100 Notable Alumni of Pontifical Urbaniana University

George Pell

Born in: Australia
Years: 1941-2023 (aged 82)
Occupations: Latin Catholic bishopCatholic deaconCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: George Pell AC was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019, and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 and 2018. Ordained a priest in 1966 and bishop in 1987, he was made a cardinal in 2003. Pell served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), the seventh Archbishop of Melbourne (1996–2001) and an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne (1987–1996). He was also an author and columnist. From 1996, Pell maintained a high public profile on a wide range of issues, while retaining an adherence to Catholic orthodoxy.

Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

Born in: Italy
Years: 1944-2020 (aged 76)
Occupations: university teacherlibrarianarchivistart historian
Biography: Fra' Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was the Prince and 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Born in Rome to a noble family with extensive ties to the Vatican, he completed his studies at the Sapienza University of Rome and taught at the Pontifical Urban University. He joined the Order in 1985 and took full vows in 1993 to become a Knight of Justice. Dalla Torre served two separate stints as interim leader of the Order, from February to March 2008 and again from 2017 until 2018. He was elected Grand Master of the Order on 2 May 2018 and served until his death. During his time in office he endeavoured to repair the Order's relations with the Vatican, which had been strained since Pope Francis ordered his predecessor to resign.

Francis Arinze

Born in: Nigeria
Years: 1932-.. (age 93)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teachertheologian
Biography: Francis Arinze // is a Nigerian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008 and before that led the Secretariat for Non-Christians (later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue) from 1984 to 2002.

Liubomyr Huzar

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1933-2017 (aged 84)
Occupations: Catholic bishopuniversity teacherCatholic priesttheologianmonk
Biography: Liubomyr Huzar MSU was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After the transfer of the see of Lviv to Kyiv in 2005, he was the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia. In February 2011 he became Major Archeparch Emeritus after he resigned due to ill health.

Louis Raphaël I Sako

Born in: Iraq
Years: 1948-.. (age 77)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Louis Raphaël I Sako is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

Francesco Moraglia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1953-.. (age 72)
Occupations: university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Francesco Moraglia is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Patriarch of Venice since March 2012; he is the first native of Genoa to hold that position. He was bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato from 2008 to 2012.

Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo

Born in: Indonesia
Years: 1950-.. (age 75)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Jakarta since 2010, after serving as Archbishop of Semarang from 1997 to 2009. He is commonly known as Archbishop Suharyo.

John Tong Hon

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1939-.. (age 86)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: John Tong Hon is a prelate of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong. A cardinal since 2012, he was auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2008, then coadjutor bishop of the diocese for a year, and Bishop of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017. In January 2019, he became the apostolic administrator of the diocese, in a caretaker role, after the death of his successor, Michael Yeung.

Giorgio Marengo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 51)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. Created a cardinal by Pope Francis on 27 August 2022, he has been the Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, a missionary jurisdiction that covers the entire country of Mongolia, since 2 April 2020.

Francis George

Born in: United States
Years: 1937-2015 (aged 78)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Francis Eugene George OMI was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois (1997–2014) and previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima in Washington State and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

Oswald Gracias

Born in: India
Years: 1944-.. (age 81)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Oswald Gracias is an Indian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bombay from 2006 to 2025. He was made a cardinal in 2007. In 2008, he was elected vice-president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India and in 2010 its president.

Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya

Years: 1939-2021 (aged 82)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kinshasa from 2007 to 2018. He became a cardinal in 2010. He was widely recognized as a champion of peace, dialogue, and human rights.

Josef Beran

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1888-1969 (aged 81)
Occupations: pedagogueuniversity teachertheologianwriterCatholic bishop
Biography: Josef Beran was a Czech Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Prague from 1946 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

Michael Michai Kitbunchu

Born in: Thailand
Years: 1929-.. (age 96)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Michael Michai Kitbunchu is a Thai prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 1973 to 2009 and was made a cardinal in 1983. He has been the Protopriest of the College of Cardinals since 14 December 2016. He is the first cardinal from Thailand. He was president of the Thai Episcopal Conference from 1979 to 1982 and from 2000 to 2006.

Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian

Born in: Georgia
Years: 1895-1971 (aged 76)
Occupations: Catholic priestEastern Catholic monkCatholic bishop
Biography: Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian was an Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the head of the Armenian Catholic Church (as Patriarch of Cilicia) from 1937 to 1962 and supervised the Catholic Church's missionary work for more than a decade, until his retirement in 1970. He was considered papabile on two occasions, in 1958 and 1963.

Augustine Tolton

Born in: United States
Years: 1854-1897 (aged 43)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: John Augustus Tolton was an African American who served as first Black Catholic priest in the United States, ordained in Rome in 1886. He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as White.

Paul Bùi Văn Đọc

Born in: Vietnam
Years: 1944-2018 (aged 74)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2013 to 2016.

Malcolm Ranjith

Born in: Sri Lanka
Years: 1947-.. (age 78)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Patabendige Albert Malcolm Ranjith, is a Sri Lankan Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Colombo since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010.

Bernardin Gantin

Born in: Benin
Years: 1922-2008 (aged 86)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Bernardin Gantin was a Beninese prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the Roman Curia for twenty years and the highest position in the College of Cardinals for nine years. His prominence in the hierarchy of the Church was unprecedented for an African and has been equaled by few non-Italians. He began his career in his native country first as an auxiliary bishop and then as archbishop of Cotonou. In 1971 he began his thirty-year career in the Curia. After he had spent several years in the role of senior assistant, he held a series of senior positions as president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, and prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops

Domenico Tardini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1888-1961 (aged 73)
Occupations: Catholic bishopCatholic deaconCatholic priesttheologiandiplomat
Biography: Domenico Tardini was a longtime aide to Pope Pius XII in the Secretariat of State. Pope John XXIII named him Cardinal Secretary of State and, in this position the most prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City.

Ignatius Joseph III Yonan

Born in: Syria
Years: 1944-.. (age 81)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan is the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs for the Syriac Catholic Church since his election on January 20, 2009.

Antonios Naguib

Born in: Egypt
Years: 1935-2022 (aged 87)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Antonios I Naguib was the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria from 2006 to 2013. He was made a cardinal in 2010. He was bishop of Minya in Egypt from 1977 to 2002.

John Onaiyekan

Born in: Nigeria
Years: 1944-.. (age 81)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was archbishop of the Latin Church archdiocese of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a cardinal in 2012. He has served as president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and bishop of Ilorin.

Kriengsak Kovitvanit

Born in: Thailand
Years: 1949-.. (age 76)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanij is a Thai Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 2009 to 2024.

Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk

Born in: South Korea
Years: 1931-2021 (aged 90)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk was a South Korean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Seoul from 1998 until he retired in 2012. He was previously Bishop of Cheongju from 1970 to 1998. He was made a cardinal in 2006.

Paul Yü Pin

Born in: China
Years: 1901-1978 (aged 77)
Occupations: Catholic priestEsperantistCatholic bishop
Biography: Paul Yu Pin was a Chinese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.

John Njue

Born in: Kenya
Years: 1946-.. (age 79)
Occupations: university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishopanti-vaccine activist
Biography: John Njue is a Kenyan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the fourth Archbishop of Nairobi from 2007 to 2021. He previously served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri from 2002 to 2007 and Bishop of Embu from 1986 to 2002. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.

Borys Gudziak

Born in: United States
Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: Catholic bishopGreek-Catholic priestCatholic priestuniversity teachertheologian
Biography: Borys Andrij Gudziak is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving, since 2019, as the Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. He founded the Institute of Church History and served as the rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Gudziak has authored and edited several books on church history, theology, modern church life, and higher education reforms.

Josaphat Kotsylovsky

Born in: Poland
Years: 1876-1947 (aged 71)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr.

Samuel Stritch

Born in: United States
Years: 1887-1958 (aged 71)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Samuel Alphonsius Stritch was an American Cardinal and prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago Illinois from 1940 to 1958 and as pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Propagation of the Faith from March 1958 until his death two months later. He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Pius XII in 1946.

