 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (89) |
| 1963.01.06 |  Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías († 59) |
| 1963.01.07 |  Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. († 71)Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1958.04.17 – 1963.01.07) |
| 1963.01.15 | Bishop Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. († 79) |
| 1963.01.22 |  Cardinal William Godfrey († 73)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1958.12.18 – 1963.01.22) Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1956.12.03 – 1963.01.22) |
| 1963.02.01 |  Cardinal John Francis d’Alton († 80)Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1963.02.01) Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1946.06.13 – 1963.02.01) |
| 1963.02.06 | Bishop Oronzo Caldarola († 91) Bishop emeritus of Diano–Teggiano (Italy) (1915.11.27 – 1954.11.27) |
| 1963.02.12 |  Archbishop Joseph Bakhache (Syriac Rite) († 79)Patriarchal Vicar emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1958 – 1963) |
| 1963.02.13 |  Bishop Jaime Font y Andreu († 69)Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1963.02.13) |
| 1963.02.18 |  Bishop Anunciado Serafini († 64) |
| 1963.02.19 | Archbishop Beniamino Nardone († 85) Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies (1926 – 1963.02.19) |
| 1963.02.20 | Bishop Alfredo Bontempi († 68) Titular Bishop of Palmyra (1962.03.19 – 1963.02.20) |
| 1963.03.02 | Archbishop Egisto Domenico Melchiori († 84) Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1934.12.05 – 1963.03.02) Archbishop ad personam (1949.02.26 – 1963.03.02) |
| 1963.03.03 |  Bishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I. († 74)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.02.12 – 1957) |
| 1963.03.10 | Bishop Domenico Bornigia († 71) Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1953.11.27 – 1963.03.10) |
| 1963.03.11 |  Bishop Lawrence Frederik Schott († 55)Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA) (1956.03.01 – 1963.03.11) |
| 1963.03.19 |  Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M. († 89)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1922.03.22 – 1950) |
| 1963.03.20 |  Cardinal Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt († 83)Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1946.02.28 – 1963.03.20) Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1941.12.26 – 1963.03.20) |
| 1963.03.25 |  Bishop Clément Joseph Mathieu († 81)Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) (1931.09.12 – 1963.03.25) |
| 1963.03.31 | Bishop Mario Ghiga († 60) Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy) (1961.02.10 – 1963.03.31) |
| 1963.04.01 | Bishop Vittorio Moietta († 49) |
| 1963.04.01 | Bishop Lorenzo Sahag Koguian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite) († 68) Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1950.12.11 – 1963.04.01) |
| 1963.04.11 |  Bishop Joseph Freundorfer († 68) |
| 1963.04.18 | Bishop Raffaele De Giuli († 78) |
| 1963.04.24 | Archbishop Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond († 89) Archbishop-Bishop of Nice (France) (1950.01.23 – 1963.04.24) |
| 1963.04.26 |  Bishop Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P. († 58)Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China) (1947.05.08 – 1963.04.26) |
| 1963.05.09 |  Blessed Bishop Alexandru Rusu (Romanian Rite) († 78)Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1930.10.17 – 1963.05.09) |
| 1963.05.09 | Bishop Jean-Marie Vittoz († 84) Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France) (1940.11.09 – 1963.05.09) |
| 1963.05.13 |  Bishop Luigi Hudal († 77)Titular Bishop of Æla (1933.06.01 – 1963.05.13) |
| 1963.05.14 | Bishop Paul Tkotsch († 67) Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1948.05.12 – 1963.05.14) |
| 1963.05.19 |  Bishop Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. († 78)Bishop emeritus of Joinville (Brazil) (1929.01.25 – 1955.01.19) |
| 1963.05.21 | Archbishop Roberto José Tavella, S.D.B. († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1934.09.20 – 1963.05.21) |
| 1963.05.24 | Archbishop Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Otranto (Italy) (1930.10.24 – 1952.07.10) |
| 1963.05.29 |  Bishop José Maria Cavallero Gómez († 63) |
| 1963.05.29 | Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. († 65) |
| 1963.06.03 | Saint Pope John XXIII († 81) Supreme Pontiff (1958.10.28 [1958.11.04] – 1963.06.03) Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1958.10.28 – 1963.06.03) Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1958.10.28 – 1963.06.03) Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1958.10.28 – 1963.06.03) |
| 1963.06.10 | Bishop Felix Guiller († 61) Bishop emeritus of Pamiers (France) (1947.09.29 – 1961.04.10) |
| 1963.06.14 | Archbishop Luciano Pérez Platero († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1944.12.09 – 1963.06.14) |
| 1963.06.16 |  Bishop John Francis Norton († 72) |
| 1963.06.16 |  Bishop Cesar Gerardo Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. († 49) |
| 1963.06.20 | Archbishop Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau († 93) Bishop of Nîmes (France) (1924.11.08 – 1963.06.20) Archbishop ad personam (1960.10.10 – 1963.06.20) |
| 1963.06.24 |  Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. († 57) |
| 1963.06.27 |  Bishop James Staunton († 74) |
| 1963.07.01 | Bishop Luiz Felipe de Nadal († 47) Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (1955.05.09 – 1963.07.01) |
| 1963.07.04 | Bishop Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 86) Bishop emeritus of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1944.07.10 – 1951.07.28) |
| 1963.07.05 | Bishop Nicola Maria di Girolamo († 82) |
