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The Year of Our Lord 2003

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown87.0Aloysius Wei ShutianAdministrator of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
8 Jan86.3Adolfo Roque Esteban AranaBishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
8 Jan83.9Antonio Palenzuela VelázquezBishop 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 (Slovak), Canada
17 Jan63.0Edward Eugeniusz SamselBishop of Ełk, Poland
18 Jan61.4Hervé Jean Luc RenaudinBishop of Pontoise, France
25 Jan87.6Giuseppe CarataArchbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
25 Jan88.6Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
25 Jan77.6Carlos Walter Galán BarryArchbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
31 Jan77.8Narbal da Costa StencelAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Feb71.2Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno NavarroArchbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Feb87.8Philip James Benedict HarveyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
2 Feb64.4Raúl Omar RossiBishop of San Martín, Argentina
4 Feb88.0Joseph Robert CrowleyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
5 Feb62.8Décio PereiraBishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Feb70.6James Robert HoffmanBishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
14 Feb84.7Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
17 Feb98.9Jacques Le CordierBishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
23 Feb84.1Jan Olszański, M.I.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
27 Feb50.2Elizeu de Morais PimentelCoadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
2 Mar75.7Antonio Arellano DuránBishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela
2 Mar80.0Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
2 Mar71.3Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
6 Mar88.7Saba Youakim, B.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
7 Mar92.8Martin WiesendAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
8 Mar94.3Harry Anselm ClinchBishop 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 CrowleyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
16 Mar87.4Eduardo Tomás Boza MasvidalAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
17 Mar85.0Charles Alexander Kazimieras SalatkaArchbishop 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 HeimApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
18 Mar90.3Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
19 Mar81.0Joseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu)Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
24 Mar83.4Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25 Mar76.2Mori Julien-Marie SidibéBishop of Ségou, Mali
30 Mar66.2Vincent DePaul BreenBishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
4 Apr76.6Luís Gonzaga FernandesBishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
6 Apr91.0Gerald Emmett CarterCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 Apr70.6Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Apr70.7Patrick Fani ChakaipaArchbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
11 Apr80.8Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
16 Apr80.5John Richard Sheets, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
19 Apr88.3Alejandro Durán MoreiraBishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
19 Apr90.5Aurelio SabattaniCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Apr81.5Henri LemaîtreApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
24 Apr75.4Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. †Bishop of Arica, Chile
25 Apr89.5Luis Alfredo Carvajal RosalesBishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
25 Apr86.0Jacob Bastiampillai DeogupillaiBishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
25 Apr81.4Otmar MäderBishop 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 Chiquitos, Bolivia
3 May93.1Jozef FeranecBishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
6 May78.7Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
8 May78.5Carlo AliprandiBishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
9 May97.3Louis Henri Marie FerrandArchbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
10 May79.0Adolfo Rodríguez HerreraArchbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
18 May90.5Kilian John Healy, O. Carm. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
18 May71.5Teodoro Ubeda GramageBishop of Mallorca, Spain
20 May73.0Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
21 May66.3Pierre Nguyễn Văn NhoCoadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
22 May82.2Packiam ArokiaswamyBishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
25 May86.2George Edward LynchAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
26 May84.7Edwin Roy Kinch, O.S.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
31 May78.4Francesco ColasuonnoCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
6 Jun94.7Adalbert (Bela) BorosTitular Archbishop of Ressiana
9 Jun73.8Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. †Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
9 Jun88.4Angelo PalmasApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
23 Jun85.1Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
25 Jun84.1Raymond RoyBishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
2 Jul72.9Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
2 Jul89.8Antonio Yapsutco FortichBishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines
3 Jul89.4Gaetano AlibrandiApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
6 Jul83.6Ćiril KosBishop Emeritus of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
6 Jul74.4Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Jul65.3Roman AndrzejewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
7 Jul81.2Raphaël I BidawidPatriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
11 Jul81.9John Robert RoachArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
14 Jul80.2Dino TrabalziniArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
17 Jul81.8Manuel Franklin da CostaArchbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
21 Jul81.7Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
22 Jul93.5Elie FarahArchbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite)
23 Jul91.8Isidore BoreckyBishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
27 Jul82.2Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
28 Jul79.6Franco BrambillaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia
31 Jul72.7Abraham Aruliah SomavarapaBishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India
11 Aug76.6Demetrio Ignacio Aquino AquinoBishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
12 Aug77.4Antonio Deig ClotetBishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
14 Aug92.0Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe
22 Aug92.1Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
28 Aug82.5James Patrick Shannon
29 Aug95.0Corrado UrsiCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Sep88.5Henry Joseph KennedyBishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
3 Sep97.6Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
5 Sep79.3Kenneth Joseph PovishBishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
6 Sep80.5Maurice Michael OtungaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
7 Sep82.5Ivan MarghitychAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
8 Sep83.0José (Joseph) Bulber, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
9 Sep60.7Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
11 Sep64.6James Edward FitzgeraldAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
14 Sep90.5Wilfrid Emmett DoyleBishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
14 Sep75.0Geoffrey Francis MayneBishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
16 Sep87.8Adelmo TacconiBishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
17 Sep70.4Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
17 Sep72.3Dennis Harold De JongBishop of Ndola, Zambia
19 Sep90.7Mario ZanchinBishop Emeritus of Fidenza, Italy
20 Sep80.1Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Sep85.4Giovanni BianchiBishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
24 Sep76.9Wilhelm Michel EllisBishop Emeritus of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
8 Oct73.7Donat ChiassonArchbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
12 Oct87.1Daniel Paul ArulswamyBishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
13 Oct72.4Laurence RyanBishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
14 Oct83.9Luigi BongianinoBishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
15 Oct69.5Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
15 Oct79.0Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
16 Oct79.2Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy
16 Oct85.8Ignatius Jerome StreckerArchbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
17 Oct63.7Dennis Patrick O’NeilAuxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
30 Oct88.0Miguel 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 VidalBishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile
10 Nov81.9André Charles ColliniArchbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
14 Nov87.6Izidor István MarosiBishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
16 Nov84.1Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
18 Nov81.2Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
25 Nov78.4Fernando Ariztía RuizBishop Emeritus of Copiapó, Chile
29 Nov88.1William Edward PowerBishop Emeritus of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
6 Dec89.4Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
8 Dec85.7Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
11 Dec82.2Paulos TzaduaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
12 Dec77.7Joseph Anthony FerrarioBishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
13 Dec59.7Johannes Sudiarna HadiwikartaBishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
28 Dec84.0Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
28 Dec92.2Miguel Angel García y AráuzBishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
29 Dec58.8Michael Aidan CourtneyApostolic Nuncio to Burundi
29 Dec81.7Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

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