diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index a19cf9217..05af1e0a6 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -1063,25 +1063,30 @@ func (c *Cluster) Delete() error {
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not delete event streams: %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete event streams: %v", err)
 	}
+	var anyErrors = false
 
 	// delete the backup job before the stateful set of the cluster to prevent connections to non-existing pods
 	// deleting the cron job also removes pods and batch jobs it created
 	if err := c.deleteLogicalBackupJob(); err != nil {
+		anyErrors = true
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not remove the logical backup k8s cron job; %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not remove the logical backup k8s cron job; %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := c.deleteStatefulSet(); err != nil {
+		anyErrors = true
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not delete statefulset: %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete statefulset: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := c.deleteSecrets(); err != nil {
+		anyErrors = true
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not delete secrets: %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete secrets: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := c.deletePodDisruptionBudget(); err != nil {
+		anyErrors = true
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not delete pod disruption budget: %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete pod disruption budget: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1090,18 +1095,21 @@ func (c *Cluster) Delete() error {
 
 		if !c.patroniKubernetesUseConfigMaps() {
 			if err := c.deleteEndpoint(role); err != nil {
+				anyErrors = true
 				c.logger.Warningf("could not delete %s endpoint: %v", role, err)
 				c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete %s endpoint: %v", role, err)
 			}
 		}
 
 		if err := c.deleteService(role); err != nil {
+			anyErrors = true
 			c.logger.Warningf("could not delete %s service: %v", role, err)
 			c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not delete %s service: %v", role, err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if err := c.deletePatroniClusterObjects(); err != nil {
+		anyErrors = true
 		c.logger.Warningf("could not remove leftover patroni objects; %v", err)
 		c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not remove leftover patroni objects; %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1111,17 +1119,22 @@ func (c *Cluster) Delete() error {
 	// wrong
 	for _, role := range [2]PostgresRole{Master, Replica} {
 		if err := c.deleteConnectionPooler(role); err != nil {
+			anyErrors = true
 			c.logger.Warningf("could not remove connection pooler: %v", err)
 			c.eventRecorder.Eventf(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Could not remove connection pooler: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// If we are done deleting our various resources we remove the finalizer to let K8S finally delete the Postgres CR
-	c.logger.Info("Done cleaning up, removing our finalizer.")
+	if anyErrors {
+		c.eventRecorder.Event(c.GetReference(), v1.EventTypeWarning, "Delete", "Some resources could be successfully deleted yet")
+		return fmt.Errorf("some error(s) occured when deleting resources, NOT removing finalizer yet")
+	}
 	if err := c.RemoveFinalizer(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Done cleaning up, but error when trying to remove our finalizer: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	c.logger.Info("Done cleaning up our resources, removed finalizer.")
 	return nil
 }