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Monday, April 28, 1969 (Pope Paul VI) Kim Sou-hwan, Stephen-- Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul -- Aged 98 Sales, Eugênio de Araújo-- Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro -- Aged 100
Monday, March 05, 1973 (Pope Paul VI) Aponte Martinez, Luis-- Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico -- Aged 98 Arns, Paulo Evaristo, OFM-- Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo -- Aged 99
Monday, May 24, 1976 (Pope Paul VI) Baum, William Wakefield-- Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary -- Aged 94
Monday, June 27, 1977 (Pope Paul VI) Gantin, Bernardin-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops -- Aged 98
Saturday, June 30, 1979 (Pope John Paul II) Etchegaray, Roger-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace -- Aged 98 Cé, Marco-- Patriarch Emeritus of Venice -- Aged 95 Corripio Ahumada, Ernesto-- Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico -- Aged 101 Macharski, Franciszek-- Archbishop Emeritus of Krakow -- Aged 93
Wednesday, February 02, 1983 (Pope John Paul II) López Trujillo, Alfonso-- President of the Pontifical Council for the Family -- Aged 85 Kitbunchu, Michael Michae-- Archbishop of Bangkok -- Aged 92 do Nascimento, Alexandre-- Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda -- Aged 95 Danneels, Godfried-- Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels -- Aged 87 Williams, Thomas Stafford-- Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington -- Aged 90 Martini, Carlo Maria, SJ-- Archbishop Emeritus of Milan -- Aged 93 Glemp, Józef-- Archbishop Emeritus of Warsaw -- Aged 91 Meisner, Joachim-- Archbishop of Cologne -- Aged 87
Saturday, May 25, 1985 (Pope John Paul II) Arinze, Francis-- Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments -- Aged 88 Lourdusamy, D. Simon-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches -- Aged 96 Innocenti, Antonio-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy -- Aged 105 Obando Bravo, Miguel, SDB-- Archbishop Emeritus of Managua -- Aged 94 Mayer, Paul Augustin, OSB-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments -- Aged 109 Vidal, Ricardo J.-- Archbishop of Cebu -- Aged 89 Gulbinowicz, Henryk Roman-- Archbishop Emeritus of Wroclaw -- Aged 97 Tomko, Jozef-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples -- Aged 96 Deskur, Andrzej Maria-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications -- Aged 96 Poupard, Paul-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture -- Aged 90 Wetter, Friedrich-- Archbishop Emeritus of Munich und Freising -- Aged 92 Piovanelli, Silvano-- Archbishop Emeritus of Florence -- Aged 96 Simonis, Adrianus Johannes-- Archbishop of Utrecht -- Aged 89 Law, Bernard Francis-- Archpriest of the Patriarchal Liberian Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome -- Aged 89 Biffi, Giacomo-- Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna -- Aged 92
Tuesday, June 28, 1988 (Pope John Paul II) Martínez Somalo, Eduardo-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life -- Aged 93 Silvestrini, Achille-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches -- Aged 97 Falcão, José Freire-- Archbishop Emeritus of Brasilia -- Aged 95 Giordano, Michele-- Archbishop Emeritus of Naples -- Aged 90 dos Santos, Alexandre José Maria, OFM-- Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo -- Aged 96 Canestri, Giovanni-- Archbishop Emeritus of Genoa -- Aged 102 Pimenta, Simon Ignatius-- Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay -- Aged 100 Clancy, Edward Bede-- Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney -- Aged 97 Szoka, Edmund Casimir-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State -- Aged 93 Paskai, László, OFM-- Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest -- Aged 93 Tumi, Christian Wiyghan-- Archbishop of Douala -- Aged 90 Margéot, Jean-- Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis -- Aged 104
