* Joseph Ratzinger, 78, German; top doctrinal official at the Vatican

* Francis Arinze, 72, Nigerian; prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacramental Discipline

* Angelo Scola, 63, Italian; patriarch of Venice

* Godfried Danneels, 71, Belgian; archbishop of Belgium

* Claudio Hummes, 70, Brazilian; archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil

* Dario Castrillon Hoyos, 75, Colombian; head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy

* Angelo Sodano, 77, Italian; Vatican secretary of state

* Dionigi Tettamanzi, 70, Italian; archbishop of Milan

* Carlo Maria Martini, 77, Italian; retired archbishop of Milan

* Marco Ce, 79, Italian; former patriarch of Venice

* Giacomo Biffi, 76, Italian; retired archbishop of Bologna

* Camillo Ruini, 73, Italian; papal aide

* Jean-Marie Lustiger, 78, French; archbishop of Paris

* Roger Mahony, 68, American; archbishop of Los Angeles

* William Keeler, 73, American; archbishop of Baltimore

* Alfonso Lopez-Trujillo, 69, Colombian; heads the Vatican's Council of the Family

* Christoph Schoenborn, 60, Czech; archbishop of Vienna

Compiled by BUDDY JAUDONSource: news reports