Vatican City, 16 March 2016 – The following prelates have died in recent weeks:

- Bishop Michael Atul D'Rozario, C.S.C, emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh, on 24 February at the age of 90.

- Bishop Juan Conway McNabb O.S.A., emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru, on 26 February at the age of 90.

- Archbishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud, emeritus of Salta, Argentina, on 28 February at the age of 92.

- Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan, on 29 February at the age of 80.

- Archbishop Januariusz Mikolaj Bolonek, apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria, on 2 March at the age of 77.

- Archbishop Vincenzo Franco, emeritus of Otranto, Italy, on 4 March at the age of 98.

- Bishop Raymond Conway Benjamin, emeritus of Townsville, Australia, on 6 March at the age of 91.

- Archbishop Paolo Giglio, apostolic nuncio in Egypt, on 6 March at the age of 89.

- Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba, emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 6 March at the age of 75.

- Bishop William Russell Houck, emeritus of Jackson, United States of America, on 9 March at the age of 89.

- Bishop Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I, emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia, on 10 March at the age of 80.