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The Year of Our Lord 1972

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown79.9Joseph Zhou Jishi (Chow Chi-shih, Ceuziscee), C.M. †Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
unknownAlfonso Robledo de Manizales, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
7 Jan85.2Dionisio BorraBishop Emeritus of Fossano, Italy
7 Jan82.8Jacques Mangers, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
9 Jan87.5Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
16 Jan81.1Gregorio Modrego y CasausArchbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
17 Jan83.0Gáspár Lischerong, S.J. †Apostolic Administrator of Daming [Taming], China
21 Jan54.4Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
24 Jan62.8Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
30 Jan73.2Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
9 Feb83.0Felice BeccaroBishop of San Miniato, Italy
11 Feb60.0Pavol BrezanóczyArchbishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Feb88.8William Lawrence AdrianBishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
16 Feb67.9Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. †Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
20 Feb76.2Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of San Marcos, Guatemala
21 Feb87.9Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent TisserantCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
22 Feb85.1Karel SkoupýBishop of Brno, Czechia
24 Feb82.0Anastasio Hurtado y RoblesBishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
26 Feb87.2António Valente da FonsecaBishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
1 Mar67.2Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
2 Mar67.5Octavio José Calderón y PadillaBishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
6 Mar81.9Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
8 Mar65.6Carlos Luis GerominiBishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
13 Mar64.0John Kwao Amuzu AggeyArchbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
13 Mar57.3Ernesto SeguraAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 Mar82.3Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
23 Mar75.0Manuel Moll y SalordBishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
31 Mar79.1Edward Aloysius FitzgeraldBishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
31 Mar83.1Ramón Iglesias NavarriBishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
31 Mar81.8Joseph PaceBishop of Gozo, Malta
6 Apr68.1Manuel Martín del Campo PadillaArchbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
6 Apr80.0Maurizio RaspiniBishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
13 Apr86.0Theodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †Prefect Emeritus of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
14 Apr66.5Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana
21 Apr56.0Wojciech Stanisław OlszowskiPriest of Lviv, Ukraine
28 Apr68.6Alfred Bertram LevermanBishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
6 May76.1Kazimierz Jósef KowalskiBishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
9 May91.7Mihovil PušićBishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
17 May52.9José Francisco Versiani VellosoBishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
19 May85.9Eftimios Youakim, B.S. †Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
20 May55.4Miguel Antonio Medina y MedinaBishop of Montería, Colombia
24 May72.5Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †Bishop of Lodi, Italy
27 May83.3José Garibi y RiveraCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Jun57.4Paul Francis LeiboldArchbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3 Jun79.0Constant Quillard, C.SS.R. †Prefect Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
6 Jun85.5Joseph Anthony O’SullivanArchbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
9 Jun55.3Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
9 Jun82.0Robert PobožnýApostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia
10 Jun70.2Joseph HlouchBishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
17 Jun74.8Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iceland {Islanda}
18 Jun63.2Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. †Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
20 Jun83.4Joseph WalshArchbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
21 Jun58.0Angel Morta FigulsAuxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
23 Jun89.3Johannes Hendrik Olav SmitOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other
26 Jun81.5Henry Joseph GrimmelsmanBishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
27 Jun79.4Paul Hugentobler, S.M.B. †Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
29 Jun53.9John StockAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
2 Jul69.9Angel Riesco CarbajoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
12 Jul80.4Gerald Thomas BerganArchbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12 Jul68.1Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Jul69.7Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
15 Jul73.4Marco Antonio García y SuárezBishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
16 Jul75.1Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jul64.9Eduard MacheinerArchbishop of Salzburg, Austria
17 Jul70.9Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
22 Jul86.7Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
30 Jul60.2André BréheretBishop of Cahors, France
30 Jul62.5Ramón J. LizardiAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
30 Jul90.3Carlo SerenaArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
2 Aug64.3Daniel Eugene Ivancho
7 Aug86.7Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
11 Aug79.3Alfredo ViolaBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
14 Aug92.5Paolo GiobbeCardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
15 Aug59.8Zaya DachtouArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
27 Aug68.7Angelo Dell’AcquaCardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
30 Aug96.6Augusto BertazzoniBishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
30 Aug64.8José Rafael Pulido MéndezArchbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
4 Sep72.6James Aloysius McNultyBishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
7 Sep74.9Alejandro SchellBishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
11 Sep68.5Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
14 Sep83.0William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
17 Sep67.8Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
20 Sep91.2Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
21 Sep65.7Luis Alfonso Crespo ChiribogaBishop of Loja, Ecuador
27 Sep85.3Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. †Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
1 Oct80.2Felipe Benito Condurú PachecoBishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
8 Oct87.3José Maria Diosomito CuencoArchbishop of Jaro, Philippines
8 Oct67.3Juan Ricote AlonsoBishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
13 Oct80.4Ernesto Sena de OliveiraBishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
21 Oct86.4Auguste JauffrésBishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
21 Oct83.7Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
6 Nov72.3Costantino CaminadaBishop of Ferentino, Italy
17 Nov48.3Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
24 Nov71.3Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
Dec67.9Killian Flynn, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect Emeritus of Victoria Falls, Zambia
2 Dec71.0Danio BologniniBishop of Cremona, Italy
6 Dec80.1Emilio BaroncelliBishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
6 Dec76.2Henri-Charles DupontAuxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
8 Dec83.2Carlo von Mansfeld, M.I. †Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
9 Dec83.3Antonino CatarellaBishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy
12 Dec78.9Emile M. Schot, B. †Superior General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
13 Dec97.1Jean-Marie JanBishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
18 Dec69.4Francesco RossiBishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
18 Dec51.5Raúl Zambrano CamaderBishop of Facatativá, Colombia
23 Dec65.1Antônio de Mendonça MonteiroBishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
24 Dec79.5Sándor KovácsBishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
31 Dec71.8Robert Dermot O’FlanaganBishop Emeritus of Juneau, Alaska, USA

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