 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (101) |
| 1970? |  Bishop Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明) ▼Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Huang Shu (黃曙) ▼ Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Charles Li Ming-yue (李鳴月) ▼ Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop John Li Wei-guang (李維光) ▼ Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1959 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Li Zhen-lin (李震林) ▼ |
| 1970? | Bishop Andrew Liu An-zhi (劉安祉), C.M. ▼ († 75) Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China) (1962 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Nicholas Shi Ling-ge (石麟閣) ▼ Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China) (1961 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Xiong De-lian (熊德漣) ▼ Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1958 – 1970?▼) |
| 1970? | Bishop Zhang Ri-jin (張日進) ▼ |
| 1970.01.02 |  Bishop Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. († 68) |
| 1970.01.02 |  Bishop Patrick Shanley, O.C.D. († 73)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Infanta (Philippines) (1953.02.17 – 1960) |
| 1970.01.03 |  Archbishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. († 91)Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India) (1917.12.18 – 1946.07.11) |
| 1970.01.03 |  Bishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar († 60) |
| 1970.01.06 | Archbishop Antonio Taffi († 72) Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis (1947.05.14 – 1970.01.06) |
| 1970.01.09 |  Archbishop Adam Hefter († 98) |
| 1970.01.13 |  Bishop Marie-Georges Petit († 81)Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France) (1946.01.07 – 1963.08.31) |
| 1970.01.16 | Bishop Philip Côté (郃軼歐), S.J. († 74) |
| 1970.01.19 |  Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. († 78)Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1956.03.02 – 1970.01.19) |
| 1970.01.21 | Archbishop Joseph Attipetty († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India) (1934.11.15 – 1970.01.21) |
| 1970.02.06 |  Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux († 65)Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1950.08.19 – 1970.02.06) |
| 1970.02.07 |  Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1941.12.12 – 1970.02.07) |
| 1970.02.15 |  Bishop Joseph-Arthur Papineau († 95)Bishop emeritus of Joliette (Canada) (1928.06.15 – 1968.01.03) |
| 1970.02.18 | Bishop Joseph-Roméo Gagnon († 66) Bishop of Edmundston (Canada) (1949.02.12 – 1970.02.18) |
| 1970.02.21 |  Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄) († 77)Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (1960.03.31 – 1970.02.21) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1937.12.02 – 1970.02.21) |
| 1970.02.24 | Bishop Carlo Boiardi († 70) |
| 1970.03 | Bishop Li De-hua (李德化) ▼ Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1962 – 1970.03▼) |
| 1970.03.02 | Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campinas (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1968.09.19) |
| 1970.03.10 |  Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. († 89) |
| 1970.03.15 |  Bishop François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. († 85)Bishop emeritus of Mbarara (Uganda) (1953.03.25 – 1956.04.20) |
| 1970.03.15 |  Bishop Lawrence Patrick Moran († 62)Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1964.11.09 – 1970.03.15) |
| 1970.03.16 | Bishop William Bouter, M.H.M. († 74) |
| 1970.03.21 | Archbishop Adelchi Albanesi († 86) Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1942.04.14 – 1970.03.21) Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy) (1942.04.14 – 1970.03.21) Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) (1942.04.14 – 1970.03.21) Archbishop ad personam (1956.05.15 – 1970.03.21) |
| 1970.03.24 |  Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. († 85)Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Paraguay) (1931.04.30 – 1963.05.14) |
| 1970.03.25 | Bishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞) († 54) Bishop emeritus of Fenyang 汾陽 (China) (1949.06.09 – 1963) |
| 1970.04.03 | Archbishop José Vicente Távora († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1960.04.30 – 1970.04.03) |
| 1970.04.04 |  Archbishop Endre Hamvas († 80)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1964.09.15 – 1969.01.10) |
| 1970.04.10 | Bishop Luís Victor Sartori († 65) Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1960.09.14 – 1970.04.10) |
