GCatholic.com

 
 

 

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 2012

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (54)
2012.01.01ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Battisti († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy) (1972.12.13 – 2000.10.28)

2012.01.10BrazilBishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 2004.06.15)

2012.01.14ItalyBishop Antonio Mistrorigo († 99)

Bishop emeritus of Treviso (Italy) (1958.06.25 – 1988.11.19)

2012.01.17CanadaBishop Colin Campbell († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Antigonish (Canada) (1986.12.12 – 2002.10.26)

2012.01.19ItalyArchbishop Giovanni De Andrea († 83)

Vice-President emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989.08.26 – 2007.10.13)

2012.01.20United StatesArchbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (United States) (1974.06.01 – 1993.04.06)

2012.01.26Puerto RicoBishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 2000.11.10)

2012.01.29IndiaBishop Gabriel Lawrence Sengol († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1990.10.06 – 1997.10.14)

2012.01.30ColombiaArchbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. († 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1992.10.10)

2012.01.31United StatesCardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua († 88)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1991.06.28 – 2012.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (United States) (1988.02.11 – 2003.07.15)

2012.01.31South AfricaBishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Aliwal (South Africa) (1973.12.17 – 1981.10.30)

2012.02.02GermanyBishop Paul Consbruch († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) (1980.11.15 – 1999.03.11)

2012.02.04United StatesBishop Joseph Walter Estabrook († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States (United States) (2004.05.07 – 2012.02.04)

2012.02.04Cote d’IvoireBishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.07.04 – 1975.11.20)

2012.02.04ItalyBishop Giovanni Volta († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Pavia (Italy) (1986.04.02 – 2003.12.01)

2012.02.10VenezuelaBishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza († 84)

Bishop emeritus of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)

2012.02.10ItalyBishop Filippo Giannini († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1980.12.01 – 1998.07.03)

2012.02.13BrazilBishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. († 74)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2006.12.06 – 2012.02.13)

2012.02.17CanadaBishop Joseph Faber MacDonald († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1998.10.23 – 2006.09.09)

2012.02.20ArgentinaArchbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (1992.09.19 – 2002.10.01)

2012.02.21PortugalBishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal) (1980.09.08 – 1999.01.25)

2012.02.27GermanyBishop Werner Guballa († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany) (2003.02.20 – 2012.02.27)

2012.03.02El SalvadorBishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (1989.11.18 – 2011.10.08)

2012.03.03IndiaBishop Stephen M. Tiru († 74)

Bishop of Khunti (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)

2012.03.04United StatesBishop John Charles Reiss († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Trenton (United States) (1980.03.11 – 1997.06.30)

2012.03.09PhilippinesCardinal José Tomás Sánchez († 91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (2002.02.26 [2002.05.12] – 2012.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1982.01.12 – 1986.03.22)

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Clergy (1991.07.01 – 1996.06.15)

2012.03.10Puerto RicoBishop Hermín Negrón Santana († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1981.06.30 – 2012.03.10)

2012.03.12RwandaBishop Augustin Misago († 69)

Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1992.03.30 – 2012.03.12)

2012.03.12EcuadorBishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil († 67)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador) (2008.06.18 – 2012.03.12)

2012.03.13DenmarkBishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark) (1965.03.22 – 1995.03.22)

2012.03.18GreeceBishop Anárghyros Printesis (Greek Rite) († 74)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (1975.06.28 – 2008.04.23)

2012.03.20CroatiaArchbishop Ante Jurić († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Split–Makarska (Croatia) (1988.09.10 – 2000.06.21)

2012.03.21United StatesBishop John George Chedid (Maronite Rite) († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (United States) (1994.02.19 – 2000.11.20)

2012.03.24PolandBishop Edward Henryk Materski († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 1999.06.28)

2012.03.29ArgentinaBishop Paulino Reale Chirina († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1989.06.19 – 2000.12.16)

2012.04.03CanadaArchbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1992.12.16 – 2006.01.09)

2012.04.03ItalyBishop Arduino Bertoldo († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) (1992.10.10 – 2008.07.03)

2012.04.03BrazilBishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 83)

Bishop emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

2012.04.06SpainBishop Felipe Fernández García († 76)

Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1991.06.12 – 2005.06.29)

2012.04.07SyriaCardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud (Basile Moussa Daoud) (Syrian Rite) († 81)

Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)

Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08)

Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07)

2012.04.10Puerto RicoCardinal Luis Aponte Martínez († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde (1973.03.05 – 2012.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 1999.03.26)

2012.04.10BoliviaBishop Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Camiri (Bolivia) (2003.03.29 – 2009.07.15)

2012.04.11United StatesBishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Miami (United States) (1979.02.06 – 2003.06.07)

2012.04.13ItalyArchbishop Mario Rizzi († 86)

Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Bulgaria (1991.02.28 – 1996)

2012.04.16SyriaArchbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany (Maronite Rite) († 82)

Archbishop emeritus of Damas of the Maronites (Syria) (1989.06.05 – 1999.03.10)

2012.04.18SpainBishop José Cerviño Cerviño († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Tui–Vigo (Spain) (1976.11.08 – 1996.06.07)

2012.04.21SpainBishop Ramón Búa Otero († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) (1989.09.14 – 2003.09.15)

2012.04.25PolandBishop Jan Bernard Szlaga († 71)

Bishop of Pelplin (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.04.25)

2012.05.03SlovakiaBishop František Tondra († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Spiš (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

2012.05.04United StatesBishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (United States) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

2012.05.06Cote d’IvoireBishop Félix Kouadjo († 73)

Bishop of Bondoukou (Cote d’Ivoire) (1996.04.22 – 2012.05.06)

2012.05.08CanadaArchbishop William Aquin Carew († 89)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio emeritus of Japan (1983.08.30 – 1997.11.11)

2012.05.13VietnamBishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện († 106)

Bishop emeritus of Vinh Long (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1968.07.12)

2012.05.19IndonesiaBishop Isak Doera († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Sintang (Indonesia) (1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

as of 2012.05.22

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

© 2012 GCatholic.com

Up