Friday, June 28, 1991 (Pope John Paul II) Sodano, Angelo-- Emeritus Secretary of State of Vatican City -- Aged 93 López Rodriguez, Nicolás de Jesús-- Archbishop of Santo Domingo -- Aged 84 Mahony, Roger Michael-- Archbishop of Los Angeles -- Aged 84 Bevilacqua, Anthony Joseph-- Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia -- Aged 97 Saldarini, Giovanni-- Archbishop Emeritus of Turin -- Aged 96 Daly, Cahal Brendan-- Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh -- Aged 103 Ruini, Camillo-- Vicar General of Rome -- Aged 89 Korec, Ján Chryzostom, SJ-- Bishop Emeritus of Nitra -- Aged 97 Schwery, Henri-- Bishop Emeritus of Sion -- Aged 88 Sterzinsky, Georg Maximilian-- Archbishop of Berlin -- Aged 84 Laghi, Pio-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education -- Aged 98 Cassidy, Edward Idris-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity -- Aged 96 Sánchez, José T.-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy -- Aged 100 Noè, Virgilio-- Archpriest Emeritus of the Vatican Basilica -- Aged 98 Angelini, Fiorenzo-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers -- Aged 104
Monday, February 28, 1994 (Pope John Paul II) Vlk, Miloslav-- Archbishop of Prague -- Aged 88 Shirayanagi, Peter Seiichi-- Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo -- Aged 92 Suárez Rivera, Adolfo Antonio-- Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey -- Aged 94 Ortega y Alamino, Jaime Lucas-- Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana -- Aged 84 Darmaatmadja, Julius Riyadi, SJ-- Archbishop of Jakarta -- Aged 86 Wamala, Emmanuel-- Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala -- Aged 94 Keeler, William Henry-- Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore -- Aged 89 Turcotte, Jean-Claude-- Archbishop of Montréal -- Aged 84 Carles Gordó, Ricardo María-- Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona -- Aged 94 Maida, Adam Joseph-- Archbishop of Detroit -- Aged 90 *Puljic, Vinco-- Archbishop of Vrhbosna -- Aged 75 Razafindratandra, Armand Gaétan-- Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo -- Aged 95 Pham Dình Tung, Paul Joseph-- Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi -- Aged 101 Sandoval Íñiguez, Juan-- Archbishop of Guadalajara -- Aged 87 Swiatek, Kazimierz-- Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev -- Aged 106 Tonini, Ersilio-- Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia -- Aged 106 Poggi, Luigi-- Archivist and Librarian Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church -- Aged 103 Furno, Carlo-- Archpriest Emeritus of the Patriarchal Basilica of St Mary Major -- Aged 99 Agustoni, Gilberto-- Prefect Emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura -- Aged 98 Sfeir, Nasrallah Pierre-- Patriarch of Antioch for Maronites -- Aged 100
Saturday, February 21, 1998 (Pope John Paul II) De Giorgi, Salvatore-- Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo -- Aged 90 Araújo, Serafim Fernandes de-- Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte -- Aged 96 Rouco Varela, Antonio María-- Archbishop of Madrid -- Aged 84 Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew-- Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto -- Aged 91 Tettamanzi, Dionigi-- Archbishop of Milan -- Aged 86 *Pengo, Polycarp-- Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam -- Aged 76 *Schönborn, Christoph, OP-- Archbishop of Vienna -- Aged 76 *Rivera Carrera, Norberto-- Archbishop of México -- Aged 78 George, Francis Eugene, OMI-- Archbishop of Chicago -- Aged 84 Shan Kuo-his, Paul, SJ-- Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung -- Aged 97 Medina Estévez, Jorge Arturo-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments -- Aged 94 Castrillón Hoyos, Dario-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Clergy -- Aged 91 Antonetti, Lorenzo-- President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See -- Aged 98 Stafford, James Francis-- Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary -- Aged 88 Cheli, Giovanni-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Workers -- Aged 102 Jaworski, Marian-- Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins -- Aged 94 Pujats, Janis-- Archbishop of Riga -- Aged 90
