The Year of Our Lord 1987

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	81.6	Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
4 Jan	69.7	Paul Francis Anderson †	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
9 Jan	89.8	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
12 Jan	77.5	Victor Frederick Foley, S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Jan	51.8	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
15 Jan	78.2	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
16 Jan	79.7	Marino Bergonzini †	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
19 Jan	78.6	Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
20 Jan	92.2	Charles Pasquale Greco †	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
1 Feb	53.2	Denis William Hanrahan †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
10 Feb	86.3	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
13 Feb	82.9	Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Denpasar, Indonesia
16 Feb	80.8	Alois Brems †	Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
18 Feb	80.7	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
20 Feb	90.5	Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family
20 Feb	65.7	Caesar Gatimu †	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
20 Feb	53.1	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
20 Feb	74.8	Joseph Parecattil †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Feb	67.2	Umberto Florenzani †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
24 Feb	78.1	[John Ji Huairang], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
24 Feb	82.4	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
24 Feb	88.8	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
3 Mar	70.9	György Póka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
6 Mar	63.9	Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum
9 Mar	70.9	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
12 Mar	89.0	Dominique Marie Lê Hữu Cung †	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
21 Mar	79.2	Frank Henry Greteman †	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
26 Mar	53.2	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar	75.2	[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
27 Mar	85.9	Luis Chávez y González †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
27 Mar	99.2	[Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] †	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
28 Mar	73.5	Iván Pálos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
28 Mar	85.9	Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
1 Apr	81.6	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
7 Apr	75.9	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
8 Apr	77.1	Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Apr	60.8	Kevin McNamara †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
27 Apr	60.1	José López Lara †	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
28 Apr	56.8	Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
1 May	63.8	Dominic Joseph Abreo †	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
3 May	65.6	Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez †	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
9 May	74.8	Richard Thomas McGrath †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
13 May	80.9	Béla Norbert Legányi, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary
21 May	58.5	Giovanni Francesco Pala †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
22 May	75.6	Gellért Belon †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
26 May	82.8	Giovanni Battista Pardini †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
27 May	83.2	Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
2 Jun	78.7	Antonio María Aguirre †	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina
7 Jun	74.9	Giovanni Stamati †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
13 Jun	65.5	Joseph Patrick Mary Loftus, O.S.M. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of Friar Servants of Mary
13 Jun	71.0	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 Jun	72.4	Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †	Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine
16 Jun	81.1	Pedro José Rivera Mejía †	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
16 Jun	71.5	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
17 Jun	57.0	Walter Bini, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Jun	55.3	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
26 Jun	56.2	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
30 Jun	95.1	João Batista Cavati, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Jul	67.2	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
10 Jul	98.5	John Edward Morris, M.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
13 Jul	85.0	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
14 Jul	69.3	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16 Jul	82.0	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
17 Jul	92.4	Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
22 Jul	59.6	Joseph Adolphe Proulx †	Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada
24 Jul	71.7	John Anthony Kelly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
25 Jul	90.9	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
27 Jul	89.5	Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
27 Jul	91.4	Pietro Raimondi †	Bishop Emeritus of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
2 Aug	68.3	László Rózsavölgyi †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
10 Aug	91.0	Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 Aug	77.6	Antonio José Plaza †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
16 Aug	75.4	Antonino Pinci †	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Aug	80.9	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
20 Aug	82.9	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
23 Aug	83.5	Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
25 Aug	75.5	Francisco de Assis Portela †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
31 Aug	94.6	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
31 Aug	88.0	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
8 Sep	83.5	Hubert Michael Newell †	Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
9 Sep	82.4	Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
9 Sep	76.4	Paul Joseph Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
12 Sep	74.4	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
17 Sep	78.9	George Patrick Dwyer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
17 Sep	79.0	Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
24 Sep	83.0	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
24 Sep	80.3	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
2 Oct	92.7	Santiago Del Rio, E.C.M.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona
2 Oct	86.6	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
4 Oct	79.8	John Lancelot Swain, S.J. †	Vicar General Emeritus of Society of Jesus
6 Oct	65.2	Joseph Phan Văn Hoa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
9 Oct	81.9	Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
15 Oct	73.7	Thomas Andrew Donnellan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
15 Oct	88.2	Antônio Zattera †	Bishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Oct	80.8	Joseph Höffner †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Oct	78.3	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
26 Oct	82.3	Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †	Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
3 Nov	82.5	Hermanus Johannes (Herman Jan) van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
4 Nov	67.6	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
8 Nov	57.9	Stéphane Katchou †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Nov	79.5	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
13 Nov	73.9	Július Gábriš †	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia
17 Nov	80.8	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
18 Nov	100.0	Marian Joseph Tumler, O.T. †	Grand Master Emeritus of Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem
19 Nov	94.3	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
19 Nov	84.5	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
26 Nov	76.1	Angel Pérez Cisneros †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
30 Nov	82.1	Josef Vrana †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia
1 Dec	82.1	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
1 Dec	79.1	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
3 Dec	90.0	Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
6 Dec	70.5	Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson †	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
9 Dec	75.0	Thomas McDonnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland
10 Dec	71.2	Pasquale Bacile †	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
13 Dec	73.2	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
13 Dec	84.3	Leo D’Mello †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
16 Dec	87.4	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
17 Dec		[ Fan Dao-jiang] †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
18 Dec	87.2	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
18 Dec	75.2	Franz Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gimma, Ethiopia
21 Dec	75.8	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
27 Dec	97.8	Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuttack, India
30 Dec	74.2	Helmut Hermann Wittler †	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

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