Famous transitional deacons
Catholic deacon before receiving priestly ordination
28 people
John Paul II
1920
– 2005
· Age 84
Deceased
Benedict XVI
1927
– 2022
· Age 95
Deceased
John XXIII
1881
– 1963
· Age 81
Deceased
John Paul I
1912
– 1978
· Age 65
Deceased
Pius X
1835
– 1914
· Age 79
Deceased
Alexander VI
1431
– 1503
· Age 72
Deceased
Gregory XIII
1502
– 1585
· Age 83
Deceased
Leo XII
1760
– 1829
· Age 68
Deceased
Clement VII
1478
– 1534
· Age 56
Deceased
Sixtus V
1520
– 1590
· Age 69
Deceased
Benedict XIII
1649
– 1730
· Age 81
Deceased
Urban VII
1521
– 1590
· Age 69
Deceased
Martin V
1369
– 1431
· Age 62
Deceased
Joachim Meisner
1933
– 2017
· Age 83
Deceased
André Vingt-Trois
1942
– 2025
· Age 82
Deceased
Baselios Cleemis
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
1970
· Age 55
Alive
Kazimierz Nycz
1950
· Age 76
Alive
Timothy M. Dolan
1950
· Age 76
Alive
Stanisław Staszic
1755
– 1826
· Age 70
Deceased
Jan Twardowski
1915
– 2006
· Age 90
Deceased
Rafael Merry del Val
1865
– 1930
· Age 64
Deceased
Andrey Sheptytsky
1865
– 1944
· Age 79
Deceased
Ercole Gonzaga
1505
– 1563
· Age 57
Deceased
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Anastasio Ballestrero
1913
– 1998
· Age 84
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q7834465