Second Vatican Council - Living Council Fathers (updated)

Last year, five of the Council Fathers of the Second Vatican Council have passed away. One more died this year (2023) - leaving only 5 still living. Recently Died:

1. Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E., Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia, died 18 Jan 2022 (all 4 sessions)
2. Bishop Remi Joseph De Roo, Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, died 1 Feb 2022 (all 4 sessions), last Council Father that had attended all 4 sessions of the Council
3. Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M., Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea, died 25 Feb 2022 (sessions 2 and 4)
   
4. Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán, Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain, died 14 Jun 2022 (session 4)
5. Bishop Laurent Noël, Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, died on 2 Jul 2022 (sessions 2, 3, and 4)
6. Bishop Luigi Bettazzi, Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy, died on 16 Jul 1923 (sessions 2, 3, and 4)

Still Living: (by age)

1. Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México, born 1 Jan 1922 (sessions 1, 2, and 4)
2. Bishop Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa, born 31 Jul 1924 (session 4)
3. Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South), born 8 Nov 1924 (sessions 2, 3, and 4)
4. Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India, born 22 Jun 1928 (sessions 3 and 4)
5. Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, born 1 Nov 1932 (session 4)

Please pray for those still living along with all that have already passed for their many years of faithful service.

Full list of Council Fathers

Updated: 16 Jul 2023