The Year of Our Lord 2022

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
1 Jan	60.0	Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
1 Jan	87.4	Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Jan	92.6	Jean-Guy Couture †	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
5 Jan	96.4	Francisco Alvarez Martínez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
11 Jan	72.9	Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
18 Jan	98.3	Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
19 Jan	85.2	Elmar Fischer †	Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria
29 Jan	92.7	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
31 Jan	84.8	Onésimo Cepeda Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of Ecatepec, México, México
1 Feb	97.9	Remi Joseph De Roo †	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1 Feb	80.1	Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
3 Feb	96.3	Joseph Habib Hitti †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
3 Feb	101.0	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
9 Feb	71.7	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
10 Feb	86.4	Joseph Sangval Surasarang †	Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
12 Feb	86.8	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
12 Feb	89.1	Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
12 Feb	49.7	Antoni Vadell Ferrer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
15 Feb	85.0	Youhanna Kamal Golta †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Feb	95.9	Luigi de Magistris †	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
16 Feb	96.2	Didier-Léon Marchand †	Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
16 Feb	97.2	John Aloysius O’Mara †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
17 Feb	96.1	Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
17 Feb	74.1	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
19 Feb	89.2	Franz Grave †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
22 Feb	64.7	Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Lwena, Angola
23 Feb	70.7	José Isidro Guerrero Macías †	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
23 Feb	62.8	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
24 Feb	92.2	Eduardo Vicente Mirás †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
25 Feb	92.6	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
26 Feb	95.6	Jānis Cakuls †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Riga, Latvia
26 Feb	85.6	Donald Walter Trautman †	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
27 Feb	91.7	José Carlos Castanho de Almeida †	Bishop Emeritus of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Mar	92.0	Robert John Rose †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
5 Mar	95.5	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
7 Mar	70.1	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
8 Mar	72.9	Fernando Carlos Maletti †	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
11 Mar	97.0	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
13 Mar	77.4	Adam Odzimek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
14 Mar	92.4	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
21 Mar	92.2	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
22 Mar	92.3	Edmund Michal Piszcz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
26 Mar	85.6	James Moriarty †	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
26 Mar	86.4	Teofil Józef Wilski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
28 Mar	78.2	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
28 Mar	87.0	Antonios Naguib †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Mar	91.5	Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kurnool, India
31 Mar	75.7	Francesc Pardo Artigas †	Bishop of Girona, Spain
1 Apr	84.9	Innayya Chinna Addagatla †	Bishop Emeritus of Srikakulam, India
3 Apr	93.4	Michael Meier, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
4 Apr	80.6	José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
9 Apr	77.8	Stephen Athipozhiyil †	Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
10 Apr	81.8	Raymond John Lahey †
14 Apr	85.2	Joseph Pathalil †	Bishop Emeritus of Udaipur, India
16 Apr	89.9	John Martin Dougherty †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Apr	89.2	Javier Lozano Barragán †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
23 Apr	86.6	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
24 Apr	84.0	Denis Kiwanuka Lote †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
26 Apr	74.0	Tiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
27 Apr	87.6	Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
27 Apr	83.1	Adam Lepa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
28 Apr	89.4	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
9 May	83.6	Robert Henry Brom †	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
10 May	58.8	Peter Wu Junwei †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
12 May	70.2	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
14 May	91.0	Francesco Zerrillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
15 May	66.3	Martin Munyanyi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gweru, Zimbabwe
18 May	85.7	Fernando Guimarães Kevanu †	Bishop Emeritus of Ondjiva, Angola
21 May	91.0	Emil Aloysius Wcela †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
25 May	79.9	Luis Guillermo Eichhorn †	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
27 May	94.5	Angelo Sodano †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
28 May	86.3	Ernesto Vecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
31 May	89.4	Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
1 Jun	93.9	Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 Jun	90.9	Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
6 Jun	93.6	Michele Scandiffio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza, Italy
9 Jun	87.7	Aloísio Sinésio Bohn †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Jun	84.2	Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de María, El Salvador
14 Jun	96.3	Gabino Díaz Merchán †	Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain
16 Jun	93.8	Antonio Montero Moreno †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
17 Jun	90.3	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
17 Jun	78.0	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Jun	84.4	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
27 Jun	83.1	Renato Ascencio León †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
1 Jul	95.0	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
2 Jul	102.2	Laurent Noël †	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
4 Jul	87.9	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 Jul	54.8	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
