Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1971

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (79)
1971.01.05
VietnamBishop Jean-Baptiste Trần Hữu Ðức († 79)

Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1971.01.05)

1971.01.07
ItalyBishop Adolfo Binni († 68)

Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1952.02.14 – 1971.01.07)

1971.01.14
LebanonBishop Mesrob Terzian (Armenian Rite) († 56)

Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1963.07.06 – 1971.01.14)

1971.01.15
IraqArchbishop Joseph Gogué (Chaldean Rite) († 84)

Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1954.02.08 – 1971.01.15)

1971.01.19
ChinaBishop Joseph Julian Oste (德化隆), C.I.C.M. († 77)

Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1948.04.09 – 1971.01.19)

1971.01.20
ItalyCardinal Antonio Bacci († 85)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio (1960.03.31 – 1971.01.20)

Secretary emeritus of Secretariat of Briefs to Princes (1931 – 1960.03.28)

1971.01.27
IndonesiaBishop Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. († 89)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Djakarta (Indonesia) (1950.02.07 – 1952)

1971.01.31
FranceBishop Victor-Jean Perrin († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Arras (France) (1945.11.03 – 1961.11.26)

1971.02.18
BrazilCardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1946.02.22 – 1971.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1943.07.03 – 1971.02.18)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1951.11.14 – 1971.02.18)

1971.02.19
USABishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Gallup (USA) (1940.07.20 – 1969.08.25)

1971.02.23
Congo-KinshasaBishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. († 76)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1954.01.06 – 1957)

1971.02.27
SpainBishop Daniel Llorente y Federico († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Segovia (Spain) (1944.12.09 – 1969.12.11)

1971.02.28
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Mark Gopu († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India) (1953.09.19 – 1971.02.28)

1971.03.07
ItalyArchbishop Alberto Castelli († 63)

Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1967.01.06 – 1970)

Vice-President emeritus of Council of the Laity (1967.01.06 – 1970)

1971.03.09
BulgariaBishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff (Bulgarian Rite) († 79)

Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1951.04.27 – 1971.03.09)

1971.03.10
PolandBishop Edmund Nowicki († 70)

Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland) (1964.03.07 – 1971.03.10)

1971.03.14
ItalyArchbishop Evasio Colli († 87)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1932.05.07 – 1971.03.14)

Archbishop ad personam (1955.10.18 – 1971.03.14)

1971.03.14
EnglandBishop David John Cashman († 58)

Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1965.06.14 – 1971.03.14)

1971.03.29
IraqArchbishop Thomas Michel Bidawid (Chaldean Rite) († 60)

Archbishop emeritus of Ahvaz of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1966.01.06 – 1970.08.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29)

1971.03.31
IrelandCardinal Michael Browne, O.P. († 83)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Paolo alla Regola (1962.03.22 – 1971.03.31)

Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1955.04.11 – 1962)

1971.04.01
ItalyBishop Luigi Barbero († 65)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1952.07.26 – 1971.04.01)

1971.04.09
ItalyBishop Biagio Musto († 65)

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1971.04.09)

Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1971.04.09)

Bishop of Aquino (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1971.04.09)

1971.04.18
IndiaBishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. († 75)

Bishop of Cuttack (India) (1949.03.10 – 1971.04.18)

1971.04.21
EcuadorArchbishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1957.04.09 – 1971.04.21)

1971.04.22
FranceBishop Stanislas Courbe († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1943.06.22 – 1966.12)

1971.04.23
SpainBishop Saturnino Rubio y Montiél († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Osma–Soria (Spain) (1959.03.09 – 1969.12.01)

1971.04.26
EcuadorArchbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1956.01.22 – 1969.03.11)

1971.04.30
ChileBishop Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña († 92)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1946.09.07 – 1971.04.30)

1971.05.07
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Maffeo († 55)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy) (1966.01.16 – 1971.05.07)

1971.05.16
LebanonCardinal Krikor Bédros XV Agagianian (Armenian Rite) († 75)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1970.10.22 – 1971.05.16)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law (1955.07.02 – 1971.05.16?)

1971.05.19
PortugalBishop Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. († 55)

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1967.08.12 – 1971.05.19)

1971.05.30
SpainArchbishop Casimiro Morcillo González († 67)

Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) (1964.03.27 – 1971.05.30)

1971.05.30
SyriaArchbishop Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal (Syriac Rite) († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1968.08.20 – 1971.05.30)

1971.06.03
ItalyArchbishop Guido Tonetti († 68)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1957.02.16 – 1971.06.03)

1971.06.06
ChinaArchbishop Louis Morel (穆清海), C.I.C.M. († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951.08.19)

1971.06.14
Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Théophile Mbemba († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1964.05.23 – 1971.06.14)

1971.06.29
FranceBishop Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley († 72)

Bishop of Nancy (France) (1957.01.26 – 1971.06.29)

1971.06.30
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno († 62)

Assessor emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1961 – 1965)

1971.07.04
ItalyBishop Francesco Marchesani († 82)

Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) (1948.04.22 – 1971.07.04)

1971.07.06
ArgentinaBishop Carlos María Cafferata († 62)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1961.07.11 – 1971.07.06)