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 (Pope John Paul II) Re, Giovanni Battista-- Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops -- Aged 86 Cacciavillan, Agostino-- President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See -- Aged 94 Sebastiani, Sergio-- President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See -- Aged 89 Grocholewski, Zenon-- Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education -- Aged 81 Saraiva Martins, José, CMF-- Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints -- Aged 89 *Sepe, Crescenzio-- Archbishop of Naples -- Aged 77 Mejía, Jorge María-- Retired Archivist and Librarian of the Holy See -- Aged 97 Kasper, Walter-- President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity -- Aged 87 González Zumárraga, Antonio José-- Archbishop Emeritus of Quito -- Aged 95 Dias, Ivan-- Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples -- Aged 84 Agnelo, Geraldo Majella-- Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia -- Aged 87 Rubiano Sáenz, Pedro-- Archbishop of Bogotá -- Aged 88 McCarrick, Theodore Edgar-- Archbishop Emeritus of Washington DC -- Aged 90 Connell, Desmond-- Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin -- Aged 94 Backis, Audrys Juozas-- Archbishop of Vilnius -- Aged 83 Errázuriz Ossa, Francisco Javier, Schönstatt-- Archbishop of Santiago de Chile -- Aged 87 Terrazas Sandoval, Julio, CSsR-- Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra -- Aged 84 *Napier, Wilfrid Fox, OFM-- Archbishop of Durban -- Aged 79 *Rodríguez Maradiaga, Oscar Andrés, SDB-- Archbishop of Tegucigalpa -- Aged 78 Agré, Bernard-- Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan -- Aged 94 *Cipriani Thorne, Juan Luis-- Archbishop of Lima -- Aged 77 Álvarez Martínez, Francisco-- Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo -- Aged 95 Hummes, Cláudio, OFM-- Archbishop of São Paulo -- Aged 86 Vithayathil, Varkey, CSsR-- Major-Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars -- Aged 93 Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, SJ-- Archbishop of Buenos Aires -- Aged 84 Policarpo, José da Cruz-- Patriarch of Lisbon -- Aged 84 Poletto, Severino-- Archbishop of Turin -- Aged 87 Murphy-O'Connor, Cormac-- Archbishop of Westminster -- Aged 88 Egan, Edward Michael-- Archbishop of New York -- Aged 88 Husar, Lubomyr-- Major Archbishop of Kiev of the Ukrainians -- Aged 87 Lehmann, Karl-- Bishop of Mainz -- Aged 84 Honoré, Jean-- Archbishop Emeritus of Tours -- Aged 100 Tucci, Roberto, SJ-- President Emeritus of Radio Vaticana -- Aged 99 Dulles, Avery, SJ-- Theologian -- Aged 102 Ghattas, Stephanos II-- Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts -- Aged 101 Daoud, Ignace Moussa I-- Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches -- Aged 90
Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (Pope John Paul II) *Tauran, Jean-Louis-- President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue -- Aged 77 Martino, Renato Raffaele-- President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace -- Aged 88 Marchisano, Francesco-- Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica -- Aged 91 Herranz, Julian-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Interpretation of Legislative Texts -- Aged 90 Lozano Barragán, Javier-- President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers -- Aged 88 Nicora, Attilio-- President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See -- Aged 83 *Scola, Angelo-- Patriarch of Venice -- Aged 79 Okogie, Anthony Olubumni-- Archbishop of Lagos -- Aged 84 Panafieu, Bernard-- Archbishop Emeritus of Marseilles -- Aged 90 *Zubeir Wako, Gabriel-- Archbishop of Khartoum -- Aged 79 Amigo Vallejo, Carlos, OFM-- Archbishop of Seville -- Aged 86 Rigali, Justin Francis-- Archbishop of Philadelphia -- Aged 85 O'Brien, Keith Michael Patrick-- Archbishop of St Andrew's