
18 Aug84.6James ChionaArchbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
23 Aug80.5Peter QuinnBishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
24 Aug78.8Paul SchruersBishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
26 Aug85.5Michael Kuchmiak, C.SS.R. †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
4 Sep92.9Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
5 Sep77.9Joseph MukwayaBishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
6 Sep93.0Antonio InnocentiCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 Sep78.1Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
10 Sep91.0José Antonio Dammert BellidoBishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
15 Sep72.7Barthélémy DjablaArchbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Sep91.3José María Cirarda LachiondoArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
21 Sep87.2Carlos González CruchagaBishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
26 Sep88.3Jan MazurBishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
27 SepFrancesco Maria Savarese, O.M. †Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Minims
29 Sep82.5Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
3 Oct78.3Joan Carrera PlanasAuxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
7 Oct74.7Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. †Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
13 Oct95.9Pablo Barrachina EstevanBishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
13 Oct83.5Antonio José González ZumárragaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
13 Oct65.3Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
14 Oct94.3Antonio IannucciArchbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
17 Oct88.8Santo Bartolomeo QuadriArchbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
18 Oct70.3Salvatore BoccaccioBishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
21 Oct91.6Venedictos PrintesisArchbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
22 Oct67.5Ernest Kombo, S.J. †Bishop of Owando, Congo
23 Oct97.5Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin)Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
28 Oct90.4Augusto PetróBishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 Nov84.6[Pius Jin Peixian]Bishop Emeritus of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
5 Nov91.4Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Nov76.5Carmelo Echenagusia UribeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
7 Nov98.7José Bezerra CoutinhoBishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
11 Nov77.3Alessandro MaggioliniBishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
12 Nov84.4Vladas MicheleviciusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
12 Nov77.5Marian Kazimierz ZimałekAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland
14 Nov89.8Michael Ugwu EnejaBishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
16 Nov84.2Bruno MaldanerBishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 Nov90.0Manuel Castro RuizArchbishop Emeritus of Yucatán, México
18 Nov79.4Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
25 Nov82.6Antanas VaičiusBishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
28 Nov80.5Edoardo RicciBishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
6 Dec87.4Ivan SemediBishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
7 Dec83.3George Martin KuzmaBishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
8 Dec92.4Joseph Xu ZhixuanBishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
9 Dec90.7José María Larrauri LafuenteBishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
11 Dec80.2Elie Amsini KiswayaBishop Emeritus of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Dec90.3Avery Robert Dulles, S.J. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nome di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
20 Dec87.1Luca Collino, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
20 Dec83.9Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso
25 Dec83.5Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
27 Dec83.8Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

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