98 Notable alumni of
Pontifical Urbaniana University

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Pontifical Urbaniana University is 774th in the world, 277th in Europe, and 18th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 98 notable alumni from Pontifical Urbaniana University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. George Pell

    George Pell
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1941-2023 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopLatin Catholic bishopCatholic deacon
    Biography

    George Pell was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

  2. Giorgio Marengo

    Giorgio Marengo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1974-.. (age 52)
    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.

  3. Francis Arinze

    Francis Arinze
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1932-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic priesttheologianCatholic bishoptelevision producer
    Biography

    Francis Arinze is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as the Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1984 to 2002 and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He previously served as the Archbishop of Onitsha from 1967 to 1985 and as the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria from 1979 to 1984. Arinze is the current Cardinal Bishop of Velletri–Segni since 2005 and was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II and was considered papabile at the 2005 Papal conclave. According to Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Arinze is the only surviving council father among the few who went from Nigeria to the Second Vatican Council.

  4. Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

    Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1944-2020 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    librarianarchivistart historianuniversity teacher
    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.

  5. Louis Raphaël I Sako

    Louis Raphaël I Sako
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    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.

  6. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo

    Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1950-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo is an Indonesian ecclesiastical prelate of the Catholic Church, who has served as the Archbishop of Jakarta since 29 June 2010, succeeding Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, S.J. Prior to this position, Archbishop Suharyo was the Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta. He currently also serves as the Military Ordinary of Indonesia. Previously, he held the position of Archbishop of Semarang from 1997 to 2009. He is commonly known as Archbishop Suharyo.

  7. Liubomyr Huzar

    Liubomyr Huzar
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1933-2017 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic priesttheologianmonkCatholic bishop
    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.

  8. Francesco Moraglia

    Francesco Moraglia
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
    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.

  9. Michael Michai Kitbunchu

    Michael Michai Kitbunchu
    Born in
    Thailand Flag Thailand
    Years
    1929-.. (age 97)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Michael Michai Kitbunchu is a Thai prelate of the 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. As of 2025, Kitbunchu is the longest serving cardinal.

  10. John Tong Hon

    John Tong Hon
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1939-.. (age 87)
    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.

  11. Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don

    Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don
    Born in
    Sri Lanka Flag Sri Lanka
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Patabendige Don 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.

  12. Francis George

    Francis George
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-2015 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Francis Eugene George OMI was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1997 to 2014. He previously served as Bishop of Yakima and Archbishop of Portland in Oregon. A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, George was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1998. He served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2007 to 2010.

  13. Oswald Gracias

    Oswald Gracias
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    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.

  14. Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian

    Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1895-1971 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    Eastern Catholic monkCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  15. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya

    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.

  16. Josef Beran

    Josef Beran
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1888-1969 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    theologianwriterCatholic bishoppriesttranslator
    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.

  17. Bernardin Gantin

    Bernardin Gantin
    Born in
    Benin Flag Benin
    Years
    1922-2008 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Bernardin Gantin was a Beninese Catholic prelate 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.

  18. Augustine Tolton

    Augustine Tolton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1854-1897 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestreligious leader
    Biography

    John Augustus Tolton was an African American Catholic who served as the first openly Black Catholic priest in the United States, having been ordained in Rome in 1886. He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as White.

  19. Paul Bùi Văn Đọc

    Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
    Born in
    Vietnam Flag 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.

  20. John Njue

    John Njue
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  21. Domenico Tardini

    Domenico Tardini
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1888-1961 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    Catholic deaconCatholic priesttheologiandiplomatCatholic bishop
    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.

  22. Kriengsak Kovitvanit

    Kriengsak Kovitvanit
    Born in
    Thailand Flag Thailand
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanij is a Thai Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 2009 to 2024.

  23. Ignatius Joseph III Younan

    Ignatius Joseph III Younan
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Ignatius 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 20 January 2009.

  24. John Onaiyekan

    John Onaiyekan
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    John Olorunfemi Onaiyekanlisten 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, President of The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), and bishop of Ilorin.

  25. Antonios Naguib

    Antonios Naguib
    Born in
    Egypt Flag 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.

  26. Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk

    Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk
    Born in
    South Korea Flag 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.

  27. Paul Yü Pin

    Paul Yü Pin
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1901-1978 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    EsperantistCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  28. Borys Gudziak

    Borys Gudziak
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    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.

  29. Jean-Pierre Kutwa

    Jean-Pierre Kutwa
    Born in
    Ivory Coast Flag Ivory Coast
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  30. Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo

    Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo
    Born in
    Burkina Faso Flag Burkina Faso
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Ouagadougou from 2009 to 2023. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He was previously Bishop of Ouahigouya from 1996 to 2009.

