NAT IONA L CAT HOL IC R EGIST ER , JA N UA RY 2 , 2022
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See highlights of 2021 in the Eternal City and beyond. Vatican, page 7
Catholic Church Jan. 4 — Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz (85) Jan. 7 — Cardinal Henri Schwery (88) Jan. 13 — Archbishop Philip Tartaglia (70) Jan. 17 — Archbishop Philip E. Wilson (70); Auxiliary Bishop Vincent M. Rizzotto (89) Feb. 10 — Jesuit Father Luc Versteylen, environmental activist (93) Feb. 13 — Jesuit Father Franz Jalics, theologian and author (93) Feb. 14 — Trappist Father William Meninger, monk (88) March 4 — Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin, human-rights activist (79) April 3 — Cardinal Christian Tumi (90) April 6 — Father Hans Küng, dissident theologian (93) April 10 — Cardinal Edward Cassidy (96) April 17 — Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai (91) April 27 — Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (89) May 17 — Father Sabino Vengco, theologian and author (79) May 6 — Father Paul Aulagnier, cofounder of the Institute of the Good Shepherd (77) May 20 — Filippini Sister Margherita Marchione, writer (99) May 22 — Sister of Compassion Loyola Galvin, nurse and gardener (99) May 25 — Armenian Patriarch Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (86) May 28 — Bishop Joseph Nunzio Latino (83) May 29 — Cardinal Cornelius Sim (69) June 4 — Bishop Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García (69) June 5 — Sister Mary Joseph of the Trinity, former U.S. socialite (92) June 10 — Valentín de la Cruz, Spanish monk and historian (92) July 5 — Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, Indian humanrights activist (84) July 11 — Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (81) July 29 — Cardinal Albert Vanhoye (98) Aug. 9 — Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski, philosopher and author (67) Aug. 10 — Cardinal Eduardo Martínez
Notable Departures of 2021 “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy. Amen.” — Fatima Prayer Somalo (94) Aug. 15 — Jesuit Father Roque Ferriols, philosopher (96) Aug. 21 — Auxiliary Bishop Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq (86) Sept. 21 — Bishop John Brendan McCormack (86); Bishop Anthony Pilla (88) Sept. 23 — Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino (79) Sept. 24 — Bishop Emeritus Raymundo Joseph Peña (87) Sept. 26 — Cardinal José Freire Falcão (95) Sept. 29 — Cardinal Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (97) Oct. 3 — Cardinal Jorge Medina (94) Oct. 10 — Sister of the Holy Child Jesus Megan Rice, antinuclear activist (91) Oct. 18 — Armenian Eparch Manuel Batakian (91) Oct. 20 — Bishop Miguel La Fay Bardi (86) Oct. 21 — Romanian Orthodox Bishop Gurie Georgiu (52) Oct. 25 — Auxiliary Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (91) Oct. 30 — Bishop Basílio do Nascimento (71) Nov. 1 — Bishop Lawrence Soens (95) Nov. 12 — Matthew Festing, grand master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (71) Nov. 14 — Prior General Jerzy Tomzinski, Pauline Fathers (102) Dec. 2 — Archbishop Aldo Giordano, apostolic nuncio (67) Dec. 21 — Auxiliary Bishop George A. Sheltz (75) Media Jan. 6 — Jonathan Aldrich, U.S. poet (84) Jan. 7 — Neil Sheehan, U.S. journalist (84)
