2005 (3)
June 21 - Jaime Lachica Sin (1976), archbishop emeritus of Manila, Philippines.
October 15 - Giuseppe Caprio (1979), grand master emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and president emeritus of the Prefecture of Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
December 8 - Leo Scheffczyk (2001).

2006 (8)
January 19 - Pio Taofinu'u, S.M. (1973), archbishop emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Samoa.
May 1 - Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1973), archbishop emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina.
July 13 - Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1985), archbishop emeritus of Madrid, Spain.
August 2 - Johannes Willebrands (1969), president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians.
September 29 - Louis Albert Vachon (1988), archbishop emeritus of Québec and primate of Canada.
October 13 - Dino Monduzzi (1998), prefect emeritus of the Pontifical Household.
October 18 - Mario Francesco Pompedda (2001), prefect emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.
December 10 - Salvatore Pappalardo (1973), archbishop emeritus of Palermo, Italy.

2007 (11)
January 6 - Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. (1991), archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
February 1 - Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. (1988), prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
June 17 - Angelo Felici (1988), prefect emeritus of the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints and president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.
August 5 - Jean-Marie Lustiger (1983), archbishop emeritus of Paris, France.
August 25 - Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S. (1985), president emeritus of the Pontifical Council of the Family and president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Congress.
September 28 - Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. (1998), archbishop emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia.
October 16 - Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. (1985), president emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, and of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City.
October 16 - Ignacy Ludwik Jeż, bishop emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland (Was to be created cardinal on November 24, 2007).
November 8 - Stephen Fumio Hamao (2003), president emeritus of the Pontifical Council of the Pastoral Care for Migrants and Itinerants.
December 12 - Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. (1985), archivist and librarian emeritus of the Holy Roman Church.
December 23 - Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1976), archbishop emeritus of Aparecida, Brazil.

2008 (8)
March 6 - Peter Poreku Dery (2006), archbishop emeritus of Tamale, Ghana.
March 22 - Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera (1994), archbishop emeritus of Monterrey, México.
April 10 - Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (1979), archbishop emeritus of México, México.
April 19 - Alfonso López Trujillo (1983), bishop of the title of the suburbicarian see of Frascati and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
May 13 - Bernardin Gantin (1977), bishop of the title of the suburbicarian see of Palestrina, dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops and president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
September 6 - Antonio Innocenti (1985), president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Conservation of the Artistic and Historical Patrimony of the Church, and president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei".
October 13 - Antonio José González Zumárraga (2001), archbishop emeritus of Quito, Ecuador.
December 12 - Avery Dulles, S.J. (2001).

2009
January 10 - Pio Laghi (1991), prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education and patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
January 20 - Stéphanos II Ghattas, C.M. (2001), patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt.
February 16 - Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1969), archbishop emeritus of Seoul, South Korea.
February 22 - Paul-Joseph Pham Ðinh Tung (1994) - archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam.
April 1 - Umberto Betti, O.F.M. (2007).
July 17 - Jean Margéot (1988), bishop emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius.

CARDINALITIAL OBITUARIES IN THE PONTIFICATES OF THE 21ST CENTURY (SUMMARY)

Cardinals who have died during the pontificate of:

Benedict XVI (2005- ) - 36

Total - 36

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