Deceased Bishops in the year 2016

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (152)
2016.01.03	Bishop Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana († 86) Bishop emeritus of Kabale (Uganda) (1969.05.29 – 1994.07.15)
2016.01.03	Bishop Alberto Iniesta Jiménez († 92) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain) (1972.09.05 – 1998.04.05)
2016.01.03	Bishop Raymond William Lessard († 85) Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA) (1973.03.05 – 1995.02.07)
2016.01.07	Bishop Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. († 85) Bishop emeritus of Morombe (Madagascar) (1989.05.15 – 2000.07.15)
2016.01.08	Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino († 91) Bishop emeritus of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1978.07.25 – 1999.07.22)
2016.01.09	Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Prado († 94) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Étienne (France) (1971.02.23 – 1987.09.28)
2016.01.10	Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Anchorage (USA) (1976.05.04 – 2001.03.03)
2016.01.11	Bishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.17 – 1978.01.17)
2016.01.15	Archbishop Daniel Joseph Bohan († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (2005.03.30 – 2016.01.15)
2016.01.16	Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi († 83) Bishop emeritus of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (1991.08.31 – 2009.05.04)
2016.01.17	Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of New Orleans (USA) (1988.12.06 – 2002.01.03)
2016.01.22	Bishop Ian Murray († 83) Bishop emeritus of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) (1999.11.03 – 2008.10.16)
2016.01.28	Bishop Emile Destombes, M.E.P. († 80) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) (2001.04.14 – 2010.10.01)
2016.02.11	Bishop John Baptist Kakubi († 86) Bishop emeritus of Mbarara (Uganda) (1969.06.26 – 1991.11.23)
2016.02.13	Bishop Barry Philip Jones († 74) Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) (2007.05.04 – 2016.02.13)
2016.02.15	Archbishop Carlos Quintero Arce († 96) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1968.08.18 – 1996.08.20)
2016.02.16	Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. († 96) Bishop emeritus of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1969.04.26 – 1994.05.03)
2016.02.24	Bishop Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Khulna (Bangladesh) (1970.09.21 – 2005.02.19)
2016.02.26	Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Chulucanas (Peru) (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28)
2016.02.28	Archbishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salta (Argentina) (1984.01.07 – 1999.08.06)
2016.02.29	Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (2004.05.14 – 2011.03.25)
2016.03.02	Archbishop Janusz Bolonek († 77) Titular Archbishop of Madaurus (1989.09.25 – 2016.03.02)
2016.03.04	Archbishop Vincenzo Franco († 98) Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy) (1981.01.27 – 1993.04.08)
2016.03.06	Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友) († 89) Titular Archbishop of Tindari (1986.04.04 – 2016.03.06)
2016.03.06	Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1991.10.11 – 2016.03.06)
2016.03.06	Bishop Raymond Conway Benjamin († 91) Bishop emeritus of Townsville (Australia) (1984.02.14 – 2000.04.18)
2016.03.09	Bishop William Russell Houck († 89) Bishop emeritus of Jackson (USA) (1984.04.11 – 2003.01.03)
2016.03.10	Bishop Andreas Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia) (1979.04.18 – 2012.07.06)
2016.03.20	Bishop Odo Fusi Pecci († 95) Bishop emeritus of Senigallia (Italy) (1971.07.15 – 1997.01.21)
2016.03.21	Archbishop Joseph Mercieca († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malta (Malta) (1976.11.29 – 2006.12.02)
2016.03.21	Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa († 56) Bishop emeritus of Kimbe (Papua New Guinea) (2003.07.04 – 2008.01.19)
2016.03.24	Bishop Timothée Modibo-Nzockena († 66) Bishop of Franceville (Gabon) (1996.11.08 – 2016.03.24)
2016.03.26	Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. († 100) Bishop emeritus of Amboina (Indonesia) (1965.01.15 – 1994.06.10)
2016.03.29	Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete († 78) Bishop emeritus of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) (1993.07.10 – 2000.02.05)
2016.03.31	Cardinal Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, O.P. († 93) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014.06.12 – 2016.03.31) Pro-Theologian emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2003.10.21 – 2005.12.01)
2016.04.02	Bishop Thomas Zeng Jing-mu (曾景牧) († 95) Bishop emeritus of Yujiang 餘江 (China) (1988 – 2012)
2016.04.04	Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns († 85) Bishop emeritus of Ballarat (Australia) (1971.05.01 – 1997.05.30)
2016.04.06	Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beira (Mozambique) (1984.06.04 – 2012.01.14)
2016.04.09	Bishop Lucas Martínez Lara († 73) Bishop of Matehuala (Mexico) (2006.10.05 – 2016.04.09)
2016.04.10	Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kumasi (Ghana) (2008.03.26 – 2012.05.15)
