 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (80) |
| 1961.01.06 |  Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj (Ukrainian Rite) († 76)Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1958.07.10 – 1961.01.06) |
| 1961.01.10 |  Archbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. († 82)Titular Archbishop of Rhusium (1936.03.18 – 1961.01.10) |
| 1961.01.21 |  Archbishop Heinrich Wienken († 77)Bishop emeritus of Meißen (Germany) (1951.03.09 – 1957.08.19) |
| 1961.01.27 |  Bishop Silvino Martínez († 62) |
| 1961.01.28 |  Bishop Joseph Streidt († 55)Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1956.08.03 – 1961.01.28) |
| 1961.01.28 |  Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. († 49) |
| 1961.01.28 |  Bishop Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成) († 79)Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1961.01.28) |
| 1961.01.29 |  Archbishop Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. († 80)Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1931.02.12 – 1961.01.29) |
| 1961.01.29 |  Bishop Giovanni Vrakking, M.S.C. († 74)Bishop emeritus of Surigao (Philippines) (1940.05.25 – 1953.12.12) |
| 1961.02.03 |  Bishop Ćiril Banić († 70) |
| 1961.02.07 |  Archbishop Antônio Augusto de Assis († 97)Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1931.07.31 – 1961.02.07) |
| 1961.02.20 |  Bishop Ferenc Rogacs († 80) |
| 1961.02.22 |  Bishop Antonio Eltschkner († 81)Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1933.02.10 – 1961.02.22) |
| 1961.02.25 | Bishop Thomas John McDonnell († 66) Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA) (1951.03.15 – 1961.02.25) |
| 1961.02.28 |  Archbishop Michael Joseph McGrath († 78)Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) (1940.06.20 – 1961.02.28) |
| 1961.03.03 |  Bishop John Collins, S.M.A. († 71)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Monrovia (Liberia) (1934.04.09 – 1960.12.20) |
| 1961.03.05 |  Bishop Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr. († 74)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyassa (Malawi) (1934.12.10 – 1950.12.07) |
| 1961.03.06 | Cardinal Marcello Mimmi († 78) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1958.06.09 – 1961.03.06) President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1958 – 1961.03.06) President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii (1958 – 1961.03.06) Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1957.12.15 – 1961.03.06) |
| 1961.03.25 | Bishop Joseph Wan Ci-zhang (萬次章), O.F.M. († 53) Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) (1952.02.14 – 1961.03.25) |
| 1961.03.26 | Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼ († 72) Bishop emeritus of Botucatu (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1937.09.22) |
| 1961.03.28 | Bishop Cesare Maria Guerrero († 76) Bishop emeritus of San Fernando (Philippines) (1949.05.14 – 1957.03.14) |
| 1961.03.31 | Bishop Giiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. († 68) |
| 1961.03.31 | Bishop José Weimann, C.SS.R. († 68) Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1940.08.01 – 1961.03.31) |
| 1961.04.03 |  Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. († 65)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Atambua (Indonesia) (1948.11.11 – 1957.11.14) |
| 1961.04.14 | Archbishop Mario Toccabelli († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1935.04.01 – 1961.04.14) |
| 1961.04.15 | Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin († 51) Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1960.08.17 – 1961.04.15) |
| 1961.04.24 |  Bishop Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. († 81)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Chaco (Bolivia) (1924.01.26 – 1950.01.23) |
| 1961.04.29 | Bishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray († 68) |
| 1961.05.07 |  Bishop José María Eguino Trecu († 79) |
| 1961.05.08 |  Bishop Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. († 57)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Machiques (Venezuela) (1944.09.04 – 1954.01) |
| 1961.05.14 | Bishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. († 82) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Jataí (Brazil) (1941.04.19 – 1955.05.08) |
| 1961.05.15 | Bishop Francesco Pieri († 58) |
| 1961.05.23 | Bishop Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia († 45) Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1960.02.13 – 1961.05.23) |
| 1961.06.04 | Bishop Albert Stohr († 70) Bishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1935.06.10] 1935.07.17 – 1961.06.04) |
| 1961.06.09 |  Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. († 90) |
| 1961.06.10 | Archbishop Michael Buchberger († 87) Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1927.12.19 – 1961.06.10) Archbishop ad personam (1950 – 1961.06.10) |
| 1961.06.21 | Bishop Wilhelm Tuschen († 58) Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1958.08.21 – 1961.06.21) |
| 1961.06.24 | Archbishop Antonio Cardona Riera († 78) |
| 1961.06.30 | Archbishop Ersilio Menzani († 88) Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1920.12.08 – 1961.06.30) Archbishop ad personam (1945.11.17 – 1961.06.30) |
| 1961.07.05 | Archbishop Aniello Calcara († 80) |
| 1961.07.07 | Archbishop Pietro Capizzi († 80) Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy) (1937.08.12 – 1960.11.11) |