  31. Emmanuel Wamala

    Emmanuel Wamala
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1926-.. (age 100)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishoptheologianCatholic deacon
    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.

  32. Samuel Stritch

    Samuel Stritch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1887-1958 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Samuel Alphonsius Stritch was an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Chicago from 1940 to 1958 and as pro-prefect of the 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.

  33. Josaphat Kotsylovsky

    Josaphat Kotsylovsky
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1876-1947 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky OSBM was a bishop and martyr of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 1917 to 1947.

  34. Emmanuel III Delly

    Emmanuel III Delly
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1927-2014 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priestcanon law jurist
    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.

  35. Telesphore Toppo

    Telesphore Toppo
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1939-2023 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  36. Ratko Perić

    Ratko Perić
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teacherwriter
    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.

  37. Peter Tatsuo Doi

    Peter Tatsuo Doi
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1892-1970 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Peter Tatsuo Doi was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 1937 until his death in 1970, and was made a cardinal in 1960.

  38. Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy

    Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
    Born in
    Nepal Flag 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.

  39. Tom Williams

    Tom Williams
    Born in
    New Zealand Flag 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.

  40. Paul Cullen

    Paul Cullen
    Born in
    Ireland Flag 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.

  41. Gabriel Zubeir Wako

    Gabriel Zubeir Wako
    Born in
    Sudan Flag Sudan
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    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.

  42. Thomas F. Mulledy

    Thomas F. Mulledy
    Born in
    United States Flag 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.

  43. George Mundelein

    George Mundelein
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1872-1939 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    George William Mundelein was an American Catholic who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1915 until his death in 1939. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924.

  44. Fortunatus Nwachukwu

    Fortunatus Nwachukwu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopwriterCatholic priest
    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.

  45. Anthony Peter Khoraish

    Anthony Peter Khoraish
    Born in
    Lebanon Flag Lebanon
    Years
    1907-1994 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Anthony III Peter Khoraish, (or Antonios Boutros Khoraish, Antoine Pierre Khreich, Khreish, 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.

  46. Nicholas Charnetsky

    Nicholas Charnetsky
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1884-1959 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky also known as Nicholas of Volyn ((Ukrainian: Миколай Волинський) 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.

  47. Joseph Asajirō Satowaki

    Joseph Asajirō Satowaki
    Born in
    Japan Flag 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.

  48. Dennis Joseph Dougherty

    Dennis Joseph Dougherty
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1865-1951 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  49. Želimir Puljić

    Želimir Puljić
    Born in
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    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.

  50. Edward Mooney

    Edward Mooney
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1882-1958 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Edward Aloysius Mooney was an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Detroit in Michigan from 1937 until his death in 1958. The Vatican made him a cardinal in 1946.

  51. Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi

    Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi
    Born in
    Japan Flag 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.

  52. Bernard Agré

    Bernard Agré
    Born in
    Ivory Coast Flag 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.

  53. Giampaolo Crepaldi

    Giampaolo Crepaldi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    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.

  54. Anton Durcovici

    Anton Durcovici
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1888-1951 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  55. Simon Pimenta

    Simon Pimenta
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1920-2013 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Simon Ignatius Pimenta was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay (now Mumbai).

  56. Nil Lushchak

    Nil Lushchak
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Nil Lushchak O.F.M. is a Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Mukachevo. Previously served as Apostolic Administrator of the same eparchy from 2020 to 2024.

  57. Florentin Crihălmeanu

    Florentin Crihălmeanu
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1959-2021 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    Romanian Greek-Catholic bishopengineercleric
    Biography

    Florentin Crihălmeanu was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch.

  58. John Carberry

    John Carberry
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1904-1998 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    John Joseph 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. During his term as an archbishop, Carberry was a strong advocate for ecumenicism and racial equality.

  59. George Antonysamy

    George Antonysamy
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    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.

  60. Norman Thomas Gilroy

    Norman Thomas Gilroy
    Born in
    Australia Flag 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.

  61. Stanislaus Lo Kuang

    Stanislaus Lo Kuang
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1911-2004 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    historianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  62. Pierre Nguyên Van Tot

    Pierre Nguyên Van Tot
    Born in
    Vietnam Flag Vietnam
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    Catholic priest
    Biography

    Pierre Nguyên Van Tot is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church and a diplomat of the Holy See.

  63. Nazzareno Marconi

    Nazzareno Marconi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priestbiblical scholar
    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.

  64. Hlib Lonchyna

    Hlib Lonchyna
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    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.