| 1963.07.06 |  Archbishop Anton Vovk († 63)Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1961.12.21 – 1963.07.06) |
| 1963.07.06 |  Bishop Zdzislaw Golinski († 54)Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland) (1951.04.22 – 1963.07.06) |
| 1963.07.15 |  Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. († 53)General Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1959.08.31 – 1963.07.15) |
| 1963.07.16 | Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara († 68) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA) (1950.07.12 – 1959.11.12) |
| 1963.07.20 | Archbishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. († 85) Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) (1932.01.15 – 1963.07.20) Archbishop ad personam (1952.03.29 – 1963.07.20) |
| 1963.07.20 | Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli († 76) President emeritus of Caritas Internationalis (1951 – 1962) |
| 1963.07.22 | Cardinal Valerio Valeri († 79) Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1953.01.15 – 1963.07.22) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1953.01.17 – 1963.07.22) |
| 1963.07.22 |  Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell († 68)Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1945.01.06 – 1963.07.22) |
| 1963.07.23 |  Archbishop Albertus Soegijapranata, S.J. († 67)Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1963.07.23) Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia) (1949.12.25 – 1963.07.23) |
| 1963.07.26 | Archbishop Edwin Vincent Byrne († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1943.06.12 – 1963.07.26) |
| 1963.07.31 | Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay († 85) Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1922.12.14 – 1963.07.31) |
| 1963.07.31 | Bishop José Cartaña Inglés († 87) |
| 1963.08.03 |  Bishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. († 82)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Windhoek (Namibia) (1926.05.11 – 1961.03.20) |
| 1963.08.05 | Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi († 55) |
| 1963.08.13 | Bishop Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. († 67) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.06.10 – 1958.11.13) |
| 1963.08.14 |  Bishop José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. († 77)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Darién (Panama) (1934.02.26 – 1955.05.19) |
| 1963.08.17 | Bishop Domingo Comin, S.D.B. († 88) Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador) (1951.04.12 – 1963.08.17) |
| 1963.08.17 | Bishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E. († 65) Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) (1949.01.13 – 1963.08.17) |
| 1963.08.19 |  Archbishop António Bento Martins Júnior († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1932.09.28 – 1963.08.19) |
| 1963.08.19 | Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr. († 72) Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1963.08.19) |
| 1963.08.20 | Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard († 75) Bishop emeritus of Soissons (France) (1947.02.17 – 1963.05.22) |
| 1963.08.26 |  Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. († 90)Bishop emeritus of Bangalore (India) (1940.02.13 – 1942.09.06) |
| 1963.08.26 | Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek († 68) |
| 1963.09.18 | Bishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana († 82) Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain) (1947.04.02 – 1963.09.18) |
| 1963.10.08 | Archbishop Gioacchino Di Leo († 76) Archbishop-Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1950.07.05 – 1963.10.08) |
| 1963.10.08 | Archbishop Salvatore Siino († 59) Titular Archbishop of Perge (1953.10.27 – 1963.10.08) Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines (1959.03.14 – 1963.10.08) |
| 1963.10.09 | Bishop Leo Richard Smith († 58) Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1963.05.13 – 1963.10.09) |
| 1963.10.13 | Bishop Sebastiano Briacca († 75) |
| 1963.10.15 | Bishop Domenico Vendola († 62) |
| 1963.10.19 | Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1939.08.05 – 1963.10.19) |
| 1963.10.19 | Archbishop Aurelio Macedonio Guerriero († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trujillo (Peru) (1946.09.20 – 1957.05.25) |
| 1963.10.21 | Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1954) |
| 1963.10.30 | Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F. († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1955.03.06 – 1963.10.30) |
| 1963.11.02 |  Bishop Ferdinand Piontek († 84)Titular Bishop of Barca (1959.05.23 – 1963.11.02) |
| 1963.11.06 | Archbishop Alfonso Carinci († 100) Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1919.09.30 – 1963.11.06) |
| 1963.11.06 | Archbishop Daniel Mannix († 99) Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1917.05.06 – 1963.11.06) |
| 1963.11.07 |  Archbishop Eduardo Tonna († 71)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye) (1929.11.26 – 1937.12.02) |
| 1963.11.07 |  Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. († 82)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Upper Nile (Uganda) (1938.03.29 – 1951.03) |
| 1963.11.09 |  Archbishop Antonio Farage (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 77)Patriarchal Vicar emeritus of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) (1922.12.11 – 1928) |
| 1963.12.02 | Bishop Louis-Sylvain Robin († 66) |
| 1963.12.05 |  Bishop John Christopher Cody († 63) |
| 1963.12.10 |  Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius († 76) |
| 1963.12.11 | Bishop William MacNeely († 74) |
| 1963.12.28 |  Bishop Karel-Justien Calewaert († 70) |
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