 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (66) |
| 1956.01.03 |  Archbishop Aluigi Cossio († 81)Bishop emeritus of Recanati (Italy) (1923.12.20 – 1955.08.12) |
| 1956.01.04 | Bishop Ernesto de Laurentiis († 76) |
| 1956.01.10 |  Archbishop Augustine Kandathil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 81)Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1923.12.21 – 1956.01.10) |
| 1956.01.20 | Archbishop Giovanni Fiorentini († 88) |
| 1956.02.01 |  Bishop Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. († 83) |
| 1956.02.09 |  Archbishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez († 75)Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1937.02.20 – 1956.02.09) |
| 1956.02.15 |  Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald († 74) |
| 1956.02.15 | Bishop Antonio Mantiero († 71) |
| 1956.02.23 |  Bishop Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E. († 73)Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1956.02.23) |
| 1956.02.27 |  Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. († 71)Bishop emeritus of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) (1924.01.16 – 1950.07.18) |
| 1956.02.28 |  Archbishop Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski († 91)Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1928.07.09 – 1956.02.28) |
| 1956.03.02 | Bishop Antonio Di Tommaso († 95) |
| 1956.03.04 | Archbishop Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap. († 75) |
| 1956.03.04 |  Bishop Edmund Joseph Gleeson, C.SS.R. († 87) |
| 1956.03.10 |  Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron († 78)Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France) (1940.05.11 – 1956.03.10) |
| 1956.03.22 | Archbishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1921.08.26 – 1956.03.22) |
| 1956.04.02 | Archbishop Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier (梅占魁), C.M. († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1956.04.02) |
| 1956.04.21 |  Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly († 66)Bishop of Boise City (USA) (1927.12.16 – 1956.04.21) |
| 1956.04.25 |  Archbishop Giulio Czapik († 68)Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1943.05.07 – 1956.04.25) |
| 1956.04.25 | Bishop Georges-Clément-Joseph-Édouard Jacquin († 75) |
| 1956.05.12 | Bishop Paolino Giovanni Tribbioli, O.F.M. Cap. († 87) |
| 1956.05.16 |  Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez († 64) |
| 1956.05.17 | Archbishop Giovanni Costantini († 75) Bishop emeritus of La Spezia (Italy) (1929.02.08 – 1943.07.26) Bishop emeritus of Brugnato (Italy) (1929.02.08 – 1943.07.26) Bishop emeritus of Luni–Sarzana (Italy) (1929.02.08 – 1943.07.26) |
| 1956.05.17 |  Bishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp. († 71)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) (1922.03.22 – 1946.04.04) |
| 1956.05.18 | Archbishop Andrea Taccone († 71) Bishop emeritus of Ruvo (Italy) (1929.08.27 – 1949.04.30) Bishop emeritus of Bitonto (Italy) (1929.08.27 – 1949.04.30) |
| 1956.05.20 |  Archbishop Michele Godlewski († 83)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lutsk (Ukraine) (1916.10.21 – 1949.01.14) |
| 1956.05.23 | Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan († 78) |
| 1956.05.26 |  Archbishop Ephrem Gogué (Chaldean Rite) († 67)Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1954.02.08 – 1956.05.26) |
| 1956.06.14 |  Archbishop José Horacio Campillo Infante († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Chile) (1931.08.11 – 1939.07.29) |
| 1956.06.27 | Bishop Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 65) Bishop emeritus of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1932.06.11 – 1950.07.25) |
| 1956.07.21 |  Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley († 88)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) (1925.07.15 – 1932.06.06) |
| 1956.07.31 | Archbishop John Francis Noll († 81) Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA) (1924.05.12 – 1956.07.31) Archbishop ad personam (1953.09.02 – 1956.07.31) |
| 1956.07.31 |  Archbishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski († 79)Bishop emeritus of Seckau (Austria) (1927.04.26 – 1953.12.07) |
| 1956.08.01 | Bishop José de Haas, O.F.M. († 79) |
| 1956.08.04 | Bishop Edouard-Gabriel Mesguen († 75) |
