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The Year of Our Lord 2007

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DateAgeBishopTitle
4 Jan95.5[Peter Paul Li Pan-shi]Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
6 Jan76.0Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Jan102.8Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen)Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
9 Jan88.4Nemesio Rivera MezaBishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
10 Jan81.0Hermann Josef SpitalBishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
12 Jan77.5Jairo Rui Matos da SilvaBishop Emeritus of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
12 Jan94.6Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
13 Jan70.8John Joseph KaisingAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
14 Jan66.1Anthony Giroux MeagherArchbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
16 Jan65.7Leon Augustine TharmarajBishop of Kottar, India
17 Jan80.3Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh NhậtBishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
18 Jan71.4Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
18 Jan77.8Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
20 Jan54.7Johannes GorantlaBishop of Kurnool, India
1 Feb75.1Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Digos, Philippines
1 Feb85.9Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
2 Feb88.0Ovidio LariBishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
3 Feb77.1Peter Joseph MallonArchbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
4 Feb73.8Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands
4 Feb70.6Bedřich ProvazníkBishop
16 Feb81.6Eustathe Joseph MounayerArchbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
21 Feb96.4Ignace Antoine II HayekPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
24 Feb79.0Mathias KappilBishop Emeritus of Punalur, India
24 Feb87.1Bernard MabulaBishop Emeritus of Singida, Tanzania
24 Feb84.5Augusto Trujillo ArangoArchbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
26 Feb88.9Bernard Henri René JacquelineApostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
26 Feb77.9José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Feb84.2Abdul-Ahad SanaBishop Emeritus of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq
Mar84.8Marc Yuan Wen ZaiBishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
5 Mar79.2José Ivo LorscheiterBishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Mar82.8Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
15 Mar89.2[Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung)]Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
17 Mar94.2Frane FranićArchbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
18 Mar87.7Antonio MagnoniApostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
18 Mar86.3Patrick Laurence MurphyBishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia
18 Mar81.1Michael RozarioArchbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
22 Mar79.5Marianus ArokiasamyArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
25 Mar58.0Eugenio Romero PoseAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
26 Mar71.2François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-MacaryArchbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
27 Mar78.1John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
2 Apr81.7Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. †Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
3 Apr91.7Michael Joseph MurphyBishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Apr83.7Félix María Torres ParraArchbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
5 Apr75.3José Antonio GenticoAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 Apr88.2Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa)Archbishop Emeritus of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Apr81.5James Joseph McGuinnessBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
7 Apr69.0Luis Robles DíazVice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
11 Apr76.6James Joseph O’BrienAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
12 Apr93.5Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
18 Apr69.8Piero BiggioApostolic Nuncio
20 Apr75.4[Michael Fu Tie-shan]Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
20 Apr71.0Ramón Godinez FloresBishop of Aguascalientes, México
25 Apr93.4[Joseph Lin Quan]Bishop Emeritus of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
27 Apr57.4José Aníbal Casasola SosaBishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala
27 Apr87.1Walter Joseph SchoenherrAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
28 Apr88.3Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
29 Apr91.1Kazimierz Jan MajdańskiBishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
9 May83.4Lorenzo Rodolfo (Laurent-Rodolphe) Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
10 May90.7Rafael Angel González RamírezBishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela
12 May90.1[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
13 May84.4Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
19 May52.5Michel VisiBishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
20 May92.1Marcello MorganteBishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
30 May91.2Michael Joseph DudickBishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
30 May95.7Baptist MudarthaBishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
30 May86.4Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
1 Jun72.0Augustine Cheong Myong-joBishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
1 Jun79.1Michel Marie Paul SaudreauBishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
2 Jun96.7Marion Francis ForstAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
12 Jun93.1Marcelo Mendiharat PommiesBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
17 Jun87.8Angelo FeliciCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
22 Jun86.4Jacques MbaliBishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jun80.1Yves-Maria Guy DubigeonBishop Emeritus of Sées {Séez}, France
24 Jun94.4Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
25 Jun87.4Adrian Mung’anduArchbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
29 Jun86.6Alojzij ŠuštarArchbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Jul53.5Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Jul86.9Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide)Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
17 Jul91.1Alejo Benedicto GilliganBishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
19 Jul89.7Enrique Pélach y FeliúBishop Emeritus of Abancay, Peru
20 Jul88.6Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Jul87.4Juan Félix Pepén y SolimanBishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
21 Jul96.7João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
22 Jul87.5Miguel Angel Araújo IglesiasBishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
24 Jul79.4Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
24 Jul78.9Lawrence Khai Saen-Phon-OnArchbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
29 Jul79.7Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
2 Aug62.0Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
5 Aug94.0Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
5 Aug80.8Aron Jean-Marie LustigerCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
6 Aug73.0Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
7 Aug92.0Domenico Caloyera, O.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
10 Aug86.0Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. †Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
15 Aug95.6Vicente Angelo José Marchetti ZioniArchbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Aug93.2Gerard Louis FreyBishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
18 Aug68.7Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
20 Aug90.5[Benedict Cai Xiufeng]Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China
25 Aug89.6Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
27 Aug78.3José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
30 Aug89.8Augustine HarrisBishop Emeritus of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
4 Sep93.7Teresio FerraroniBishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
4 Sep95.5José Melgoza OsorioBishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
6 Sep86.9Robert Bell CluneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 Sep82.2Luigi DossenaApostolic Nuncio
9 Sep70.3Johannes Han DingxianBishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
12 Sep91.2Giovanni CogoniBishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
14 Sep86.1Bernhard HuhnApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
14 Sep91.4José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
18 Sep51.1Benyamin Yosef BriaBishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
23 Sep84.4John Baptist Liang XishengArchbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
26 Sep86.6Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
28 Sep96.4Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
2 Oct67.6Gianni DanziPrelate of Loreto, Italy
10 Oct73.1Ambrose Battista De PaoliApostolic Nuncio to Australia
11 Oct83.6Ignatius D’CunhaBishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
16 Oct85.1Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
16 Oct93.2Ignacy Ludwik JeżBishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
18 Oct91.1Juan Nicolasora NilmarBishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
27 Oct83.8Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
3 Nov78.3Maurice Noël Léon Couve de MurvilleArchbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
3 Nov78.2Joachim Phayao ManisapBishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
8 Nov77.6Stephen Fumio HamaoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
14 Nov88.2Pablo Antonio Vega MantillaBishop Emeritus of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
16 Nov90.7James Daniel NiedergesesBishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
20 Nov73.2Germano ZaccheoBishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
23 Nov79.5François GourguillonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
27 Nov71.7Nicodemus KirimaArchbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
3 Dec80.9Henri Salina, C.R.A. †Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
6 Dec83.9Roger MpunguBishop Emeritus of Muyinga, Burundi
12 Dec97.3Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
13 Dec85.7Gaetano MichettiBishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
15 Dec92.4Fernando Romo GutiérrezBishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
20 Dec58.5Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. †Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
20 Dec90.5[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
20 Dec81.1Raphaël Nguyễn Văn DiệpCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
23 Dec83.2Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Dec89.5Juan Alfredo ArzubeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

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