The Year of Our Lord 2023

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
2 Jan	96.9	John Huo Cheng †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
3 Jan	82.6	Norbert Werbs †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
6 Jan	92.7	Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda †	Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines
6 Jan	86.9	Gervasio Gestori †	Bishop Emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy
8 Jan	57.2	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
10 Jan	81.5	George Pell †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
17 Jan	78.5	John Bura †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
22 Jan	85.5	Matthew Harvey Clark †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
22 Jan	76.1	Bernd Joachim Uhl †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
3 Feb	86.5	Anthony Fernandes †	Bishop Emeritus of Bareilly, India
3 Feb	90.1	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
8 Feb	93.1	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
8 Feb	97.7	Ignatius Paul Pinto †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
14 Feb	87.7	William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
14 Feb	94.1	Vito Schlickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
18 Feb	69.5	David Gerard O’Connell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
25 Feb	91.1	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
26 Feb	65.7	Mário Lucunde †	Bishop Emeritus of Menongue, Angola
1 Mar	85.7	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
4 Mar	97.4	Joseph Gabriel Fernandez †	Bishop Emeritus of Quilon, India
6 Mar	87.5	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
7 Mar	99.2	Augusto Lauro †	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
11 Mar	93.2	Angel Tec-i Hobayan †	Bishop Emeritus of Catarman, Philippines
11 Mar	86.1	Alexandru Mesian †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
12 Mar	91.5	Joseph Edward Troy †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
14 Mar	83.0	Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gokwe, Zimbabwe
16 Mar	94.4	José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola
16 Mar	71.0	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
18 Mar	92.5	Joseph Powathil †	Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Mar	71.1	Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
26 Mar	78.3	David Christopher McGough †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
26 Mar	88.9	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
1 Apr	91.5	Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
1 Apr	85.8	Hugh Christopher Budd †	Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
2 Apr	83.8	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
5 Apr	93.1	Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki †	Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda
6 Apr	86.8	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9 Apr	95.6	James Clifford Timlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Apr	87.5	Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot †	Titular Bishop of Parthenia
12 Apr	96.1	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
14 Apr	88.6	Peter Lin Jiashan †	Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
15 Apr	89.6	Francisco Viti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
16 Apr	89.3	Antônio Celso Queiroz †	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Apr	82.0	Gregorios Elias Tabé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
22 Apr	96.7	James Chan Soon Cheong †	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
24 Apr	96.5	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
25 Apr	70.3	Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Apr	76.3	Isidore Fernandes †	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
2 May	91.5	Helmut Krätzl †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
7 May	77.9	Patrick Joseph McGrath †	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA
9 May	90.1	Edward Peter Cullen, Jr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
10 May	78.1	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés †	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
11 May	76.6	Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan †	Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
14 May	78.0	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †	Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 May	86.7	Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
15 May	77.6	Valentin Pozaić, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia
18 May	99.6	Giuseppe Casale †	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
23 May	89.2	Alojz Tkáč †	Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia
28 May	97.8	Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
29 May	87.7	Victor Benito Galeone †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
3 Jun	83.9	Michael Jarboe Sheehan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
4 Jun	84.7	Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
4 Jun	78.1	Luigi Marrucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
6 Jun	95.1	Peter Henrici, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
13 Jun	88.4	Joachim N’Dayen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangui, Central African Republic
14 Jun	97.1	Maurice Taylor †	Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Jun	84.3	Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
18 Jun	88.6	Wenceslas Compaoré †	Bishop Emeritus of Manga, Burkina Faso
20 Jun	83.0	Rogelio Esquivel Medina †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
22 Jun	85.3	Jacques Ishaq †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Jun	83.9	François Thibodeau, C.I.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
2 Jul	94.8	Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA
8 Jul	54.6	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
11 Jul	94.3	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
11 Jul	81.7	Hans-Jochen Jaschke †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
14 Jul	77.6	John Raymond Manz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 Jul	99.2	Peter Takaaki Hirayama †	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
16 Jul	99.6	Luigi Bettazzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy
18 Jul	79.0	Paul Kamuza Bakyenga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
20 Jul	87.4	Beda (Umberto) Paluzzi, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
22 Jul	76.4	Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
25 Jul	82.7	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
26 Jul	81.3	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Aug	91.8	Marcel André Joseph Gervais †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
6 Aug	88.9	Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
8 Aug	79.3	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
9 Aug	91.4	Joseph Henry Ganda †	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
10 Aug	83.3	José Vicente Huertas Vargas †	Bishop Emeritus of Garagoa, Colombia
10 Aug	69.8	Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
15 Aug	78.0	Liam Seán MacDaid †	Bishop Emeritus of Clogher, Ireland
16 Aug	84.9	Mariano Anastasio Moreno García, O.S.A. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
19 Aug	84.8	Howard James Hubbard †	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
22 Aug	83.9	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
22 Aug	91.6	Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Aug	91.9	Joseph Hubert Hart †	Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
26 Aug	89.8	Geraldo Majella Agnelo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
27 Aug	95.1	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
28 Aug	74.1	Rabban Al-Qas †	Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
2 Sep	84.7	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
5 Sep	94.6	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
8 Sep	61.2	Didier Norman Raymond Berthet †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
10 Sep	95.8	Pierre Trần Thành Chung †	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
13 Sep	88.5	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
14 Sep	82.6	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
23 Sep	92.4	Víctor Manuel López Forero †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Colombia
26 Sep	99.6	Stanisław Szymecki †	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
27 Sep	82.5	Slobodan Štambuk †	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
30 Sep	90.4	Eurico dos Santos Veloso †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Oct	51.9	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Oct	71.0	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Oct	86.8	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
4 Oct	83.9	Telesphore Placidus Toppo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
9 Oct	88.0	Mauro Morelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Oct	73.3	Manuel Chuanguira Machado †	Bishop Emeritus of Gurué, Mozambique
13 Oct	61.2	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
14 Oct	93.8	Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
15 Oct	86.9	Tod David Brown †	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
16 Oct	84.3	Dimitrios Salachas †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
17 Oct	72.4	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
22 Oct	95.5	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
22 Oct	84.5	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
23 Oct	67.8	Enrique de Vera Macaraeg †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
1 Nov	87.8	Paride Taban †	Bishop Emeritus of Torit, South Sudan
5 Nov	96.8	Paolo Magnani †	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
9 Nov	87.1	François Robert Bacqué †	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Nov	83.1	Anthony J. Farquhar †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
19 Nov	72.3	Vincentius Sensi Potokota †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
21 Nov	93.3	Paul Nguyễn Bình Tinh, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
23 Nov	86.4	Guy Armand Romano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
24 Nov	87.7	Leone Morinelli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
25 Nov	73.3	Fabio Martínez Castilla †	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
3 Dec	95.1	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Dec	96.1	Raymond Emil Goedert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 Dec	91.2	Carles Soler Perdigó †	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
10 Dec	93.1	Jude Saint-Antoine †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
20 Dec	63.1	Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets †	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
21 Dec	86.1	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
22 Dec	93.7	Thomas Stafford Williams †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
24 Dec	83.0	José Haring, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
28 Dec	92.7	Patrick Joseph Walsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

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