Telesphore Toppo

Born in: India
Years: 1939-2023 (aged 84)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Telesphore Placidus Toppo was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the aboriginal tribal community who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1985 to 2018, after serving as coadjutor there for a year. He was bishop of Dumka from 1978 to 1984. He was made a cardinal in 2003, the first from India's tribal population.

Emmanuel III Delly

Born in: Iraq
Years: 1927-2014 (aged 87)
Occupations: Catholic priestcanon law juristCatholic bishop
Biography: Mar Emmanuel III Delly was an Iraqi Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church.

Ratko Perić

Born in: Croatia
Years: 1944-.. (age 81)
Occupations: university teacherwriterCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Ratko Perić is a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1993 until his retirement in 2020. After his retirement in July 2020, he briefly served as the apostolic administrator of both dioceses until the instalment of his successor Petar Palić in September 2020.

Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy

Born in: Nepal
Years: 1924-2014 (aged 90)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy was an Indian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His episcopical motto was Aedificare domum Dei which means "To build the house of God". He was the fourth cardinal from India and the first curial cardinal of Asia outside of the Middle East.

Tom Williams

Born in: New Zealand
Years: 1930-2023 (aged 93)
Enrolled in Pontifical Urbaniana University: Graduated with Licentiate of Sacred Theology
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Thomas Stafford Williams ONZ ChStJ was a New Zealand cardinal in the Catholic Church and the fifth Archbishop of Wellington from 1979 to 2005.

Thomas F. Mulledy

Born in: United States
Years: 1794-1860 (aged 66)
Occupations: Catholic priestacademic administrator
Biography: Thomas F. Mulledy SJ was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown College, a founder of the College of the Holy Cross, and a Jesuit provincial superior. His brother, Samuel Mulledy, also became a Jesuit and president of Georgetown.

Jean-Pierre Kutwa

Born in: Ivory Coast
Years: 1945-.. (age 80)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Jean-Pierre Kutwa is an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 2006 to 2024. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2014.

Paul Cullen

Born in: Ireland
Years: 1803-1878 (aged 75)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Paul Cardinal Cullen was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal. His Ultramontanism spearheaded the Romanisation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and ushered in the devotional revolution experienced in Ireland through the second half of the 19th century and much of the 20th century. A trained biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages, Cullen crafted the formula for papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council.

George Mundelein

Born in: United States
Years: 1872-1939 (aged 67)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: George William Mundelein was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1915 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924.

Peter Tatsuo Doi

Born in: Japan
Years: 1892-1970 (aged 78)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Peter Tatsuo Doi was a Japanese Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.

Emmanuel Wamala

Born in: Uganda
Years: 1926-.. (age 99)
Occupations: theologianCatholic deaconCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Emmanuel Wamala is a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 1994.

Gabriel Zubeir Wako

Born in: Sudan
Years: 1941-.. (age 84)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Gabriel Zubeir Wako is a Sudanese Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Khartoum from 1979 to 2016. He was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

Anthony Peter Khoraish

Born in: Lebanon
Years: 1907-1994 (aged 87)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: Anthony III Peter Khoraish, (or Antonios Boutros Khoraish, Antoine Pierre Khreich, Khraish, Khoraiche, Arabic: أنطونيوس الثالث بطرس خريش), was the 75th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant from 1975 until his resignation in 1986. He was made a cardinal in 1983 and died on August 19, 1994.

Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

Born in: Burkina Faso
Years: 1945-.. (age 80)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He has been a cardinal since 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.

Fortunatus Nwachukwu

Born in: Nigeria
Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: Catholic priestwriter
Biography: Fortunatus Nwachukwu // is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the Roman Curia as secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994 and held the rank of apostolic nuncio from 2012, when he also became an archbishop.

Nicholas Charnetsky

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1884-1959 (aged 75)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious congregation in the Byzantine Rite of the Catholic Church; he is considered a martyr by the church.

Alexandru Todea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1912-2002 (aged 90)
Occupations: Greek-Catholic priestCatholic deaconRomanian Greek-Catholic bishop
Biography: Alexandru Todea was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, and Pitești prisons.

