List of deceased Cardinals between 2000 and 2004
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (81) |
| 2000.03.12 | Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅) († 98)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1991.06.30 – 2000.03.12) Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12) |
| 2000.04.06 | Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1994.11.26 – 2000.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1969.04.10 – 1989.12.07) |
| 2000.09.26 | Cardinal Paul Gouyon († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia (1969.04.30 – 2000.09.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1964.09.04 – 1985.10.15) |
| 2000.10.04 | Cardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1990.11.26 – 2000.10.04) |
| 2000.10.11 | Cardinal Pietro Palazzini († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo della Carità pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 2000.10.11) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1980.06.27 – 1988.07.01) |
| 2000.12.14 | Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (Ukrainian Rite) († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2000.12.14) Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14) |
| 2001.02.08 | Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2001.02.08) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship (1983.02.03 – 1984.04.08) |
| 2001.06.29 | Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 2001.06.29) Pontifical Legate emeritus for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (1969.06.13 – 1996.05.23) |
| 2001.07.26 | Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum» (1987.06.22 – 2001.07.26) |
| 2001.11.08 | Cardinal Paolo Bertoli († 93)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1979.06.30 – 2001.11.08) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Apostolic Camera (1979.05.05 – 1985.03.25) |
| 2002.05.22 | Cardinal Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite) († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (1991.06.28 – 2002.05.22) Metropolitan emeritus of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1994.07.04) |
| 2003.04.06 | Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter († 91)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1979.06.30 – 2003.04.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada) (1978.04.27 – 1990.03.17) |
| 2003.04.19 | Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2003.04.19) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1965.06.24 – 1971.09.25) President emeritus of Fabric of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01) Vicar General for the Vatican City State emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01) |
| 2003.08.29 | Cardinal Corrado Ursi († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1967.06.29 – 2003.08.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy) (1966.05.23 – 1987.05.09) |
| 2004.02.09 | Cardinal Opilio Rossi († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1987.06.22 – 2004.02.09) President emeritus of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1984 – 1993) |
| 2004.03.13 | Cardinal Franz König († 98)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1958.12.18 – 2004.03.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria) (1956.05.10 – 1985.09.16) |
| 2004.08.25 | Cardinal Marcelo González Martín († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1973.03.05 – 2004.08.25) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toledo (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1995.06.23) |
| 2004.10.14 | Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2004.10.14) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1983.05.03 – 1990.03.30) |
| 2004.11.02 | Cardinal Gustaaf Joos († 81)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo (2003.10.21 [2004.02.22] – 2004.11.02) |
| 2004.11.18 | Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (1976.05.24 – 2004.11.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.04.22 – 1990.07.10) |