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The Year of Our Lord 1997

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown[Nicholas Shi Lunguo (Shi Linguo, Shi Lin-ge)]Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
unknown76.0[John Wang Qi-wei (Wang Ki Wei)]Bishop Emeritus of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
unknown[ Zhang Ri-jin]Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China
3 Jan78.7Gregório WarmelingBishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 Jan87.3José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jorge, Colombia
8 Jan68.6Alfred John MarkiewiczBishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
9 Jan68.4Albert Tshomba YunguBishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Jan84.7Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia
10 Jan81.2John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Jan83.0Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
16 Jan82.2Thomas MorrisArchbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
19 Jan87.0[Louis Liu Huanbo]Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
19 Jan80.0Robert-Joseph MathenBishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
21 Jan84.5Krikor AyvazianBishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
26 Jan99.2George Daniel Joseph Breen, C.S.C. †Prefect Emeritus of Haflong, India
28 Jan94.3Mikel KoliqiCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova
31 Jan90.6John Joseph ScanlanBishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
3 Feb81.9Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
4 Feb56.5Benjamin David de Jesus, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
10 Feb86.3Francis Wang Xueming (Wang Hsueh-ming)Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
13 Feb78.0Brian Leo John Hennessy, C. R. †Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
14 Feb76.6Constantino AmstaldenBishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 Feb85.9Raymond-Marie-Joseph Vayron de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
14 Feb71.6Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno, O.M.I. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
15 Feb89.7Joseph Phạm Văn ThiênBishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
16 Feb92.4Arthur Francis FoxBishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia
21 Feb87.2José de Jesús Clemens Alba PalaciosAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
21 Feb74.7Simon TonyéArchbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
24 Feb85.1Oscar de OliveiraArchbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Feb82.8Ugo PolettiCardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
1 Mar79.6Stanislaus Joseph BrzanaBishop Emeritus of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
3 Mar83.1William Edward McManusBishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
4 Mar67.3Vicente Ataviado y TumaladBishop of Maasin, Philippines
5 Mar82.6Karmelo ZazinovićBishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Mar82.5José Alberto Lopes de Castro PintoBishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar93.2José Lafayette Ferreira ÁlvaresBishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Mar101.1Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
16 Mar74.7Pierre CallaosArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
19 Mar65.2Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. †Bishop
23 Mar78.2Timothy Joseph HarringtonBishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
27 Mar83.5Joseph Gustave François WicquartBishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Mar82.2Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
6 Apr66.6Gabriel ToubiaArchbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
9 Apr94.3Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun)Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
9 Apr68.9Lawrence Ephraem ThottamBishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India
14 Apr80.4Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi
15 Apr84.5Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
15 Apr89.2Jaime Garcia GoulartBishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
17 Apr84.2Carlo MaccariArchbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
18 Apr95.1Vincent-Marie FavéAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
20 Apr82.7Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
21 Apr80.5Nicolas Eugene WalshBishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA
2 May72.4Severin PernekBishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
3 May71.4François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †Bishop of Créteil, France
5 May93.9Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
6 May70.1Emiliano Kulhi MadangengVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
13 May89.3André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
14 May77.7Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
22 May83.4Cornelius Michael PowerArchbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
1 Jun84.0Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
2 Jun94.9Carlo Manziana, C.O. †Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
3 Jun83.9Michele MincuzziArchbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
8 Jun78.0Vasile HossuBishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
10 Jun66.8Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
14 Jun83.6Siro SilvestriBishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
20 Jun82.9Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
24 Jun78.8Ambrose Valerian HaydenPriest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
26 Jun64.7Thomas Joseph MurphyArchbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
27 Jun84.3Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
27 Jun80.1[Joseph Zhong Huai-de]Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
2 Jul81.1Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Jul88.8André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Jul85.2László TóthAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
7 Jul86.5José Manuel Piña TorresAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
10 Jul78.8José Costa CamposBishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Jul84.3Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. †Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia
14 Jul95.1Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Darién, Panama
15 Jul76.8José Guerra CamposBishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Spain
19 Jul81.8Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
20 Jul55.9Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes DuarteBishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
26 Jul80.4Langton Douglas FoxBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
30 Jul69.7José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Aug80.2Augusto CarvalhoBishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Aug87.6Gebhard (Ferdinand) Koberger, C.R.S.A. †Abbot Primate Emeritus of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine
18 Aug69.8Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †Bishop of Trapani, Italy
18 Aug78.6Joseph S. ThummaBishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
21 Aug75.6Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma MweruArchbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Aug78.4Joseph IrimpenBishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Aug72.4Jean-Georges DeledicqueAuxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
28 Aug70.2António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. †Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
1 Sep88.6Karl BergArchbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
1 Sep73.9Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
1 Sep86.7Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Zacapa, Guatemala
2 Sep78.4Joseph Thomas O’KeefeBishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
7 Sep59.6Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
7 Sep74.0Carlo PoggiBishop of Fidenza, Italy
8 Sep93.6Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
11 Sep76.0Louis Antoine Marie BoffetBishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
18 Sep91.1John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
18 Sep88.1John Patrick MurphyBishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
24 Sep80.0Joseph Raymond WindleBishop Emeritus of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
25 Sep86.0John AhernBishop Emeritus of Cloyne, Ireland
26 Sep75.7José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. †Prelate Emeritus of Isabela, Philippines
29 Sep90.6Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Sep82.0Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
3 Oct82.7Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Oct78.0Francisco Raval CrucesArchbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
5 Oct83.9Heinrich ForerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
5 Oct81.2Bernard YagoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Oct79.6Warren Louis BoudreauxBishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
6 Oct86.3Antonio D’ErchiaBishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
6 Oct81.2Aloysius Nobuo SomaBishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
7 Oct78.7[James Li Shu-ren], O.S.A. †Bishop of Yueyang [Yochow], China
10 Oct73.5Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
18 Oct80.3Pierre-Auguste-Marie BoussardBishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
18 Oct84.4Walter William CurtisBishop Emeritus of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
20 Oct65.8René Lucien PicandetBishop of Orléans, France
22 Oct79.6Franco IlliaArchbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
25 Oct88.4Lino ZaniniOfficial Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
29 Oct76.7Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
29 Oct80.6Joseph Valerius SequeiraBishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
9 Nov88.0Dominic Yoshimatsu NoguchiBishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
18 Nov64.3Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
19 Nov73.6John Gavin NolanAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
20 Nov83.2Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bellary, India
22 Nov88.5Luciano Rubio, O.S.A. †Prior General Emeritus of Order of St. Augustine
24 Nov77.8[John Cai Ti-yuan (Tsai Tai-Yuen)]Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
30 Nov69.8Leo Edward O’NeilBishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1 Dec63.3Eugène Biletsi OnimBishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Dec88.6Domenico EnriciOfficial Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
4 Dec96.5Ignace (Jacques) Gillet, O.C.S.O. †Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
8 Dec85.4Laurean RugambwaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
12 Dec65.9[John Zhu Fengqing]Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
15 Dec75.6Armando FrancoBishop of Oria, Italy
16 Dec83.1Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
20 Dec78.4Wenceslas KalibushiBishop Emeritus of Nyundo, Rwanda
21 Dec78.1François Hoenen, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Dec95.8Antonio BagnoliBishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
24 Dec82.2Charles Roman KoesterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
24 Dec78.3Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
25 Dec80.1Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
28 Dec71.7Nicodemus Atle Basili HhandoBishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania

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