| 1956.08.05 |  Bishop Wilhelm Stockums († 78)Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1932.02.09 – 1956.08.05) |
| 1956.08.12 |  Bishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. († 67)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Antsirabé (Madagascar) (1947.02.13 – 1955.03) |
| 1956.08.13 | Bishop José Selva, S.D.B. († 69) Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil) (1937.12.27 – 1956.08.13) |
| 1956.08.14 | Archbishop Joseph Godehard Machens († 69) Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1934.06.22 – 1956.08.14) Archbishop ad personam (1956.07.13 – 1956.08.14) |
| 1956.08.20 |  Cardinal Bernard William Griffin († 57)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1946.02.22 – 1956.08.20) Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1943.12.18 – 1956.08.20) |
| 1956.08.21 | Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm († 65) |
| 1956.08.31 |  Bishop James J. Roche († 85) |
| 1956.09.01 |  Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 72)Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1929.05.20 – 1956.09.01) |
| 1956.09.11 | Archbishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara († 75) Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1956.07.02 – 1956.09.11) Archbishop ad personam (1954.06.29 – 1956.09.11) |
| 1956.09.13 | Archbishop Edward Myers († 81) Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1951.01.20 – 1956.09.13) |
| 1956.09.27 | Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. († 81) Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1951.04.13 – 1956.09.27) |
| 1956.09.30 |  Bishop Daniel Hermida Ortega († 93) |
| 1956.10.01 | Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney († 54) Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1934.12.22 – 1956.10.01) |
| 1956.10.07 | Bishop Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Irsina (Italy) (1922.05.12 – 1953.04.15) Bishop emeritus of Gravina (Italy) (1922.05.12 – 1953.04.15) |
| 1956.10.08 | Bishop Filippo Maria Cipriani († 78) Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) (1934.09.29 – 1956.10.08) |
| 1956.10.10 | Bishop Franz Tschann († 84) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria) (1936.08.08 – 1955.10.01) |
| 1956.10.11 | Archbishop John Gregory Murray († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1931.10.29 – 1956.10.11) |
| 1956.10.21 |  Bishop Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. († 79)Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (1935.10.09 – 1956.10.21) |
| 1956.10.22 | Archbishop Walenty Dymek († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) (1946.05.03 – 1956.10.22) |
| 1956.10.28 | Archbishop Louis-Joseph Gaillard († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France) (1931.09.25 – 1956.10.28) |
| 1956.10.30 | Archbishop Jean Nissan (Chaldean Rite) († 76) Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1937.04.20 – 1956.10.30) |
| 1956.10.30 | Bishop Nicolò Frazioli († 75) |
| 1956.10.31 | Archbishop Cesare Boccoleri († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) (1940.03.28 – 1956.10.31) Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy) (1940.03.28 – 1956.10.31) |
| 1956.11.03 | Bishop Edward Francis Ryan († 77) Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1956.11.03) |
| 1956.11.05 | Cardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège († 86) Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1946.05.17 – 1956.11.05) Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) (1928.12.17 – 1956.11.05) |
| 1956.11.09 |  Bishop Bernardino Shlaku, O.F.M. († 81) |
| 1956.11.12 |  Bishop Maurizio Picha († 87)Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia) (1931.10.22 – 1956.11.12) |
| 1956.11.15 |  Bishop Rafael Canale Oberti († 87)Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1921.11.25 – 1956.11.15) |
| 1956.11.26 | Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy († 71) Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1921.11.21 – 1956.11.26) Archbishop ad personam (1951.04.07 – 1956.11.26) |
| 1956.12.11 | Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace († 69) |
| 1956.12.18 | Bishop Giuseppe de Nardis († 90) Bishop emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1916.09.12 – 1953.04.01) |
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