Vatican City, 3 May 2016 – The following prelates have died in recent weeks:

- Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns, emeritus of Ballarat, Australia, on 4 April at the age of 85.

- Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, emeritus of Beira, Mozambique, on 6 April at the age of 79.

- Bishop Lucas Martínez Lara of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México, on 9 April at the age of 73 .

- Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah, emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana, el 10 de April at the age of 81.

- Bishop André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo, emeritus of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 12 April at the age of 85.

- Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja, emeritus of Dodoma, Tanzania, on 13 April at the age of 86.

- Bishop Luis Horacio Gomez González ,apostolic vicar emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia, on 17 April at the age of 57.

- Archbishop Rubén Héctor di Monte, emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina, on 18 April at the age of 84.

- Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite, emeritus of Lismore, Australia, on 23 April at the age of 87.

- Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda, emeritus of Osaka, Japan, on 23 April, at the age of 94.

- Bishop Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. , of Saint George’s in Grenada, Granada, on 26 April at the age of 60.

- Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, O.C.D., prelate emeritus of Infanta, Philippines, on 27 April at the age of 89.

- Bishop Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D., of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia, 29 April at the age of 73.

- Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J., of Raiganj, India, on 30 April at the age of 76.

- Bishop Myles McKeon, emeritus of Bunbury, Australia, on 2 May at the age of 97.