8 Jul	66.2	George Jonathan Dodo †	Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
8 Jul	81.9	Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
11 Jul	90.9	Joseph Mittathany †	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
12 Jul	92.2	Ivo Fürer †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
16 Jul	80.9	José Guadalupe Galván Galindo †	Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
18 Jul	91.1	Egidio Caporello †	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
18 Jul	88.2	José Diéguez Reboredo †	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
23 Jul	82.4	Venant Bacinoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
26 Jul	99.2	Bruno Foresti †	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
27 Jul	97.0	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
27 Jul	87.0	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
30 Jul	89.4	Martin Luluga †	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
31 Jul	91.7	Hubert Coppenrath †	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Jul	63.5	Hubertus Leteng †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
2 Aug	80.3	Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
5 Aug	83.7	Reginald Michael Cawcutt †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
6 Aug	90.8	John Walter Yanta †	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
7 Aug	84.7	Robert Mikhail Moskal †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
7 Aug	61.8	Koru Tito †	Bishop-Elect of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Aug	98.4	Jozef Tomko †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
12 Aug	78.6	Lewis Jerome Zeigler †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
13 Aug	94.3	Antonino Orrù †	Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy
13 Aug	90.0	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
19 Aug	86.7	Jorge Luis Lona †	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
20 Aug	78.4	Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ossory, Ireland
22 Aug	81.4	António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
22 Aug	95.3	Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
23 Aug	80.2	Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
25 Aug	83.7	Dale Joseph Melczek †	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
26 Aug	65.2	Alojzije Slavko Večerin †	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
28 Aug	85.3	Gastone Simoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
28 Aug	91.1	John Baptist Ye Ronghua †	Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
28 Aug	79.0	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Aug	95.6	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
2 Sep	90.1	Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
6 Sep	73.3	Philippe Ranaivomanana †	Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar
10 Sep	77.6	Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
14 Sep	88.7	Robert Patrick Maginnis †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Sep	74.2	Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
16 Sep	76.5	Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Sep	91.6	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
20 Sep	92.3	Tanios El Khoury †	Bishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
21 Sep	87.1	Antonio Ceballos Atienza †	Bishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
21 Sep	89.1	Paul-Emile Saadé †	Bishop Emeritus of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
27 Sep	77.5	Michael John Sheridan †	Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
28 Sep	89.8	Hilton Forrest Deakin †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
28 Sep	81.6	Jan Styrna †	Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
3 Oct	95.2	Howard George Tripp †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
7 Oct	88.0	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Oct	86.2	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
16 Oct	93.2	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
17 Oct	85.2	Franz Vorrath †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
19 Oct	88.7	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
22 Oct	88.2	Patrick Coveney †	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Oct	93.3	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
31 Oct	82.1	Gentil Delázari †	Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
31 Oct	73.4	José Nambi †	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
4 Nov	56.5	Daniel Batalha Henriques †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
4 Nov	88.3	Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
4 Nov	73.1	Alfredo Horacio Zecca †	Titular Archbishop of Volsinium
6 Nov	86.4	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
7 Nov	81.1	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
8 Nov	88.6	Mario Joseph Conti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Nov	89.4	Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India
11 Nov	96.0	Ernesto Togni †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
17 Nov	86.1	Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
19 Nov	87.1	Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Nov	70.7	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
26 Nov	78.8	Martin Drennan †	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
26 Nov	79.2	Paul Joseph Swain †	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
27 Nov	63.4	Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana
29 Nov	87.0	Anthony Hampden Dickson †	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
4 Dec	86.3	Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Dec	91.4	Pablo Puente Buces †	Apostolic Nuncio
8 Dec	92.6	Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †	Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda
9 Dec	95.1	Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Dec	89.7	Severino Poletto †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
19 Dec	78.1	Jonas Algimantas Boruta, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
19 Dec	85.2	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Dec	77.7	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
20 Dec	81.3	Luigi Stucchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
20 Dec	91.3	Tadeusz Werno †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
28 Dec	80.3	Bernard César Augustin Barsi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco
29 Dec	94.6	Joseph Ti-kang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
30 Dec	94.6	John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Dec	90.2	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
31 Dec	95.7	Joseph Ratzinger †	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

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