Feb. 17 — Rush Limbaugh, U.S. radio host (70) Feb. 22 — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S. poet (101) Feb. 26 — Bill C. Davis, U.S. playwright (69) March 9 — Roger Mudd, U.S. broadcast journalist (93) March 25 — Beverly Cleary, U.S. children’s author (104); Larry McMurtry, U.S. novelist and screenwriter (84) April 7 — Anne Beatts, U.S. humorist and television writer (74) May 2 — Bob Abernethy, U.S. journalist (93) May 5 — Lucinda Franks, U.S. journalist (74) May 23 — Eric Carle, U.S. writer and illustrator (91) May 25 — Lois Ehlert, U.S. children’s author and illustrator (86) July 14 — William F. Nolan, U.S. author and screenwriter (93) Aug. 22 — Lloyd Dobyns, U.S. news reporter (85) Sept. 4 — Willard Scott, U.S. weatherman (87) Nov. 21 — Robert Bly, U.S. poet (94) Nov. 7 — Gerald Russello, author and Register correspondent (50) Dec. 11 — Anne Rice, U.S. author (80) Dec. 15 — Bell Hooks, U.S. feminist author (69) Politics Feb. 2 — Rennie Davis, U.S. antiwar activist (80) Feb. 6 — George Shultz, U.S. Secretary of State (100) March 1 — Vernon Jordan, U.S. civilrights activist (85) April 9 — Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney general (93) April 19 — Walter Mondale, U.S. vice president (93) May 11 — Lester L. Wolff, U.S. congress-
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man (102) May 25 — John Warner, U.S. senator (94) June 2 — Raymond J. Donovan, U.S. secretary of labor (90) June 7 — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, co-founder of Hezbollah (74) June 21 — Jean Guéguinou, French ambassador to the Holy See (79) June 29 — Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. secretary of defense (88) Sept. 6 — Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. senator (90) Dec. 5 — Bob Dole, U.S. senator (98) Dec. 15 — Kim Yongju, North Korean vice president (100) Science Jan. 9 — Fabrizio Soccorsi, Italian papal private doctor (78) Jan. 10 — William E. Thornton, U.S. astronaut (91) Jan. 31 — Terrence L. Fine, U.S. scientist and philosopher (81) Feb. 2 — Millie Hughes-Fulford, U.S. astronaut and molecular biologist (75) Feb. 4 — Pyotr Kolodin, Russian cosmonaut (90) March 2 — George Bass, U.S. pioneer of underwater archaeology (88) April 5 — Philip K. Chapman, Australianborn U.S. astronaut (86) April 16 — Charles Geschke, U.S. computer scientist, co-founder of Adobe (80) April 28 — Michael Collins, U.S. astronaut (90) May 12 — George Wallerstein, U.S. astronomer (90) May 22 — Colette Brull-Ulmann, French physician, pediatrician and Resistance fighter (101) May 24 — Russell Church, U.S. psychologist (90) Aug. 5 — Leon Litwack, U.S. historian (91) Aug. 13 — Carolyn S. Shoemaker, U.S. astronomer (92) Aug. 27 — Edmond H. Fischer, U.S. biochemist (101) Sept. 13 — Antony Hewish, British radio astronomer (97) Sept. 24 — Eric Cassell, U.S. physician and bioethicist (93) Oct. 6 — Martin J. Sherwin, U.S. historian and biographer (84) Sports Jan 1 — Floyd Little, U.S. football player (78) Jan. 2 — Paul Westphal, U.S. basketball player/coach (70) Jan. 7 — Tommy Lasorda, U.S. baseball player and manager (93) Jan. 19 — Don Sutton, U.S. baseball player (75) Jan. 21 — Hank Aaron, U.S. baseball player (86) Jan. 29 — John Chaney, college basketball coach (96) Feb. 5 — Charlie Krueger, U.S. football player (84); Leon Spinks, U.S. boxer (67) March 13 — Marvelous Marvin Hagler, U.S. boxer (66) March 22 — Elgin Baylor, U.S. basketball player (86) May 19 — Lee Evans, U.S. Olympic sprinter (74) May 2 — Bobby Unser, U.S. racing driver (87) June 25 — Jack Ingram, U.S. racing driver (84) Aug. 4 — J.R. Richard, U.S. baseball player (71) Aug. 8 — Bobby Bowden, U.S. college football coach (91) Aug. 10 — Tony Esposito, CanadianU.S. hockey player (78) Aug. 19 — Bill Freehan, U.S. baseball player (79); Rod Gilbert, Canadian hockey player (80) Sept. 11 — Mick Tingelhoff, U.S. football player (81) Sept. 17 — Roger Brown, U.S. football player (84) Nov. 1 — Tom Matte, U.S. football player