| 1961.07.10 |  Bishop Martin Giuseppe Onorio Lajeunesse, O.M.I. († 70)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Keewatin (Canada) (1933.11.26 – 1954.04.15) |
| 1961.07.11 | Bishop Octave-Louis Pasquet († 91) |
| 1961.07.12 | Bishop Gregorio Adam Dalmau († 67) |
| 1961.07.16 |  Archbishop Iwannis Gandour († 79)Titular Archbishop of Bostra (1950.12.12 – 1961.07.16) |
| 1961.07.22 | Bishop Leopoldo Buteler († 79) Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1961.07.22) |
| 1961.07.30 | Cardinal Domenico Tardini († 73) Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1958.12.18 – 1961.07.30) Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1958.11.17 – 1961.07.30) President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1958.12.14 – 1961.07.30) Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1958.11.17 – 1961.07.30) President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter (1958.12.14 – 1961.07.30) |
| 1961.08.01 | Bishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres († 68) Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1947.04.28 – 1961.08.01) |
| 1961.08.02 | Archbishop Jean-Emmanuel Marquès († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France) (1957.01.05 – 1961.08.02) |
| 1961.08.03 | Cardinal Nicola Canali († 87) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1935.12.19 – 1961.08.03) Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1941.10.15 – 1961.08.03) President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1939.03.20 – 1961.08.03) Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1951 – 1961.08.03) |
| 1961.08.06 |  Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey († 87)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1927.06.23 – 1961.08.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1925.03.12 – 1961.08.06) |
| 1961.08.08 | Archbishop Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà (羅錦章), O.F.M. († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1946.07.26 – 1961.08.08) |
| 1961.08.13 |  Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane († 72)Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis (1929.07.18 – 1961.08.13) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria (1951.12.21 – 1961.08.13) |
| 1961.08.21 |  Bishop Emilio Botero González († 77) |
| 1961.08.24 |  Archbishop Lucio Torreblanca († 66)Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1959 – 1961.08.24) |
| 1961.08.27 | Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P. († 74) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China) (1933.05.03 – 1938.10.16) |
| 1961.08.31 |  Bishop Rafael Valladares y Argumedo († 48)Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1956.08.18 – 1961.08.31) |
| 1961.09.04 | Archbishop Isidore Fattal (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1943.08.13 – 1961.09.04) |
| 1961.09.18 |  Bishop Souleyman Sayegh (Chaldean Rite) († 74)Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18) |
| 1961.09.23 |  Bishop John William Campling, M.H.M. († 88)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Upper Nile (Uganda) (1925.05.13 – 1938.02) |
| 1961.09.30 | Bishop Michael Memelauer († 87) Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1927.04.18 – 1961.09.30) |
| 1961.10.01 | Archbishop William Otterwell Brady († 62) Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1956.10.11 – 1961.10.01) |
| 1961.10.03 | Archbishop József Grósz († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1943.05.07 – 1961.10.03) |
| 1961.10.12 |  Bishop Jean Amoudru (Maurice-Marie-Félix Amoudru), O.P. († 83)Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Leningrad (Russia) (1934.08.15 – 1936) |
| 1961.10.15 | Archbishop John Joseph Mitty († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (1935.03.02 – 1961.10.15) |
| 1961.10.18 | Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951.02.01) |
| 1961.10.20 |  Bishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. († 81)Bishop emeritus of Moshi (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1959.05.15) |
| 1961.11.03 | Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1948.03.23 – 1961.11.03) |
| 1961.11.03 |  Bishop Thomas Edward Flynn († 81) |
| 1961.11.07 |  Archbishop Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière († 90)Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco) (1936.03.02 – 1953.05.13) |
| 1961.11.07 | Bishop Michael Keller († 65) |
| 1961.11.18 | Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1935.01.21 – 1961.11.18) |
| 1961.11.26 |  Bishop Tadeusz Pawel Zakrzewski († 78) |
| 1961.12.07 |  Bishop Michal Buzalka († 76)Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (1938.03.17 – 1961.12.07) |
| 1961.12.08 | Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1947.11.29 – 1961.12.08) |
| 1961.12.10 |  Archbishop Ricardo Pittini, S.D.B. († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1935.10.11 – 1961.12.10) Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (1958 – 1961.12.10) |
| 1961.12.13 | Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo († 66) |
| 1961.12.22 | Venerable Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa († 89) Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1933.03.16 – 1961.12.22) Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1931.12.19 – 1961.12.22) |
| 1961.12.23 | Bishop Emanuele Mignone († 97) |
| 1961.12.25 |  Archbishop Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M. († 89)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru) (1918.02.25 – 1931.03.03) |
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