2016.04.12	Bishop André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo († 84) Bishop emeritus of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.12.01 – 1993.09.24)
2016.04.13	Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja († 86) Bishop emeritus of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1972.06.26 – 2005.01.15)
2016.04.17	Bishop Luis Horacio Gómez González († 57) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Gaitán (Colombia) (2014.07.10 – 2016.04.08)
2016.04.18	Archbishop Rubén Héctor di Monte († 84) Archbishop emeritus of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina) (2000.03.07 – 2007.12.27)
2016.04.23	Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄) († 94) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10)
2016.04.23	Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite († 87) Bishop emeritus of Lismore (Australia) (1971.09.01 – 2001.12.01)
2016.04.26	Bishop Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. († 60) Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (Grenada) (2002.07.10 – 2016.04.26)
2016.04.27	Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, O.C.D. († 89) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Infanta (Philippines) (1966.07.26 – 2003.06.28)
2016.04.29	Bishop Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. († 73) Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (Indonesia) (1987.03.30 – 2016.04.29)
2016.04.30	Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J. († 76) Bishop of Raiganj (India) (1987.01.26 – 2016.04.30)
2016.05.02	Bishop Myles McKeon († 97) Bishop emeritus of Bunbury (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1982.02.18)
2016.05.03	Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gdańsk (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2008.04.17)
2016.05.05	Archbishop Benito Cocchi († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Modena–Nonantola (Italy) (1996.04.12 – 2010.01.27)
2016.05.05	Archbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yangon (Myanmar) (1991.10.08 – 2002.09.30)
2016.05.07	Bishop Gonzalo López Marañón, O.C.D. († 82) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador) (1984.07.02 – 2010.10.30)
2016.05.08	Bishop Thomas Zhang Huai-xin (張懷信) († 90) Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1981 – 2016.05.08)
2016.05.12	Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.J. († 73) Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia) (2009.03.21 – 2016.05.12)
2016.05.16	Cardinal Giovanni Coppa († 90) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino (2007.11.24 [2008.01.27] – 2016.05.16) Assessor for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State (1975.11.19 – 1979.12.01)
2016.05.21	Bishop Andrea Maria Erba, B. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Velletri–Segni (Italy) (1988.12.19 – 2006.01.28)
2016.05.22	Bishop Lucjan Avgustini († 52) Bishop of Sapë (Albania) (2006.12.12 – 2016.05.22)
2016.05.25	Bishop Giacomo Barabino († 88) Bishop emeritus of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy) (1988.12.07 – 2004.03.20)
2016.05.25	Bishop Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1999.03.16 – 2008.12.01)
2016.05.25	Bishop József Tempfli († 85) Bishop emeritus of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 2008.12.23)
2016.05.26	Cardinal Loris Francesco Capovilla († 100) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (2014.02.22 – 2016.05.26) Archbishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1971.09.25 – 1988.12.10)
2016.05.27	Archbishop Petro Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. († 50) Archbishop-Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (2011.06.15 – 2016.05.27)
2016.05.27	Archbishop Girolamo Prigione († 94) Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum (1968.08.27 – 2016.05.27)
2016.05.30	Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san (최기산 보니파시오 / 崔基山) († 68) Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (2002.04.25 – 2016.05.30)
2016.05.31	Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Bossangoa (Central African Republic) (1978.04.22 – 1995.06.10)
2016.06.01	Bishop Leonard Anthony Boyle († 85) Bishop emeritus of Dunedin (New Zealand) (1985.07.10 – 2004.04.29)
2016.06.09	Bishop Carillo Gritti, I.M.C. († 74) Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (2000.01.05 – 2016.06.09)
2016.06.17	Bishop Angelo Gelmi Bertocchi († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1985.04.04 – 2013.05.31)
2016.06.22	Bishop Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Segovia (Spain) (1995.05.12 – 2007.11.03)
2016.06.27	Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calcutta (India) (1986.04.05 – 2002.04.02)
2016.06.28	Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ三末篤實) († 80) Bishop emeritus of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1985.03.29 – 2011.06.13)
2016.06.29	Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea († 86) Assessor emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (2008.01.12 – 2013.03.22)
2016.06.29	Bishop Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Kabale (Uganda) (1996.01.11 – 2003.03.15)
