| Name |
NationalityInstitutePlace/date of
death |
| Archbishop Isaias Duarte Cancino |
of Cali (Colombia), shot dead 16 March 2002 after
celebrating Mass in a parish of his archdiocese. |
| Fr Declan O'Toole |
Irish Mill Hill Missionary, killed in an ambush on
21 March in the region of Kotido (Uganda). |
| Fr Boniface |
Congolese, killed in Goma (Democratic Congo) 24 March,
during Palm Sunday when unidentified persons threww bombs among
the public. A little girl called Karine was also killed. |
| Fr Juan Ramon Nunez |
Colombian, parish priest Argentina (department of
Huila) in Colombia, killed on 6 April during Mass. |
| Fr. Roger Morin |
Canadian, Sacred Heart Brothers, killed on 12 April
at Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) during street riots |
| Fr. Alois Lintner |
Italian fidei donum, killed on 16 May at San Salvador
da Bahia (Brazil). |
| Fr. Arley Arias Garcia |
Colombian, killed on 18 May in am ambush in Florencia
(Colombia), he was president of local peace junta, he was trying
to bring the paramilitary and guerilla to negotiations |
| Fr. Jorge Altafulla |
from Panama, assassinated il 19 May Panama (Panama). |
| Fr. José Ilario Arango |
Colombian, killed on 27 June a Cali (Colombia), after
celebrating Mass. |
| Sister Marta Ines Velez Serna |
Colombian, of the Poor Sisters of Saint Peter Claver,
killed on 14 July at Mogotes-Santander (Colombia) |
| Carlos Herrao Jiménez |
seminarian Colombian, killed 21 July in Medellin (Colombia). |
| Brother Ivo M. Dominique Lascanne |
from France, Little Brothers of the Gospel, founder
of the Foyer of Hope for street children in Yaounde, found dead
on 30 July near Maroua (Cameroon), by one of the boys he had saved
from the streets. |
| Fr Pierre Tondo |
Burundian, parish priest of Kiguhu in the diocese
of Ruyigi, murdered 5 August by armed bandits who stopped his car
on the road for Gitega, made the priest get out and then shot him
dead. |
| Sister Cecilia |
Chaldean nun killed on 15 August in Baghdad (Iraq).
|
| Fr. Jean Guth |
from France, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit,
kidnapped on 31 March in Mayama (near Brazzaville, Congo). He died
in captivity 10 August. |
| Fr. Augustin Geve |
first Catholic priest from the Solomon Islands, killed
20 August killed Guadalcanal, (country uncertain) where he had gone
to mediate peace talks. |
| Leonardo Muakalia Livongue |
Angolan seminary, killed by robbers 8 September Malanje
(Angola). |
| Fr. José Luis Arroyave |
Colombian, killed in Medellin (Colombia) 20 September:
he was head of diocesan social development programmes in the poorest
districts of Medellin. |
| Fr. Jorge Sanchez Ramirez |
Colombian, diocese Antioquia (Colombia) killed in
the Valle del Cauca 27 September |
| Fr. José Luis Cardenas |
assassinated at Chalan, department of Sucre (Colombia)
17 October shortly after celebrating Mass |
| Fr.Gabriel Arias Posadas |
Vicario general of Armenia diocese, (Colombia) killed
on 18 October department of Caldas (Colombia) where he had gone
to negotiate the release of a hostage. |
| Alberto Neri Fernandez |
from Uruguay, lay Focolarino , killed by thieves
in Brazil il 19 October |
| Fr. Declan Collins |
Irish Salesian, killed by thieves on 16 November in
Johannesburg (South Africa), where he was parish priest and very
much involved in helping the poor. |
| Fr. James Iyere |
of the archdiocese of Kaduna (Nigeria), killed 29
November from serious wounds and burns during riots in Kaduna. |
| Fr. Jean Claude Kilamong |
from Central African Republic, he was stopped by
rebels in Bossangoa on 8 December, his lifeless body was found the
next day. |
bishops: 1
priests: 18
brothers: 1
nuns: 2
Seminarians: 2
consecrated Laity: 1
|
Countries of origin
Europe: 5
Asia: 1
America: 14
Africa: 5 |
Place of death
Asia: 1
America: 14
Africa: 10 |