(82) Nov. 13 — Sam Huff, U.S. football player (87) Nov. 26 — Mark Roth, U.S. bowler (70) Nov. 27 — Curley Culp, U.S. football player (75) Nov. 28 — Lee Elder, U.S. golfer (87) Dec. 3 — Claude Humphrey, U.S. football player (77) Dec. 5 — Bill Glass, U.S. football player (86) Dec. 9 — Al Unser, U.S. racing driver (82) Dec. 12 — Roland Hemond, U.S. baseball executive (92) Dec. 16 — Bill Mahoney, Canadian hockey coach (82) Entertainment Jan. 7 — Michael Apted, English film director (79) Jan. 13 — Siegfried Fischbacher, German-U.S. magician and entertainer (81) Jan. 16 — Phil Spector, U.S. record producer (81) Jan. 18 — Jimmie Rodgers, U.S. pop singer (87) Jan. 21 — James Purify, U.S. soul singer (76) Jan. 23 — Hal Holbrook, U.S. actor (95); Larry King, U.S. broadcaster (87) Jan. 27 — Cloris Leachman, U.S. actress (94) Jan. 28 — Cicely Tyson U.S. actress (96) Feb. 5 — Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (91) Feb. 8 — Mary Wilson, U.S. singer (76); Chick Corea, U.S. jazz keyboardist (79) March 3 — Tony Hendra, British comedian and actor (79) March 23 — George Segal, U.S. actor (87) March 24 — Jessica Walter, U.S. actress (80) April 8 — Richard Rush, U.S. film director (91) April 16 — Felix Silla, Italian-born U.S. actor (84) April 19 — Jim Steinman, U.S. musician and composer (73) May 3 — Lloyd Price, U.S. R&B singer (88) May 1 — Olympia Dukakis, U.S. actress (89) May 11 — Norman Lloyd, U.S. actor (106) May 18 — Charles Grodin, U.S. actor (86) May 29 — Gavin MacLeod, U.S. actor (90); B.J. Thomas, U.S. singer (78) June 4 — Douglas S. Cramer, U.S. television producer (89) June 12 — Ned Beatty, U.S. actor (83) July 5 — Richard Donner, U.S. film director (91) July 24 — Jackie Mason, U.S. comedian (93) July 28 — Dusty Hill, U.S. drummer (77) Aug. 11 — Roy Gaines, U.S. blues guitarist (83) Aug. 13 — Nanci Griffith, U.S. singersongwriter (68) Aug. 20 — Tom T. Hall, U.S. singersongwriter (85) Aug. 21 — Don Everly, U.S. singer-songwriter (84) Aug. 24 — Charlie Watts, English drummer (80) Aug. 29 — Edward Asner, U.S. actor (91) Aug. 31 — Michael Constantine, U.S. actor (94) Sept. 14 — Reuben Klamer, U.S. board game inventor (99); Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (61) Sept. 16 — Jane Powell, U.S. actress (92) Sept. 21 — Melvin Van Peebles, U.S. film director and actor (89) Sept. 22 — Jay Sandrich, U.S. television director (89) Sept. 23 — David H. DePatie, U.S. film and television producer (91); Pee Wee Ellis, U.S. saxophonist, composer and arranger (80) Sept. 28 — Tommy Kirk, U.S. actor (79) Sept. 28 — Mike Renzi, U.S. composer (80) Oct. 9 — Garnett Brown, U.S. jazz trombonist (85) Oct. 10 — Ruthie Tompson, U.S. animator (111) Oct. 11 — Paddy Moloney, Irish musician (83) Oct. 22 — Jay Black, U.S. singer (82); Peter Scolari, U.S. actor (66)