1971.07.11
ItalyBishop Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M. († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Apuania (Italy) (1939.07.20 – 1945.07.10)

1971.07.19
BelgiumBishop Honoraat Maria van Waeyenbergh († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1954.09.01 – 1971.07.19)

1971.07.21
GermanyBishop Simon Konrad Landersdorfer, O.S.B. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Passau (Germany) (1936.09.11 – 1968.10.27)

1971.07.22
SpainBishop José María Alcaráz y Alenda († 94)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1930.03.13 – 1971.07.22)

1971.07.25
ChinaBishop Edgar Anton Häring (俞廣仁), O.F.M. († 77)

Bishop of Shuoxian 朔縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1971.07.25)

1971.08.04
MexicoArchbishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia († 91)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1958.11.22 – 1969.08.24)

1971.08.05
PolandBishop Jan Fondaliński († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland) (1957.06.03 – 1971.08.05)

1971.08.10
ItalyCardinal Federico Callori di Vignale († 80)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (1965.02.25 – 1971.08.10)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1958.10.29 – 1965.02.22)

1971.08.10
ItalyBishop Paolo Galeazzi († 85)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1932.09.16 – 1971.08.10)

1971.08.10
USABishop Russell Joseph McVinney († 72)

Bishop of Providence (USA) (1948.05.29 – 1971.08.10)

1971.08.11
MexicoArchbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jalapa (Mexico) (1962.06.09 – 1968.04.18)

1971.08.11
ArgentinaBishop Enrique Rau († 71)

Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1971.08.11)

1971.08.21
ItalyBishop Amedeo Polidori († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Fossombrone (Italy) (1931.09.23 – 1961.02.02)

1971.08.26
SloveniaArchbishop Luigi Fogar († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Trieste (Italy) (1923.07.09 – 1936.10.30)

Bishop emeritus of Koper (Slovenia) (1923.07.09 – 1936.10.30)

1971.08.29
ItalyBishop Luigi Civardi († 85)

Titular Bishop of Thespiæ (1962.08.31 – 1971.08.29)

1971.08.31
CanadaArchbishop William Mark Duke († 91)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada) (1931.10.05 – 1964.03.11)

1971.09.02
ColombiaArchbishop Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia) (1944.04.25 – 1964.09.12)

1971.09.07
USABishop Victor Joseph Reed († 65)

Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1958.01.21 – 1971.09.07)

1971.09.18
BoliviaBishop Jorge Kilian Pflaum, O.F.M. († 57)

Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez (Bolivia) (1953.11.16 – 1971.09.18)

1971.09.23
Congo-KinshasaBishop André Creemers, O.S.C. († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1970.09.01)

1971.09.23
ItalyBishop Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas. († 75)

Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Montecassino (Italy) (1945.11.21 – 1971.05.24)

Provost emeritus of Atina (Italy) (1945.11.21 – 1971.05.24)

1971.09.28
BrazilBishop Giocondo María Grotti, O.S.M. († 43)

Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1962.11.16 – 1971.09.28)

1971.09.29
ColombiaVenerable Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez († 83)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1924.05.27 – 1971.09.29)

1971.09.29
BrazilBishop Emiliano José Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. († 85)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) (1930.01.10 – 1966.02.19)

1971.10.03
ItalyBishop Luigi Rosa († 88)

Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy) (1942.06.23 – 1971.10.03)

1971.10.28
FranceBishop Pierre Brot († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1952.06.24 – 1966.12)

1971.10.31
Trinidad and TobagoBishop William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1958.08.15 – 1971.10.31)

1971.11.13
USABishop Raymond Peter Hillinger († 67)

Bishop emeritus of Rockford (USA) (1953.11.03 – 1956.06.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1956.06.27 – 1971.11.13)

1971.11.23
IndiaBishop Francis Xavier Muthappa († 73)

Bishop of Coimbatore (India) (1949.12.25 – 1971.11.23)

1971.11.24
IndiaBishop Raymond D’Mello († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20)

1971.11.25
IrelandBishop Patrick O’Boyle († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Killala (Ireland) (1950.12.12 – 1970.10.12)

1971.11.28
CubaBishop Carlos Riu Anglés († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Camagüey (Cuba) (1948.12.11 – 1964.09.10)

1971.12.07
SpainCardinal Fernando Quiroga y Palacios († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1953.10.29 – 1971.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1949.06.04 – 1971.12.07)

1971.12.07
TanzaniaBishop Nikasius Kipengele († 47)

Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania) (1970.06.25 – 1971.12.07)

1971.12.09
SpainBishop Aurelio del Pino Gómez († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Lérida (Spain) (1947.04.24 – 1967.04.01)

1971.12.10
GermanyBishop Bernhard Schräder († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1959.06.22 – 1971.12.10)

1971.12.15
IndiaBishop Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E. († 66)

Bishop emeritus of Vijayawada (India) (1951.12.13 – 1971.01.23)

1971.12.20
TanzaniaBishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. († 63)

Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1971.12.20)

1971.12.23
ParaguayBishop Francisco Cedzich, S.V.D. († 60)

Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) (1968.05.11 – 1971.12.23)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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