  65. Joseph Kalathiparambil

    Joseph Kalathiparambil
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    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.

  66. Luigi Lavitrano

    Luigi Lavitrano
    Born in
    Italy Flag 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.

  67. Pero Sudar

    Pero Sudar
    Born in
    Cameroon Flag Cameroon
    Years
    1951-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
    Biography

    Pero Sudar was an auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  68. Harry Kalaba

    Harry Kalaba
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    ministerpoliticianadministrator
    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.

  69. José Manuel Imbamba

    José Manuel Imbamba
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    José Manuel Imbamba is an Angolan priest and the archbishop of Saurímo since 12 April 2011.

  70. Virgil Bercea

    Virgil Bercea
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    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.

  71. Camillo Laurenti

    Camillo Laurenti
    Born in
    Italy Flag 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.

  72. Dominikus Saku

    Dominikus Saku
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Dominikus Saku is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.

  73. Preng Doçi

    Preng Doçi
    Born in
    Albania Flag Albania
    Years
    1846-1917 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    poetCatholic priestpolitician
    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.

  74. Peter Loy Chong

    Peter Loy Chong
    Years
    1961-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestarchbishop
    Biography

    Peter Loy Chong is the third Archbishop of Suva in Fiji (having been consecrated bishop on 8 June 2013). He worked on his doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, United States.

  75. Norberto Do Amaral

    Norberto Do Amaral
    Born in
    East Timor Flag East Timor
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    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.

  76. Henry K. Moeller

    Henry K. Moeller
    Born in
    United States Flag 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 in Ohio (1900–1903) and archbishop of Cincinnati in Ohio (1904–1925).

  77. Jurij Bizjak

    Jurij Bizjak
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Bishop Jurij Bizjak is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Bishop of the Diocese of Koper since 26 May 2012 until 29 November 2024. Previously he was a Titular Bishop of Gergis and Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Koper from 13 May 2000 until 26 May 2012.

  78. Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona

    Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona
    Born in
    Madagascar Flag Madagascar
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona is a Madagascan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Antananarivo from 2005 to 2023.

  79. Raimond Turkoniak

    Raimond Turkoniak
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    university teachertheologianGreek-Catholic priestliturgisttranslator
    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".

  80. Giulio Tonti

    Giulio Tonti
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1844-1918 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
    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.

  81. Stanley Roman

    Stanley Roman
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    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.

  82. Alexander Ratiu

    Alexander Ratiu
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1916-2002 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    Catholic priesthuman rights defenderpoliticianwriter
    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.

  83. Augustin Bunea

    Augustin Bunea
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1857-1909 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    historiantheologianjournalist
    Biography

    Augustin Bunea was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian historian and priest within the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.

  84. Silas Chatard

    Silas Chatard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1834-1918 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopphysicianwriter
    Biography

    Silas Francis Marean Chatard was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Indianapolis from 1898 to 1918.

  85. Paul Antony Mullassery

    Paul Antony Mullassery
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    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.

  86. Abraham Kattumana

    Abraham Kattumana
    Born in
    India Flag 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.

  87. Hugh L. Lamb

    Hugh L. Lamb
    Born in
    United States Flag 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 in Pennsylvania from 1951 until his death in 1959. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1951.

  88. Thomas Savundaranayagam

    Thomas Savundaranayagam
    Born in
    Sri Lanka Flag Sri Lanka
    Years
    1938-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Right Reverend Emmanuel Thomas Savundaranayagam is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna.

  89. John McMullen

    John McMullen
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1832-1883 (aged 51)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    John McMullen was an Irish-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1881 to until his death in 1883.

  90. Gilberto Jiménez Narváez

    Gilberto Jiménez Narváez
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1937-2015 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Gilberto Jiménez Narváez was a Roman Catholic bishop.

  91. Jaime Pedro Kohl

    Jaime Pedro Kohl
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Jaime Pedro Kohl is a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.

  92. John A. Floersh

    John A. Floersh
    Born in
    United States Flag 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.

  93. Angelo Buccarello

    Angelo Buccarello
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1942-.. (age 84)
    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.

  94. James Romen Boiragi

    James Romen Boiragi
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    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.

  95. Louis-Adolphe Paquet

    Louis-Adolphe Paquet
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1859-1942 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    university teacheressayistwriter
    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.

  96. Michael O'Connor

    Michael O'Connor
    Born in
    Ireland Flag 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 in Pennsylvania for several months in 1853.

  97. James Morrison

    James Morrison
    Born in
    Canada Flag 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 the country.

  98. Frederick Z. Rooker

    Frederick Z. Rooker
    Born in
    United States Flag 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.