Dennis Joseph Dougherty

Born in: United States
Years: 1865-1951 (aged 86)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Dennis Joseph Dougherty was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 until his death in 1951. He was made a cardinal in 1921. He was Philadelphia's longest-serving archbishop and its first cardinal.

Želimir Puljić

Born in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years: 1947-.. (age 78)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Želimir Puljić is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Zadar from 2010 to 2023 and bishop of Dubrovnik from 1989 to 2010. He briefly served as the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska in 2023.

Joseph Asajirō Satowaki

Born in: Japan
Years: 1904-1996 (aged 92)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Joseph Asajirô Satowaki was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nagasaki from 1968 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

Simon Pimenta

Born in: India
Years: 1920-2013 (aged 93)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: Simon Ignatius Pimenta was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay (now Mumbai).

Edward Mooney

Born in: United States
Years: 1882-1958 (aged 76)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Edward Aloysius Mooney was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1937 until his death, and was made a cardinal in 1946. He previously served as an apostolic delegate to India and then Japan and as Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester in New York.

Giampaolo Crepaldi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 78)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Giampaolo Crepaldi is a retired archbishop of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Trieste from 4 October 2009 until 23 April 2023. He previously served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi

Born in: Japan
Years: 1902-1978 (aged 76)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Osaka from 1941 until his death in 1978, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1973.

Bernard Agré

Born in: Ivory Coast
Years: 1926-2014 (aged 88)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Bernard Agré was an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1994 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001.

Anton Durcovici

Born in: Austria
Years: 1888-1951 (aged 63)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Anton Durcovici was a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Iași from 1947 until his death. Durcovici was a victim of Romania's Communist regime, under which he was imprisoned; he died while in jail. He was known for being a zealous bishop who visited each parish within the confines of his diocese and known for his efforts in preaching the Gospel to all that he could. He likewise was known for his staunch commitment to the values of the Gospel and for his allegiance to the Church which led to his false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the communist regime. Durcovici was a professor of seminarians and taught his students subjects such as canon law. His zeal as a priest led to his appointment in Bucharest as a rector for seminarians and his renown in Romania led to his episcopal appointment as a bishop.

Florentin Crihălmeanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1959-2021 (aged 62)
Occupations: clericRomanian Greek-Catholic bishopengineer
Biography: Florentin Crihălmeanu was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch.

Nil Lushchak

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1973-.. (age 52)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Nil Lushchak O.F.M. is a Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Mukachevo. Previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of the same eparchy since 19 November 2012 until 20 July 2020.

John Carberry

Born in: United States
Years: 1904-1998 (aged 94)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: John Joseph Cardinal Carberry was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1968 to 1979. He was created a cardinal in 1969. He served as Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana from 1957 to 1965 and Bishop of Columbus from 1965 to 1968.

Stanislaus Lo Kuang

Born in: China
Years: 1911-2004 (aged 93)
Occupations: Catholic priesthistorianCatholic bishop
Biography: Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang served as bishop of Tainan from 1961 to 1966, when he was appointed archbishop of Taipei. In 1978, Lo became the president of Fu Jen Catholic University, and was succeeded by Gabriel Chen-Ying Ly.

Pierre Nguyên Van Tot

Born in: Vietnam
Years: 1949-.. (age 76)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Pierre Nguyên Van Tot is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church and a diplomat of the Holy See.

George Antonysamy

Born in: India
Years: 1952-.. (age 73)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: George Antonysamy, is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore since 2012. He previously served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Norman Thomas Gilroy

Born in: Australia
Years: 1896-1977 (aged 81)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy KBE was an Australian bishop. He was the first Australian-born cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hlib Lonchyna

Born in: United States
Years: 1954-.. (age 71)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Bishop Hlib Lonchyna is eparchial Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London since 1 September 2019. He had served as bishop from 18 January 2013. Previously, he served as the Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain since 14 June 2011.