2016.07.01	Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer († 65) Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2007.05.30 – 2016.07.01)
2016.07.06	Archbishop Michel Louis Coloni († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dijon (France) (2002.12.08 – 2004.02.13)
2016.07.09	Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli († 92) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985.05.25 – 2016.07.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1983.03.18 – 2001.03.21)
2016.07.10	Bishop James Pazhayattil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 81) Bishop emeritus of Irinjalakuda of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1978.06.22 – 2010.01.18)
2016.07.11	Bishop Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) (1991.09.13 – 2003.04.04)
2016.07.12	Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski († 67) Bishop emeritus of Radom (Poland) (2002.03.28 – 2009.04.18) President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (2009.04.18 – 2016.07.12) Archbishop ad personam (2009.04.18 – 2016.07.12)
2016.07.12	Bishop Frederick D’Souza († 81) Bishop emeritus of Jhansi (India) (1977.03.04 – 2012.10.31)
2016.07.14	Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh († 75) Bishop emeritus of Makurdi (Nigeria) (1989.06.02 – 2015.03.28)
2016.07.15	Bishop Jérôme Owono-Mimboe († 83) Bishop emeritus of Obala (Cameroon) (1987.07.03 – 2009.12.03)
2016.07.18	Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. († 61) Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan) (2006.03.18 – 2016.07.18)
2016.07.27	Archbishop Dominik Hrušovský († 90) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia) (1995.03.31 – 1996.04.15)
2016.07.30	Bishop Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng (黃守誠) († 93) Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China) (2005.08.25 – 2016.07.30)
2016.08.02	Cardinal Franciszek Macharski († 89) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1979.06.30 – 2016.08.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kraków (Poland) (1978.12.29 – 2005.06.03)
2016.08.02	Archbishop James Martin Hayes († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Halifax (Canada) (1967.06.22 – 1990.11.06)
2016.08.03	Bishop Mansueto Bianchi († 66) Bishop emeritus of Pistoia (Italy) (2006.11.04 – 2014.04.05) General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (2014.04.05 – 2016.08.03)
2016.08.05	Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua) (1972.07.07 – 2003.12.15)
2016.08.05	Bishop Salvador Quizon Quizon († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines) (1979.06.09 – 2002.04.06)
2016.08.06	Bishop Ercole Lupinacci (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 82) Bishop emeritus of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1987.11.30 – 2010.08.10)
2016.08.08	Bishop Edward Kevin Daly († 82) Bishop emeritus of Derry (Northern Ireland) (1974.01.31 – 1993.10.26)
2016.08.09	Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, S.D.B. († 76) Bishop emeritus of Vitoria (Spain) (1995.09.08 – 2016.01.08)
2016.08.10	Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a († 79) Bishop emeritus of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.09.25 – 1994.03.24)
2016.08.11	Bishop Francesco Sgalambro († 82) Bishop emeritus of Cefalù (Italy) (2000.03.18 – 2009.09.17)
2016.08.14	Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India) (1985.07.01 – 2011.02.11)
2016.08.16	Bishop Jorge García Isaza, C.M. († 88) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tierradentro (Colombia) (2000.02.17 – 2003.04.25)
2016.08.16	Bishop Richard Stephen Seminack (Ukrainian Rite) († 74) Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (2003.03.25 – 2016.08.16)
2016.08.18	Bishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. († 102) Bishop emeritus of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.06.12)
2016.08.19	Bishop Judes Bicaba († 68) Bishop of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) (2005.06.04 – 2016.08.19)
2016.08.22	Bishop Girolamo Grillo († 86) Bishop emeritus of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2006.12.21)
2016.08.23	Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15)
2016.08.26	Bishop Gabriel Kembo Mamputu († 80) Bishop emeritus of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.06.21 – 2010.09.21)
2016.09.01	Bishop Thomas George Doran († 80) Bishop emeritus of Rockford (USA) (1994.04.19 – 2012.03.20)
2016.09.01	Bishop Frederick Drandua († 73) Bishop emeritus of Arua (Uganda) (1986.05.27 – 2009.08.19)
2016.09.07	Bishop Vincent Zhu Wei-fang (朱維芳) († 88) Bishop of Yongjia 永嘉 (China) (2010.12.23 – 2016.09.07▼) Bishop of Yongjia 永嘉 (China) (2007.11 – 2016.09.07)
2016.09.08	Archbishop Antonio Nuzzi († 90) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (1988.12.31 – 2002.08.24)
2016.09.12	Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (高秉常) († 92) Bishop emeritus of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1976.01.20 – 1988.10.06)
2016.09.16	Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian (Armenian Rite) († 97) Archbishop emeritus of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye) ([1966.05.23] 1967.01.16 – 2015.03.21)