and Edinburgh -- Aged 82 Scheid, Eusebio Oscar, SCI-- Archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro -- Aged 88 Antonelli, Ennio-- Archbishop of Florence -- Aged 84 Bertone, Tarcisio, SDB-- Secretary of State of Vatican City -- Aged 86 *Turkson, Peter Kodwo Appiah-- Archbishop of Cape Coast -- Aged 72 Toppo, Telesphore Placidus-- Archbishop of Ranchi -- Aged 81 *Pell, George-- Archbishop of Sydney -- Aged 79 *Bozanic, Josip-- Archbishop of Zagreb -- Aged 71 Pham Minh Mán, Jean-Baptiste-- Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City -- Aged 86 Quezada Toruño, Rodolfo-- Archbishop of Guatemala City -- Aged 88 *Barbarin, Philippe-- Archbishop of Lyon -- Aged 70 *Erdö, Peter-- Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest -- Aged 68 *Ouellet, Marc, PSS-- Archbishop of Quebec -- Aged 76 Cottier, George Marie Martin, OP-- Theologian Emeritus of the Papal Household -- Aged 98 Spidlik, Tomas, SJ-- Priest -- Aged 101 Nagy, Stanislas, SCI-- Priest -- Aged 99
Friday, March 24, 2006 (Pope Benedict XVI) Levada, William Joseph-- Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- Aged 84 Rodé, Franc, CM-- Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life -- Aged 86 Vallini, Agostino-- Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura -- Aged 80 *Urosa Savino, Jorge Liberato-- Archbishop of Caracas -- Aged 78 Rosales, Gaudencio Borbon-- Archbishop of Manila -- Aged 88 *Ricard, Jean-Pierre-- Archbishop of Bordeaux -- Aged 76 *Cañizares Llovera, Antonio-- Archbishop of Toledo -- Aged 75 Cheong Jin-Suk, Nicholas-- Archbishop of Seoul -- Aged 89 *O'Malley, Sean Patrick, OFM Cap-- Archbishop of Boston -- Aged 76 Dziwisz, Stanislaw-- Archbishop of Krakow -- Aged 81 Caffara, Carlo-- Archbishop of Bologna -- Aged 82 Zen Ze-Kiun, Joseph, SDB-- Bishop of Hong Kong -- Aged 89 Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Andrea-- Archpriest of the Pontifical Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls -- Aged 95 Dery, Peter Poreku-- Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale -- Aged 102 Vanhoye, Albert, SJ-- Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Institute -- Aged 97
Saturday, November 24, 2007 (Pope Benedict XVI) *Sandri, Leonardo-- Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches -- Aged 77 Foley, John Patrick-- President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications -- Aged 85 Lajolo, Giovanni-- President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State -- Aged 86 Cordes, Paul Josef-- President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum -- Aged 86 *Comastri, Angelo-- Archpriest of the Pontifical Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican -- Aged 77 *Rylko, Stanislaw-- President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity -- Aged 75 Farina, Raffaele, SDB-- Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church -- Aged 87 Garcia-Gasco Vicente, Agustín-- Archbishop of Valencia -- Aged 89 Brady, Sean Baptist-- Archbishop of Armagh -- Aged 81 Martínez Sistach, Lluís-- Archbishop of Barcelona -- Aged 83 *Vingt-Trois, André-- Archbishop of Paris -- Aged 78 *Bagnasco, Angelo-- Archbishop of Genoa -- Aged 77 Sarr, Théodore-Adrien-- Archbishop of Dakar -- Aged 84 *Gracias, Oswald-- Archbishop of Bombay -- Aged 76 *Robles Ortega, Francisco-- Archbishop of Monterrey -- Aged 71 *DiNardo, Daniel Nicholas-- Archbishop of Galveston-Houston -- Aged 71 *Scherer, Odilo Pedro-- Archbishop of São Paulo -- Aged 71 *Njue, John-- Archbishop of Nairobi -- Aged 76 Delly, Emmanuel III-- Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans -- Aged 93 Coppa, Giovanni-- Apostolic Nuncio -- Aged 95 Karlic, Estanislao Esteban-- Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná -- Aged 94 Navarrete Cortés, Urbano, SJ-- Former Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University -- Aged 100 Betti, Umberto, OFM-- Former Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University -- Aged 98
Total Number of Cardinals: 199
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