Nazzareno Marconi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1958-.. (age 67)
Occupations: Catholic priestbiblical scholarCatholic bishop
Biography: Nazzareno Marconi is the bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia. He had previously served as clergy of the diocese of Città di Castello, being pastor of San Donato parish.

Luigi Lavitrano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1874-1950 (aged 76)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Luigi Lavitrano was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1928 to 1944, and as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious from 1945 until his death. Lavitrano was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929.

Joseph Kalathiparambil

Years: 1952-.. (age 73)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Joseph Kalathiparambil is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly. He was formerly the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. He also served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut for almost nine years.

José Manuel Imbamba

Born in: Angola
Years: 1965-.. (age 60)
Occupations: Catholic priestuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: José Manuel Imbamba is an Angolan priest and the archbishop of Saurímo since 12 April 2011.

Pero Sudar

Born in: Cameroon
Years: 1951-.. (age 74)
Occupations: university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Pero Sudar was an auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Harry Kalaba

Years: 1976-.. (age 49)
Occupations: administratorpolitician
Biography: Harry Kalaba is a Zambian politician and the current president for the Citizens First Party. He had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia from March 2014 to January 2018. He is a former member of Patriotic Front. He served as the Member of Parliament for Bahati from August 2011 to February 2019.

Virgil Bercea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1957-.. (age 68)
Occupations: Catholic priestRomanian Greek-Catholic bishop
Biography: Virgil Bercea is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church since 1997.

Camillo Laurenti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1861-1938 (aged 77)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologian
Biography: Camillo Laurenti was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1929 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921.

Dominikus Saku

Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Dominikus Saku is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.

Preng Doçi

Born in: Albania
Years: 1846-1917 (aged 71)
Occupations: Catholic priestpoliticianpoet
Biography: Preng Doçi, Italian: Primus Docci, was an Albanian political and religious figure and poet. He was a main contributor in the Albanian Bashkimi Alphabet.

Peter Loy Chong

Years: 1961-.. (age 64)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Peter Loy Chong is the third Catholic Archbishop of Suva, Fiji (having been consecrated bishop on 8 June 2013). He worked on his doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, United States.

Norberto Do Amaral

Born in: East Timor
Years: 1956-.. (age 69)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Norberto do Amaral is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maliana, East Timor. He was appointed on 30 January 2010. Previously, he served as an assistant pastor and as a pastor, as Rector of the Diocesan Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Díli, and in other offices in the Catholic Church in East Timor.

Henry K. Moeller

Born in: United States
Years: 1849-1925 (aged 76)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Henry K. Moeller was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Columbus (1900–1903) and Archbishop of Cincinnati (1904–1925).

Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona

Born in: Madagascar
Years: 1946-.. (age 79)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona is a Madagascan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Antananarivo from 2005 to 2023.

Giulio Tonti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1844-1918 (aged 74)
Occupations: university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Giulio Tonti was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Religious from 1917 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1915.

Jurij Bizjak

Born in: Slovenia
Years: 1947-.. (age 78)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Bishop Jurij Bizjak is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as a Bishop of the Diocese of Koper since 26 May 2012. Previously he was a Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Koper from 13 May 2000 until 26 May 2012.

Stanley Roman

Born in: India
Years: 1941-.. (age 84)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Stanley Roman is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Quilon, India, from 2001 to 2018. He also chaired the education committee of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council.

Alexander Ratiu

Born in: United States
Years: 1916-2002 (aged 86)
Occupations: politicianwriterhuman rights activistpriest
Biography: Father Alexander Ratiu was a Romanian-American priest of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church. While serving in his family's country of origin, he became a political prisoner, and later, after his release, an author.

Augustin Bunea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1857-1909 (aged 52)
Occupations: journalisthistoriantheologian
Biography: Augustin Bunea was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian historian and priest within the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.

Stephen Antony Pillai

Years: 1952-.. (age 73)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Stephen Antony Pillai mononymously known as Stephen is the Indian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin.

