List of deceased Cardinals between 2015 and 2019
| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (98) |
|---|---|
| 2015.02.10 | Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, S.J. († 86)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuliano Martire (2012.02.18 [2012.04.22] – 2015.02.10) |
| 2015.04.14 | Cardinal Roberto Tucci, S.J. († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – 2015.04.14) President emeritus of Vatican Radio (1985 – 2001) |
| 2015.04.29 | Cardinal Giovanni Canestri († 96)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle (1988.06.28 – 2015.04.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy) (1989.06.16 – 1995.04.20) |
| 2015.07.11 | Cardinal Giacomo Biffi († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio (1985.05.25 – 2015.07.11) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1984.04.19 – 2003.12.16) |
| 2015.07.23 | Cardinal William Wakefield Baum († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia (1976.05.24 – 2015.07.23) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (1973.03.05 – 1980.03.18) Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary (1990.04.06 – 2001.11.22) |
| 2015.08.17 | Cardinal László Paskai, O.F.M. († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (1988.06.28 – 2015.08.17) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary) (1993.05.31 – 2002.12.07) |
| 2015.10.24 | Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. († 91)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (1991.06.28 – 2015.10.24) Bishop emeritus of Nitra (Slovakia) (1990.02.06 – 2005.06.09) |
| 2015.12.09 | Cardinal Carlo Furno († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (2006.03.28 [2006.05.10] – 2015.12.09) Grand Master emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1995.12.21 – 2007.06.27) |
| 2016.03.31 | Cardinal Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, O.P. († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Domenico e Sisto pro hac vice Title (2014.06.12 – 2016.03.31) Pro-Theologian emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2003.10.21 – 2005.12.01) |
| 2016.05.16 | Cardinal Giovanni Coppa († 90)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino (2007.11.24 [2008.01.27] – 2016.05.16) Assessor for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State (1975.11.19 – 1979.12.01) |
| 2016.05.26 | Cardinal Loris Francesco Capovilla († 100)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (2014.02.22 – 2016.05.26) Archbishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1971.09.25 – 1988.12.10) |
| 2016.07.09 | Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985.05.25 – 2016.07.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1983.03.18 – 2001.03.21) |
| 2016.08.02 | Cardinal Franciszek Macharski († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1979.06.30 – 2016.08.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kraków (Poland) (1978.12.29 – 2005.06.03) |
| 2016.12.14 | Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana (1973.03.05 – 2016.12.14) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Paulo (Brazil) (1970.10.22 – 1998.04.15) |
| 2017.01.13 | Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni († 94)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta pro hac vice Title (2005.02.24 [2005.12.11] – 2017.01.13) Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1994.11.26 – 1998.10.05) President emeritus of Supreme Court of Vatican City State (1994.11.26 – 1998.10.05) |
| 2017.02.21 | Cardinal Desmond Connell († 90)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (2001.02.21 [2001.04.22] – 2017.02.21) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland) (1988.01.21 – 2004.04.26) |
| 2017.03.23 | Cardinal William Henry Keeler († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1994.11.26 – 2017.03.23) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1989.04.06 – 2007.07.12) |
| 2017.09.01 | Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (2001.02.21 [2001.10.20] – 2017.09.01) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Westminster (England) (2000.02.15 – 2009.04.03) |
| 2017.10.18 | Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (1985.05.25 – 2017.10.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines) (1982.08.24 – 2010.10.15) |
| 2017.11.12 | Cardinal Bernard Panafieu († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane (2003.10.21 [2003.12.14] – 2017.11.12) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France) (2002.12.08 – 2006.05.12) |
| 2017.11.19 | Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (2016.06.20 – 2017.11.19) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls (2005.05.31 – 2009.07.03) |
| 2017.12.20 | Cardinal Bernard Francis Law († 86)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1985.05.25 – 2017.12.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (1984.01.11 – 2002.12.13) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (2004.05.27 – 2011.11.21) |
| 2018.03.11 | Cardinal Karl Lehmann († 81)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (2001.02.21 [2001.05.24] – 2018.03.11) Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany) (1983.06.21 – 2016.05.16) |
| 2018.03.19 | Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien († 80)
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano (2003.10.21 [2004.05.14] – 2018.03.19) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1985.05.30 – 2013.02.25) |
| 2018.05.18 | Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos († 88)
Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title (2008.03.01 – 2018.05.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1992.12.16 – 1996.06.15) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (2000.04.14 – 2009.07.08) |
| 2018.06.03 | Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. († 92)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto (1985.05.25 – 2018.06.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Managua (Nicaragua) (1970.02.16 – 2005.04.01) |
| 2019.01.24 | Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. († 89)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Angela Merici (2014.02.22 [2014.09.21] – 2019.01.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain) (1993.03.26 – 2007.07.31) |
| 2019.03.14 | Cardinal Godfried Danneels († 85)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1983.02.02 – 2019.03.14) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18) Military Ordinary emeritus of Belgium (Belgium) (1986.07.21 – 2010.01.18) |
| 2019.05.12 | Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Maronite Rite) († 98)
Cardinal-Patriarch (1994.11.26 – 2019.05.12) Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1986.04.19] 1986.05.07 – 2011.02.26) |
| 2019.06.05 | Cardinal Elio Sgreccia († 90)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (2010.11.20 [2011.03.12] – 2019.06.05) President emeritus of Pontifical Academy for Life (2005.01.03 – 2008.06.17) |
| 2019.07.21 | Cardinal José Manuel Estepa Llaurens († 93)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010.11.20 [2011.04.29] – 2019.07.21) Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Spain (Spain) (1986.07.21 – 2003.10.30) |
| 2019.08.11 | Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera († 87)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (2018.06.28 [2018.07.01] – 2019.08.11) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jalapa (Mexico) (1979.03.12 – 2007.04.10) |
| 2019.08.29 | Cardinal Achille Silvestrini († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo pro hac vice Title (1999.01.09 – 2019.08.29) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1991.05.24 – 2000.09.07) |
| 2019.09.03 | Cardinal José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez († 100)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015.02.14 – 2019.09.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia) (1975.05.22 – 1996.10.15) |
| 2019.09.04 | Cardinal Roger Etchegaray († 96)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998.06.24 [1998.10.04] – 2019.09.04) President emeritus of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994.11.15 – 2001) |
| 2019.10.08 | Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araújo († 95)
Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (1998.02.21 [1998.10.25] – 2019.10.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1986.02.05 – 2004.01.28) |
| 2019.12.30 | Cardinal Prosper Grech, O.S.A. († 94)
Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Goretti (2012.02.18 [2012.04.21] – 2019.12.30) |