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Oct. 26 — Mort Sahl, Canadian-born U.S. comedian and actor (94) Nov. 7 — Dean Stockwell, U.S. actor (85) Nov. 11 — Graeme Edge, English drummer (80) Nov. 26 — Stephen Sondheim, U.S. composer and lyricist (91) Nov. 29 — Arlene Dahl, U.S. actress (96) Dec. 4 — Stonewall Jackson, U.S. country singer (89) Dec. 9 — Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director (93) Dec. 10 — Michael Nesmith, U.S. musician (78) Dec. 14 — Ken Kragen, U.S. music manager and producer (85) Dec. 19 — Sally Ann Howes, British actress (91) Military Jan. 1 — Simone Chrisostome, French resistance member and Shoah survivor (97) Jan. 11 — Ronald J. Hays, U.S. admiral (92) Jan. 26 — Harry Beal, first U.S. Navy SEAL (90) Feb. 1 — Steven A. White, U.S. Navy admiral (92) March 30 — G. Gordon Liddy, U.S. FBI agent (90) April 17 — Hubert Faure, French Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour recipient (106) May 1 — Ernest E. West, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (89) May 19 — Charles C. Hagemeister, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (74) Oct. 11 — Duane E. Dewey, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (89) Oct. 18 — Gen. Colin Powell, secretary of state (84) Dec. 3 — Edward Shames, U.S. Army colonel (99) Dec. 10 — Peter Spoden, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot (100) Miscellaneous Jan. 8 — Iancu Tucarman, Romanian Shoah survivor (98) Jan. 10 — Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, U.S. philanthropist (94) Jan. 13 — Mircea Pacurariu, Romanian theologian (88) Jan. 15 — Jon Westling, president of Boston University (77) Jan. 18 — Joseph Scheidler, pro-life leader (93) Jan. 24 — Frank Shankwitz, cofounder of the MakeA-Wish Foundation (77) Jan. 26 — “RS,” Polish Catholic patient at center of UK court battle; George T. McDonald, U.S. philanthropist and social worker (76) Feb. 11 — S. Prestley Blake, U.S. restaurateur, co-founder of Friendly ice cream (106) Feb. 19 — Bobby Lee Cook, U.S. lawyer (94) March 10 — Scott Pilarz, university president (61) March 11 — Luis Palau, Argentine-born U.S. evangelist (86) March 22 — Eric Talley, police officer killed in Colorado mass shooting (51) April 9 — Judith Reisman, U.S. author and anti-pornography activist (85) April 14 — Bernie Madoff, U.S. investment adviser and fraudster (82) May 6 — Paul Van Doren, U.S. entrepreneur (90) May 21 — Roman Kent, Polish-born U.S. Shoah survivor (92) June 3 — F. Lee Bailey, U.S. attorney (87) June 11 — Michael Hickson, disabled euthanasia victim (46) July 25 — Fernando Karadima, former priest at center of sex abuse scandal in Chile (90) Sept. 10 — Nancy Stewart, Irish subject of viral EWTN interview (107) Sept. 11 — Abimael Guzmán, founder of Peruvian terrorist group Shining Path (86) Sept. 12 — Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong (90) Sept. 21 — Marilyn Golden, U.S. disability advocate (67) Oct. 18 — Alta Fixsler, UK girl at center of medical ethics battle (2) Nov. 28 — Phil Saviano, sex abuse survivor featured in movie Spotlight (69) Dec. 15 — Marcel Meys, France’s oldest man (112)
Photos: Public domain; Sister Mary Joseph: Mark R. Miller/@4T9ER, Twitter; Father Swamy: Khetfield59, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia; Cardinal Savino: Bohumil Petrik/ CNA; Dukakis: Montclair Film, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia; Sister Margherita: EWTN screenshot; Scheidler: Pro-Life Action League
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