| Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (79) |
| 1971.01.05 | |
| 1971.01.07 | |
| 1971.01.14 | Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1963.07.06 – 1971.01.14) |
| 1971.01.15 | Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1954.02.08 – 1971.01.15) |
| 1971.01.19 | |
| 1971.01.20 | 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 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Djakarta (Indonesia) (1950.02.07 – 1952) |
| 1971.01.31 | |
| 1971.02.18 | 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 | |
| 1971.02.23 | Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1954.01.06 – 1957) |
| 1971.02.27 | Bishop emeritus of Segovia (Spain) (1944.12.09 – 1969.12.11) |
| 1971.02.28 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India) (1953.09.19 – 1971.02.28) |
| 1971.03.07 | 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 | Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1951.04.27 – 1971.03.09) |
| 1971.03.10 | |
| 1971.03.14 | Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1932.05.07 – 1971.03.14) Archbishop ad personam (1955.10.18 – 1971.03.14) |
| 1971.03.14 | Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England) (1965.06.14 – 1971.03.14) |
| 1971.03.29 | 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 | 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 | |
| 1971.04.09 | Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1971.04.09) Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1971.04.09) |
| 1971.04.18 | |
| 1971.04.21 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1957.04.09 – 1971.04.21) |
| 1971.04.22 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1943.06.22 – 1966.12) |
| 1971.04.23 | Bishop emeritus of Osma–Soria (Spain) (1959.03.09 – 1969.12.01) |
| 1971.04.26 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1956.01.22 – 1969.03.11) |
| 1971.04.30 | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1946.09.07 – 1971.04.30) |
| 1971.05.07 | Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy) (1966.01.16 – 1971.05.07) |
| 1971.05.16 | 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 | |
| 1971.05.30 | |
| 1971.05.30 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1968.08.20 – 1971.05.30) |
| 1971.06.03 | Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1957.02.16 – 1971.06.03) |
| 1971.06.06 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951.08.19) |
| 1971.06.14 | Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1964.05.23 – 1971.06.14) |
| 1971.06.29 | |
| 1971.06.30 | Assessor emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1961 – 1965) |
| 1971.07.04 | |
| 1971.07.06 | |
| 1971.07.11 | Bishop emeritus of Apuania (Italy) (1939.07.20 – 1945.07.10) |
| 1971.07.19 | Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1954.09.01 – 1971.07.19) |
| 1971.07.21 | Bishop emeritus of Passau (Germany) (1936.09.11 – 1968.10.27) |
| 1971.07.22 | |
| 1971.07.25 | Bishop of Shuoxian 朔縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1971.07.25) |
| 1971.08.04 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1958.11.22 – 1969.08.24) |
| 1971.08.05 | |
| 1971.08.10 | 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 | |
| 1971.08.10 | Bishop of Providence (USA) (1948.05.29 – 1971.08.10) |
| 1971.08.11 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Jalapa (Mexico) (1962.06.09 – 1968.04.18) |
| 1971.08.11 | Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1971.08.11) |
| 1971.08.21 | Bishop emeritus of Fossombrone (Italy) (1931.09.23 – 1961.02.02) |
| 1971.08.26 | 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 | Titular Bishop of Thespiæ (1962.08.31 – 1971.08.29) |
| 1971.08.31 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada) (1931.10.05 – 1964.03.11) |
| 1971.09.02 | Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia) (1944.04.25 – 1964.09.12) |
| 1971.09.07 | Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1958.01.21 – 1971.09.07) |
| 1971.09.18 | Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez (Bolivia) (1953.11.16 – 1971.09.18) |
| 1971.09.23 | Bishop emeritus of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1970.09.01) |
| 1971.09.23 | Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Montecassino (Italy) (1945.11.21 – 1971.05.24) |
| 1971.09.28 | Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1962.11.16 – 1971.09.28) |
| 1971.09.29 | Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia) (1924.05.27 – 1971.09.29) |
| 1971.09.29 | Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) (1930.01.10 – 1966.02.19) |
| 1971.10.03 | Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy) (1942.06.23 – 1971.10.03) |
| 1971.10.28 | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1952.06.24 – 1966.12) |
| 1971.10.31 | Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1958.08.15 – 1971.10.31) |
| 1971.11.13 | |
| 1971.11.23 | Bishop of Coimbatore (India) (1949.12.25 – 1971.11.23) |
| 1971.11.24 | Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20) |
| 1971.11.25 | Bishop emeritus of Killala (Ireland) (1950.12.12 – 1970.10.12) |
| 1971.11.28 | Bishop emeritus of Camagüey (Cuba) (1948.12.11 – 1964.09.10) |
| 1971.12.07 | 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 | |
| 1971.12.09 | |
| 1971.12.10 | Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1959.06.22 – 1971.12.10) |
| 1971.12.15 | Bishop emeritus of Vijayawada (India) (1951.12.13 – 1971.01.23) |
| 1971.12.20 | |
| 1971.12.23 | Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) (1968.05.11 – 1971.12.23) |
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