The Year of Our Lord 2016

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
3 Jan	87.0	Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
3 Jan	92.9	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
3 Jan	85.0	Raymond William Lessard †	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
7 Jan	85.3	Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morombe, Madagascar
8 Jan	91.3	Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino †	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
9 Jan	94.3	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
10 Jan	88.9	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
11 Jan	84.5	Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Jan	74.1	Daniel Joseph Bohan †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
16 Jan	83.9	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
17 Jan	89.0	Francis Bible Schulte †	Archbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
22 Jan	83.1	Ian Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Jan	80.4	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
11 Feb	86.3	John Baptist Kakubi †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
13 Feb	74.3	Barry Philip Jones †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
15 Feb	96.0	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
16 Feb	96.9	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
24 Feb	90.2	Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
26 Feb	90.2	Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
28 Feb	92.4	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
29 Feb	80.9	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
2 Mar	77.2	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio
4 Mar	98.7	Vincenzo Franco †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
6 Mar	91.0	Raymond Conway Benjamin †	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
6 Mar	89.1	Paolo Giglio †	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Mar	75.1	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba †	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Mar	89.7	William Russell Houck †	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
10 Mar	80.7	Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
20 Mar	95.7	Odo Fusi Pecci †	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
21 Mar	56.6	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
21 Mar	87.3	Joseph Mercieca †	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
23 Mar	96.1	Louis Fan Luyi †	Former Bishop-Elect of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
24 Mar	66.2	Timothée Modibo-Nzockena †	Bishop of Franceville, Gabon
26 Mar	100.4	Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
29 Mar	78.5	Oscar Páez Garcete †	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
31 Mar	93.9	Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto
2 Apr	96.6	Thomas Zeng Jing mu, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
4 Apr	85.3	Ronald Austin Mulkearns †	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
6 Apr	79.3	Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique
9 Apr	73.0	Lucas Martínez Lara †	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México
10 Apr	81.1	Thomas Kwaku Mensah †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
12 Apr	85.2	André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo †	Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Apr	86.6	Matthias Joseph Isuja †	Bishop Emeritus of Dodoma, Tanzania
17 Apr	57.4	Luis Horacio Gómez González †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
18 Apr	84.0	Rubén Héctor di Monte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
23 Apr	87.6	John Steven Satterthwaite †	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
23 Apr	94.3	Paul Hisao Yasuda †	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
26 Apr	60.6	Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
27 Apr	89.7	Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen Jr., O.C.D. †	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
29 Apr	73.1	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
30 Apr	76.8	Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J. †	Bishop of Raiganj, India
2 May	97.0	Myles McKeon †	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
3 May	84.6	Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
5 May	81.5	Benito Cocchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
5 May	88.6	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Archbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
7 May	82.5	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
8 May	90.9	Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing) †	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
12 May	73.7	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
16 May	90.5	Giovanni Coppa †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
16 May	87.5	Camille DesRosiers, S.M. †	Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
21 May	86.3	Andrea Maria Erba, B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
22 May	52.7	Lucjan Avgustini †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
25 May	88.1	Giacomo Barabino †	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
25 May	82.5	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 May	85.1	József Tempfli †	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
26 May	100.6	Loris Francesco Capovilla †	Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
27 May	50.8	Petru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
27 May	94.6	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio
30 May	68.0	Boniface Choi Ki-San †	Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
31 May	81.9	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
1 Jun	85.5	Leonard Anthony Boyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand
9 Jun	74.0	Carillo Gritti, I.M.C. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
17 Jun	78.1	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
22 Jun	84.5	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
27 Jun	90.4	Henry Sebastian D’Souza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
28 Jun	80.1	Joseph Atsumi Misue †	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
29 Jun	86.1	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Jun	89.4	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