| 1970.04.24 |  Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. († 72)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1955.09.14 – 1959.06.10) |
| 1970.04.30 | Bishop Alfredo Maria Cavagna († 90) Titular Bishop of Tium (1962.08.31 – 1970.04.30) |
| 1970.05.16 | Bishop Bernard James Sullivan, S.J. († 81) |
| 1970.05.21 |  Bishop León Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap. († 78)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Guam (Guam) (1934.07.09 – 1945.08.20) |
| 1970.05.28 |  Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu (Romanian Rite) († 85)Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania) (1930.06.05 – 1970.05.28) |
| 1970.06.07 |  Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. († 88)Bishop emeritus of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam) (1932.06.21 – 1960.12.05) |
| 1970.06.08 | Bishop Ireneo Chelucci († 87) Bishop of Montalcino (Italy) (1938.07.22 – 1970.06.08) |
| 1970.06.11 | Bishop Giuseppe Ruotolo († 71) Bishop emeritus of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy) (1959.08.01 – 1968.11.09) |
| 1970.06.13 |  Bishop Piotr Dudziec († 63)Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1950.06.12 – 1970.06.13) |
| 1970.06.21 |  Bishop Otto Spülbeck († 66) |
| 1970.06.22 |  Bishop Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. († 76)Bishop emeritus of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1970.05.21) |
| 1970.06.26 |  Bishop Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle, O.F.M. Cap. († 68)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bluefields (Nicaragua) (1943.05.11 – 1970.06.25) |
| 1970.06.29 |  Bishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. († 76)Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola) (1941.01.28 – 1970.06.29) |
| 1970.07.04 | Bishop Lorenzo Basoli († 74) |
| 1970.07.05 |  Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes († 85)Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA) (1944.11.16 – 1966.10.20) |
| 1970.07.09 | Bishop Joseph Patrick Dougherty († 65) Bishop emeritus of Yakima (USA) (1951.07.09 – 1969.02.05) Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1969.02.05 – 1970.07.09) |
| 1970.07.09 | Bishop Stanislaus Tigga († 72) Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India) (1957.12.24 – 1970.07.09) |
| 1970.07.24 | Bishop John Burke († 74) Bishop emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1964.05.12 – 1966.08.03) |
| 1970.07.27 | Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres († 92) Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua) (1913.12.10 – 1915.07.10) |
| 1970.08.01 | Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo († 93) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1948.06.21 – 1970.08.01) Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education (1939.03.14 – 1968.01.13) |
| 1970.08.05 |  Archbishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. († 87)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Asmara (Eritrea) (1959.07.25 – 1961.08.12) |
| 1970.08.07 |  Bishop Franz von Streng († 86)Bishop emeritus of Basel (Switzerland) ([1936.11.17] 1936.11.30 – 1967.11.03) |
| 1970.08.07 | Bishop Charles Weber (萬賓來), S.V.D. († 84) |
| 1970.08.08 | Bishop Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé († 79) Bishop emeritus of Cartagena (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1969.04.22) |
| 1970.08.10 |  Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 82)Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (1948.09.19 – 1970.08.10) |
| 1970.08.13 |  Bishop Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. († 76)Bishop emeritus of La Vega (Dominican Republic) (1956.06.22 – 1965.12.20) |
| 1970.08.15 | Bishop Angelo Zambarbieri († 57) |
| 1970.08.18 | Bishop Juan Navarro Ramirez († 58) Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1965.07.01 – 1970.08.18) |
| 1970.09.05 |  Bishop Emile Njeru († 39)Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) (1969.05.22 – 1970.09.05) |
| 1970.09.10 | Bishop Giuseppe Melas († 68) |
| 1970.09.11 | Bishop Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Santorini (Greece) (1932.01.12 – 1945.05.04) |
| 1970.09.16 |  Archbishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. († 62)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic) (1955.09.14 – 1970.09.16) |
| 1970.09.22 | Archbishop Luis del Rosario, S.J. († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zamboanga (Philippines) (1958.05.19 – 1966.08.12) |
