The Year of Our Lord 2006

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Yousif Ibrahim, O.A.O.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sulaimaniya (Chaldean), Iraq
9 Jan	85.1	Michael Francis McAuliffe †	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
10 Jan	90.2	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
11 Jan	67.8	Marko Sopi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
16 Jan	86.9	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
19 Jan	74.1	Alexander Soetandio Djajasiswaja †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
19 Jan	82.1	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Jan	78.5	Giovanni Ceirano †	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Feb	82.1	Ivan Choma †	Titular Bishop of Patara
5 Feb	94.2	David de Sousa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
5 Feb	92.0	Antonio Maria Travia †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
9 Feb	77.9	Roger Marie Albert Froment †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
18 Feb	93.6	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop Emeritus of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
20 Feb	84.0	Paul Casimir Marcinkus †	Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
22 Feb	79.2	Emil Riti †	Bishop
23 Feb	87.9	Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop
23 Feb	85.2	Joseph Sun Yuanmo †	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
24 Feb	87.1	Forsenio Vezzani, M.I. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
24 Feb	75.8	Desmond A. Williams †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
25 Feb	97.7	Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
28 Feb	85.0	[Peter Fan Wenxing] †	Bishop Emeritus of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
5 Mar	87.5	John Joseph Paul †	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
5 Mar	78.8	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Mar	75.5	Ramón Artemio Staffolani †	Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
10 Mar	88.4	Jean Hermil †	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
14 Mar	70.9	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
14 Mar	75.2	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
15 Mar	86.6	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
16 Mar	84.0	André Nguyễn Văn Nam †	Bishop Emeritus of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
16 Mar	82.3	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Mar	88.5	[Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
22 Mar	77.9	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
30 Mar	94.1	Joseph Merhi, M.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
4 Apr	94.6	Sebastian Valloppilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
5 Apr	82.4	Pasquale Macchi †	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
6 Apr	60.6	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
10 Apr	81.9	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
15 Apr	85.0	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
18 Apr	74.2	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
19 Apr	81.8	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
20 Apr	88.2	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
27 Apr	88.3	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
30 Apr	93.6	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1 May	87.0	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
9 May	97.1	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
12 May	90.3	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
17 May	77.3	Raffaello Funghini †	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
20 May	76.6	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
25 May	81.4	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
25 May	78.9	Anthony Li Duan †	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
30 May	75.7	Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
31 May	78.6	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jun	93.4	Maurice Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kankan, Guinea
2 Jun	76.2	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
3 Jun	82.7	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
12 Jun	76.8	James Stephen Sullivan †	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
14 Jun	87.6	Léonard Pétion Laroche †	Bishop Emeritus of Hinche, Haïti
16 Jun	95.5	Roland Alexander Huot, S.S.S. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
20 Jun	89.0	Salvatore Sorrentino †	Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
29 Jun	88.4	Paul Guo Wenzhi †	Bishop Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
29 Jun	65.6	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Jul	89.4	Edwin Bernard Broderick †	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
2 Jul	82.6	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Bishop Emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
4 Jul	69.2	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
4 Jul	93.1	Thomas Fernando †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
10 Jul	90.3	José Fernandes Veloso †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Jul	87.7	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
13 Jul	66.7	Jésus Rocha †	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Jul	89.7	Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
15 Jul	87.7	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
16 Jul	89.3	Augustin Zheng Shouduo †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
20 Jul	83.6	André Bernard Michel Quélen †	Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France
21 Jul	86.0	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
22 Jul	90.9	Alfonso Coto Monge †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
25 Jul	90.8	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
28 Jul	84.0	Mario Lezana Vaca †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
2 Aug	76.5	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Aug	96.9	Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
6 Aug	83.9	Pietro Giachetti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy
8 Aug	91.2	Stanislaw Smolenski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
11 Aug	85.1	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 Aug	81.6	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †	Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Aug	85.6	Antônio Batista Fragoso †	Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
14 Aug	82.8	Américo Henriques †	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola
19 Aug	68.5	Marko Culej †	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia
20 Aug	89.8	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
20 Aug	72.5	Ján Jiří Pojer †
21 Aug	78.8	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
23 Aug	95.0	Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga †	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
23 Aug	55.6	Justin Tetmu Samba †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
27 Aug	79.0	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
27 Aug	75.8	Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Aug	59.3	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
5 Sep	84.7	Oscar Garcia Urizar †	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
7 Sep	84.0	Petar Perkolić †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
7 Sep	70.7	Alberto Setele †	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
11 Sep	82.8	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
11 Sep	78.1	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
14 Sep	51.0	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16 Sep	78.7	Domenico De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Sep	84.9	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16 Sep	85.7	Michel Yatim †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Sep	65.0	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
22 Sep	68.7	Vital Komenan Yao †	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
23 Sep	61.0	Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến †	Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
24 Sep	86.8	[Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] †	Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
26 Sep	85.1	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Sep	55.7	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
29 Sep	94.6	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
7 Oct	82.5	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
8 Oct	85.5	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
11 Oct	70.1	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
12 Oct	78.7	Auguste Nobou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
13 Oct	84.5	Dino Monduzzi †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
17 Oct	89.9	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
18 Oct	77.5	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
23 Oct	93.8	Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
27 Oct	83.9	Cecil DeSa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
31 Oct	80.5	José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
4 Nov	72.9	Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F. †	Prelate of Tromsø, Norway
4 Nov	83.5	William Thomas Larkin †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
10 Nov	88.6	Nivaldo Monte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
12 Nov	91.7	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
13 Nov	98.3	Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lokoja, Nigeria
16 Nov	73.9	Augusto José Zini Filho †	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Nov	74.7	Joseph D’Silva †	Bishop of Bellary, India
17 Nov	78.3	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Nov	75.9	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
20 Nov	79.9	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
22 Nov	85.5	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
25 Nov	80.3	Santiago Martínez Acebes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
4 Dec	81.9	John Baptist Su Changshan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
5 Dec	88.5	Bernard Matthew Kelly †
5 Dec	60.8	Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Juli, Peru
7 Dec	83.0	Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
10 Dec	88.2	Salvatore Pappalardo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
13 Dec	80.4	Josaphat Li Hongguang †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
18 Dec	84.2	Ettore Di Filippo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
18 Dec	93.8	[Joseph Zhen Changcheng (Chen Changcheng, Tangtionsin)] †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
20 Dec	86.9	Daniele Ferrari †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
22 Dec	88.5	Jorge Manuel López †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
24 Dec	86.1	Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. †	Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
27 Dec	72.3	Jacinto Guerrero Torres †	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México

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