2 Jul	65.5	Irineu Roque Scherer †	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
6 Jul	88.8	Michel Louis Coloni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
9 Jul	92.3	Silvano Piovanelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
10 Jul	81.9	James Pazhayattil †	Bishop Emeritus of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
11 Jul	89.4	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
12 Jul	81.6	Frederick D’Souza †	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India
12 Jul	67.2	Zygmunt Zimowski †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
14 Jul	74.1	Athanasius Atule Usuh †	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
15 Jul	83.4	Jérôme Owono-Mimboe †	Bishop Emeritus of Obala, Cameroon
18 Jul	61.5	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
27 Jul	90.1	Dominik Hrušovský †	Apostolic Nuncio
30 Jul	93.0	Vincent Huang Shoucheng †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
2 Aug	92.1	James Martin Hayes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2 Aug	89.2	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
3 Aug	66.7	Mansueto Bianchi †	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
5 Aug	89.1	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
5 Aug	91.6	Salvador Quizon Quizon †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
6 Aug	82.7	Ercole Lupinacci †	Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
8 Aug	82.6	Edward Kevin Daly †	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
9 Aug	76.4	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
10 Aug	79.6	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a †	Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Aug	82.3	Francesco Sgalambro †	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
14 Aug	81.6	Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
16 Aug	88.1	Jorge García Isaza, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
16 Aug	74.4	Richard Stephen Seminack †	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
18 Aug	102.3	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Aug	69.6	Judes Bicaba †	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
22 Aug	86.0	Girolamo Grillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
23 Aug	88.3	Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil
26 Aug	80.9	Gabriel Kembo Mamputu †	Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep	80.5	Thomas George Doran †	Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
1 Sep	73.0	Frederick Drandua †	Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda
7 Sep	88.7	Vincent Zhu Weifang †	Bishop Emeritus of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China
8 Sep	90.0	Antonio Nuzzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
12 Sep	92.1	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
16 Sep	97.4	Hovhannes Tcholakian †	Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
17 Sep	85.7	Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
20 Sep	95.7	Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
20 Sep	104.1	Peter Leo Gerety †	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 Sep	58.2	Georges Fonghoro †	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
23 Sep	77.4	Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
25 Sep	81.4	Anthony Xu Jiwei †	Bishop Emeritus of Linhai [Taichow], China
2 Oct	77.5	Hanna Zora †	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
4 Oct	86.1	Kenneth Anthony Angell †	Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
9 Oct	86.3	David Every Konstant †	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
14 Oct	85.7	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
14 Oct	87.3	John Aloysius Mone †	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Oct	76.6	Rufin Anthony †	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
22 Oct	77.8	José Oscar Barahona Castillo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador
27 Oct	80.7	Anton Novobilský †	Bishop
27 Oct	83.1	Francis Tong Hui †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
29 Oct	88.0	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras
6 Nov	81.1	Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
6 Nov	77.5	Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
13 Nov	83.8	Edmund Fairbanks McCaffrey †	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
13 Nov	83.7	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
17 Nov	80.0	Joseph Khoury †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
18 Nov	88.1	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
19 Nov	83.0	Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa
20 Nov	85.1	Diógenes da Silva Matthes †	Bishop Emeritus of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Nov	93.2	Maximilian Ziegelbauer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
22 Nov	92.8	John Christopher O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kenema, Sierra Leone
22 Nov	86.7	Mathew Vattackuzhy †	Bishop Emeritus of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
1 Dec	91.5	Zekarias Yohannes †	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
8 Dec	90.9	Lélis Lara, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10 Dec	85.8	László Huzsvár †	Bishop Emeritus of Zrenjanin, Serbia
10 Dec	88.3	Paul Shinichi Itonaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan
12 Dec	75.4	Gerard Clifford †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
12 Dec	84.4	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Prelate of Opus Dei
14 Dec	95.2	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
17 Dec	83.5	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Nuncio
23 Dec	75.5	Jean Gagnon †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
25 Dec	73.6	Karl Golser †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
25 Dec	92.9	Léon-Raymond Soulier †	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
26 Dec	90.0	Jaume Camprodon Rovira †	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
30 Dec	83.1	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
30 Dec	84.6	Justo Mullor García †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
31 Dec	77.7	Peter Fernando †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

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