| 1970.09.25 | Archbishop Georges Jacquot († 65) |
| 1970.09.26 | Bishop Emilio Guano († 70) |
| 1970.09.27 |  Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal († 74)Bishop emeritus of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia) (1964.02.25 – 1964.02.29) |
| 1970.09.30 | Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella († 91) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1948.06.21 – 1970.09.30) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (1958.10.09 – 1970.09.30) Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1954.10.27 – 1970.09.30) |
| 1970.10.01 | Archbishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kansas City (USA) (1952.08.09 – 1969.09.10) |
| 1970.10.07 |  Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. († 86)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) (1958.12.11 – 1962.04.02) |
| 1970.10.12 | Archbishop Joseph Francis McGeough († 67) Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1960.09.17 – 1970.10.12) |
| 1970.10.13 | Bishop Patrice Flynn († 96) Bishop emeritus of Nevers (France) (1932.08.16 – 1963.12.17) |
| 1970.10.13 | Bishop Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec († 80) Bishop emeritus of Vannes (France) (1941.10.11 – 1964.09.24) |
| 1970.10.19 |  Archbishop Miguel Paternain, C.SS.R. († 75)Bishop emeritus of Florida (Uruguay) (1955.11.15 – 1960.02.27) |
| 1970.10.19 | Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco († 52) |
| 1970.10.20 |  Bishop Eduardo Larraín Cordovez († 80)Bishop emeritus of Rancagua (Chile) (1938.07.09 – 1970.02.02) |
| 1970.10.23 | Bishop Patrick Cleary (利伯高), S.S.C.M.E. († 84) Bishop of Nancheng 南城 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1970.10.23) |
| 1970.11.02 | Cardinal Richard James Cushing († 75) Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1958.12.18 – 1970.11.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (1944.09.25 – 1970.09.08) |
| 1970.11.02 | Bishop Luigi Dusio, C.M. († 50) Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar) (1967.04.13 – 1970.11.02) |
| 1970.11.07 | Bishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. († 63) Bishop emeritus of Oudtshoorn (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1968.10.02) |
| 1970.11.08 | Bishop Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X. († 83) Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1970.11.08) |
| 1970.11.09 |  Bishop Vincent Hanly († 71) |
| 1970.11.16 | Bishop Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. († 66) |
| 1970.11.20 | Bishop Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. († 57) Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines) (1958.07.12 – 1970.11.20) |
| 1970.11.21 | Bishop Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario (貴達義), O.A.R. († 66) Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1949.11.10 – 1970.11.21) |
| 1970.11.24 |  Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai (Ethiopic Rite) († 75)Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1961.04.09 – 1970.11.24) |
| 1970.11.25 |  Patriarch Alberto Gori, O.F.M. († 81)Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1949.11.21 – 1970.11.25) Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1962 – 1970.11.25) |
| 1970.11.25 | Bishop Camille-Antoine Chilouet, C.M. († 71) Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar) (1957.12.24 – 1970.11.25) |
| 1970.11.27 |  Archbishop Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. († 83)Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad (Iraq) (1939.04.01 – 1964.09.17) |
| 1970.11.27 | Bishop Rombert Casimir Kowalski (郭時濟), O.F.M. († 85) Bishop of Wuchang 武昌 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1970.11.27) |
| 1970.12.01 |  Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Buéa (Cameroon) (1950.04.18 – 1961.08.18) |
| 1970.12.08 | Cardinal Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. († 73) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1967.06.29 – 1970.12.08) Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) ([1947.04.15] 1947.04.26 – 1959.11.14) Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (1969.05.08 – 1970.12.08) |
| 1970.12.15 | Bishop Henri Lugagne-Delpon († 49) |
| 1970.12.18 | Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap. († 71) |
| 1970.12.31 |  Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan (구 토마), S.S.C.M.E. († 74)Bishop emeritus of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 1965.11.16) |
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