2016.09.17	Archbishop Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zamboanga (Philippines) (1994.12.08 – 2006.11.13)
2016.09.20	Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. († 95) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1982.07.17 – 1996.01.16)
2016.09.20	Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety († 104) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1974.04.02 – 1986.05.30)
2016.09.22	Bishop Georges Fonghoro († 58) Bishop of Mopti (Mali) (1999.08.30 – 2016.09.22)
2016.09.23	Bishop Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. († 77) Bishop emeritus of Malang (Indonesia) (1989.05.15 – 2016.06.28)
2016.09.25	Bishop Anthony Xu Ji-wei (徐吉偉) († 81) Bishop of Linhai 臨海 (China) (2010 – 2016.09.25)
2016.10.02	Archbishop Hanna Zora (Chaldean Rite) († 77) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada) (2011.06.10 – 2014.05.03)
2016.10.04	Bishop Kenneth Anthony Angell († 86) Bishop emeritus of Burlington (USA) (1992.10.06 – 2005.11.09)
2016.10.09	Bishop David Every Konstant († 86) Bishop emeritus of Leeds (England) (1985.07.12 – 2004.04.07)
2016.10.14	Bishop Cirilo Reyes Almario († 85) Bishop emeritus of Malolos (Philippines) (1977.12.15 – 1996.01.20)
2016.10.14	Bishop John Aloysius Mone († 87) Bishop emeritus of Paisley (Scotland) (1988.03.08 – 2004.10.07)
2016.10.17	Bishop Rufin Anthony († 76) Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi (Pakistan) (2010.02.18 – 2016.10.17)
2016.10.22	Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo († 77) Bishop emeritus of San Vicente (El Salvador) (1983.06.06 – 2005.06.04)
2016.10.27	Bishop Francis Tong Hui (童輝) († 83) Bishop emeritus of Yan’an 延安 (China) (1999.12.17 – 2011.03.25)
2016.10.29	Bishop Geraldo Daniel Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Comayagua (Honduras) (1979.05.30 – 2004.05.21)
2016.11.06	Bishop Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2002.06.19 – 2012.07.19)
2016.11.06	Bishop Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. († 77) Bishop emeritus of Dourados (Brazil) (2001.12.05 – 2015.10.21)
2016.11.13	Bishop Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Paramaribo (Suriname) (1971.08.30 – 2003.08.09)
2016.11.17	Bishop Joseph Khoury (Maronite Rite) († 80) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada) (1996.11.11 – 2013.01.10)
2016.11.18	Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Jabalpur (India) (1976.03.01 – 2001.05.16)
2016.11.19	Bishop Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Kimberley (South Africa) (1974.07.01 – 2009.12.15)
2016.11.20	Bishop Diógenes da Silva Matthes († 85) Bishop emeritus of Franca (Brazil) (1971.03.11 – 2006.11.29)
2016.11.21	Bishop Maximilian Ziegelbauer († 93) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) (1983.08.02 – 1998.09.07)
2016.11.22	Bishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. († 92) Bishop emeritus of Kenema (Sierra Leone) (1984.06.04 – 2002.04.26)
2016.11.22	Bishop Mathew Vattackuzhy (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 86) Bishop emeritus of Kanjirapally of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1986.12.20 – 2000.12.23)
2016.12.01	Bishop Zekarias Yohannes (Eritrean Rite) († 91) Bishop emeritus of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1984.07.17 – 2001.06.25)
2016.12.08	Bishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1996.05.15 – 2003.01.22)
2016.12.10	Bishop László Huzsvár († 85) Bishop emeritus of Zrenjanin (Serbia) (1988.01.07 – 2007.06.30)
2016.12.10	Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga (パウロ糸永真一) († 88) Bishop emeritus of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 2005.12.03)
2016.12.12	Bishop Gerard Clifford († 75) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1991.03.25 – 2013.02.27)
2016.12.12	Bishop Javier Echevarría Rodríguez († 84) Prelate of Opus Dei (Italy) (1994.04.20 – 2016.12.12)
2016.12.14	Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. († 95) Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973.03.05 – 2016.12.14) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Paulo (Brazil) (1970.10.22 – 1998.04.15)
2016.12.17	Archbishop Edmond Y. Farhat (Maronite Rite) († 83) Titular Archbishop of Byblus (1989.08.26 – 2016.12.17)
2016.12.23	Bishop Jean Gagnon († 75) Bishop emeritus of Gaspé (Canada) (2002.11.15 – 2016.07.02)
2016.12.25	Bishop Karl Golser († 73) Bishop emeritus of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy) (2008.12.05 – 2011.07.27)
2016.12.25	Bishop Léon-Raymond Soulier († 92) Bishop emeritus of Limoges (France) (1988.07.13 – 2000.10.24)
2016.12.26	Bishop Jaume Camprodon Rovira († 90) Bishop emeritus of Girona (Spain) (1973.09.01 – 2001.10.30)
2016.12.30	Archbishop Justo Mullor García († 84) President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (2000.02.11 – 2007.10.13)
2016.12.30	Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré († 83) Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1995.03.14 – 2004.02.11)
2016.12.31	Archbishop Peter Fernando († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madurai (India) (2003.03.22 – 2014.07.26)

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