Gilberto Jiménez Narváez

Born in: Colombia
Years: 1937-2015 (aged 78)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
Biography: Gilberto Jiménez Narváez was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Raimond Turkoniak

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1949-.. (age 76)
Occupations: translatoruniversity teachertheologianGreek-Catholic priestliturgist
Biography: Rafail Turkoniak is an Archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Doctor of Theology and Doctor of Liturgy, biblical translator, hieromonk of the Studite Statute, laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize for the translation of the Ostrih Bible into modern Ukrainian (2007), Honorary Professor and Head of the Department of Theology at the National University "Ostroh Academy".

Silas Chatard

Born in: United States
Years: 1834-1918 (aged 84)
Occupations: physicianwriterCatholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Silas Francis Marean Chatard was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Indianapolis from 1898 to 1918.

Abraham Kattumana

Born in: India
Years: 1944-1995 (aged 51)
Occupations: diplomatCatholic priest
Biography: Abraham Kattumana was an Indian Catholic Archbishop. He was the Pontifical Delegate of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with the powers of the Major Archbishop vested in him by Pope John Paul II. Previously, he had served as apostolic nuncio to Ghana, Benin, and Togo. He was a Vatican diplomat and served at the Nunciatures in Indonesia, Uruguay, Iraq, New Zealand and Great Britain.

Paul Antony Mullassery

Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Paul Antony Mullassery is the 14th Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon. His Lordship also served as Judicial Vicar since 2013 and the Vicar General of the Diocese since 2017 as well as the Judicial Vicar of the Diocese. He was ordained as the Bishop of Quilon on 3 June 2018 at Fatima Mata National College ground with many Bishops attending the function. He would be a celebrant in the mass on 24 February 2019 which would mark the start of the canonization process of Bishop Jerome. M. Fernandez.

Hugh L. Lamb

Born in: United States
Years: 1890-1959 (aged 69)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Hugh Louis Lamb was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Greensburg from 1951 until his death in 1959. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1936 to 1951.

Thomas Savundaranayagam

Born in: Sri Lanka
Years: 1938-.. (age 87)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Right Reverend Emmanuel Thomas Savundaranayagam is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna.

John McMullen

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1832-1883 (aged 51)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: John McMullen was an Irish-born prelate of the bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1881 to until his death in 1883.

Jaime Pedro Kohl

Born in: Brazil
Years: 1954-.. (age 71)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Jaime Pedro Kohl is a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.

John A. Floersh

Born in: United States
Years: 1886-1968 (aged 82)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: John Alexander Floersh was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Becoming Bishop of Louisville in 1924, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop in 1937 and served until his retirement in 1967.

Angelo Buccarello

Born in: Italy
Years: 1942-.. (age 83)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Angelo Buccarello, OSST is an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Trinitarians known for his founding of the Catholic Chaplaincy for Prisons.

Louis-Adolphe Paquet

Born in: Canada
Years: 1859-1942 (aged 83)
Occupations: writeruniversity teacheressayist
Biography: Louis-Adolphe Paquet was an influential French-Canadian theologian from the late 19th early 20th century, and a major North American proponent and actor in the rebirth of Neo-Scholasticism. Although nowhere as politically influential as his uncle Benjamin Pâquet had been, he was well respected and his opinion helped shape the doctrines and policies of the Canadian church in the early 20th century.

James Romen Boiragi

Years: 1955-.. (age 70)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Bishop James Romen Boiragi is a Bangladeshi Roman Catholic bishop serving as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh.

James Morrison

Born in: Canada
Years: 1861-1950 (aged 89)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: James Morrison was the longest-serving bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Although one of the last powerful and austere Roman Catholic bishops in Canada, Morrison presided over a diocese that created one of the most successful Catholic social movements in Canada.

Michael O'Connor

Born in: Ireland
Years: 1810-1872 (aged 62)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Michael O'Connor, S.J. was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and a member of the Society of Jesus. He served twice as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania (1843 to early 1853 and late 1853 to 1860). O'Connor served briefly as bishop of the Diocese of Erie for several months in 1853.

Frederick Z. Rooker

Born in: United States
Years: 1861-1907 (aged 46)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Frederick Zadok Rooker was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Jaro from 12 June 1903 until his death on 18 September 1907.