The Year of Our Lord 1972

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	79.9	Joseph Zhou Jishi (Chow Chi-shih, Ceuziscee), C.M. †	Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
unknown		Alfonso Robledo de Manizales, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
7 Jan	85.2	Dionisio Borra †	Bishop Emeritus of Fossano, Italy
7 Jan	82.8	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
9 Jan	87.5	Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
16 Jan	81.1	Gregorio Modrego y Casaus †	Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
17 Jan	83.0	Gáspár Lischerong, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Daming [Taming], China
21 Jan	54.4	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
24 Jan	62.8	Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
30 Jan	73.2	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
9 Feb	83.0	Felice Beccaro †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
11 Feb	60.0	Pavol Brezanóczy †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
13 Feb	88.8	William Lawrence Adrian †	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
16 Feb	67.9	Pacificus Li Huande (Li Xuande, Ly Hsuan-te), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
20 Feb	76.2	Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Marcos, Guatemala
21 Feb	87.9	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
22 Feb	85.1	Karel Skoupý †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
24 Feb	82.0	Anastasio Hurtado y Robles †	Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
26 Feb	87.2	António Valente da Fonseca †	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
1 Mar	67.2	Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
2 Mar	67.5	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
6 Mar	81.9	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
8 Mar	65.6	Carlos Luis Geromini †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
13 Mar	64.0	John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
13 Mar	57.3	Ernesto Segura †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 Mar	82.3	Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
23 Mar	75.0	Manuel Moll y Salord †	Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
31 Mar	79.1	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald †	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
31 Mar	83.1	Ramón Iglesias Navarri †	Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
31 Mar	81.8	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
6 Apr	68.1	Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
6 Apr	80.0	Maurizio Raspini †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
13 Apr	86.0	Theodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †	Prefect Emeritus of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
14 Apr	66.5	Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana
21 Apr	56.0	Wojciech Stanisław Olszowski †	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
28 Apr	68.6	Alfred Bertram Leverman †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
6 May	76.1	Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
9 May	91.7	Mihovil Pušić †	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
17 May	52.9	José Francisco Versiani Velloso †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
19 May	85.9	Eftimios Youakim, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
20 May	55.4	Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina †	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
24 May	72.5	Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
27 May	83.3	José Garibi y Rivera †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Jun	57.4	Paul Francis Leibold †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3 Jun	79.0	Constant Quillard, C.Ss.R. †	Prefect Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
6 Jun	85.5	Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
9 Jun	55.3	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
9 Jun	82.0	Robert Pobožný †	Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia
10 Jun	70.2	Joseph Hlouch †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
17 Jun	74.8	Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iceland {Islanda}
18 Jun	63.2	Michele Alberto Arduino, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
20 Jun	83.4	Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuam, Ireland
21 Jun	58.0	Angel Morta Figuls †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
23 Jun	89.3	Johannes Hendrik Olav Smit †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
26 Jun	81.5	Henry Joseph Grimmelsman †	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
27 Jun	79.4	Paul Hugentobler, S.M.B. †	Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
29 Jun	53.9	John Stock †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
2 Jul	69.9	Angel Riesco Carbajo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
12 Jul	80.4	Gerald Thomas Bergan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
12 Jul	68.1	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Jul	69.7	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
15 Jul	73.4	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
16 Jul	75.1	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Jul	64.9	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
17 Jul	70.9	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
22 Jul	86.7	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
30 Jul	60.2	André Bréheret †	Bishop of Cahors, France
30 Jul	62.5	Ramón J. Lizardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
30 Jul	90.3	Carlo Serena †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
2 Aug	64.3	Daniel Eugene Ivancho †
7 Aug	86.7	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
11 Aug	79.3	Alfredo Viola †	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
14 Aug	92.5	Paolo Giobbe †	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
15 Aug	59.8	Zaya Dachtou †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
27 Aug	68.7	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
30 Aug	96.6	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
30 Aug	64.8	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
4 Sep	72.6	James Aloysius McNulty †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
7 Sep	74.9	Alejandro Schell †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
11 Sep	68.5	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
14 Sep	83.0	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
17 Sep	67.8	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
20 Sep	91.2	Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
21 Sep	65.7	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
27 Sep	85.3	Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
1 Oct	80.2	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
8 Oct	87.3	José Maria Diosomito Cuenco †	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
8 Oct	67.3	Juan Ricote Alonso †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
13 Oct	80.4	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
21 Oct	86.4	Auguste Jauffrés †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
21 Oct	83.7	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
6 Nov	72.3	Costantino Caminada †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy
17 Nov	48.3	Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
24 Nov	71.3	Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
Dec	67.9	Killian Flynn, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Victoria Falls, Zambia
2 Dec	71.0	Danio Bolognini †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
6 Dec	80.1	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
6 Dec	76.2	Henri-Charles Dupont †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
8 Dec	83.2	Carlo von Mansfeld, M.I. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Ministers of the Sick
9 Dec	83.3	Antonino Catarella †	Bishop Emeritus of Piazza Armerina, Italy
12 Dec	78.9	Emile M. Schot, B. †	Superior General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
13 Dec	97.1	Jean-Marie Jan †	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
18 Dec	69.4	Francesco Rossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
18 Dec	51.5	Raúl Zambrano Camader †	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
23 Dec	65.1	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
24 Dec	79.5	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
31 Dec	71.8	Robert Dermot O’Flanagan †	Bishop Emeritus of Juneau, Alaska, USA

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