 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (87) |
| 1976.01.02 |  Bishop Agapito Simeoni († 61) |
| 1976.01.05 |  Bishop Henri Joseph Marie Belleau, O.M.I. († 79)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baie de James (Canada) (1939.12.11 – 1964.04.21) |
| 1976.01.06 |  Bishop José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla († 80)Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico) (1947.03.10 – 1967.09.15) |
| 1976.01.14 | Bishop Guilio Barbetta († 85) Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1936.11.12 – 1968) |
| 1976.01.14 | Bishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti († 79) Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1958.07.21 – 1976.01.14) |
| 1976.01.18 |  Archbishop Smiljan Franjo Cekada († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1970.01.13 – 1976.01.18) |
| 1976.01.21 |  Cardinal Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin († 84)Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (1965.02.25 – 1976.01.21) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rouen (France) (1948.10.11 – 1968.05.06) |
| 1976.01.23 |  Archbishop François-Marie-Joseph Poirier († 71)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) (1955.07.03 – 1966.08.18) |
| 1976.01.23 |  Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr. († 64)Bishop emeritus of Navrongo (Ghana) (1957.04.12 – 1973.04.13) |
| 1976.02.12 | Bishop Percival Caza († 79) Bishop emeritus of Valleyfield (Canada) (1966.09.22 – 1969.03.18) |
| 1976.02.19 |  Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P. († 68)Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.03.23 – 1976.02.19) |
| 1976.02.20 |  Archbishop Secondino Petronio Lacchio (藍澤民), O.F.M. († 74)Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1976.02.20) |
| 1976.02.26 | Cardinal Efrem Forni († 87) Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1962.03.22 – 1976.02.26) |
| 1976.02.26 |  Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. († 63)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yurimaguas (Peru) (1960.11.10 – 1972.03.25) |
| 1976.02.28 |  Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India) (1937.08.12 – 1950.12.04) |
| 1976.02.29 |  Bishop George John Rehring († 85) |
| 1976.03.01 |  Archbishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E. († 66)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 1971.06.28) |
| 1976.03.02 |  Bishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. († 79)Bishop emeritus of Mthatha (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1968.09.26) |
| 1976.03.04 | Bishop Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier († 79) Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France) (1959.05.05 – 1971.10.28) |
| 1976.03.05 | Venerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti († 59) Archbishop emeritus of Lucca (Italy) (1973.01.20 – 1973.03.25) |
| 1976.03.08 | Archbishop Nicola Margiotta († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi (Italy) (1953.09.25 – 1975.05.24) |
| 1976.03.15 |  Bishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. († 84)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1949.12.25 – 1969.12.04) |
| 1976.03.24 | Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1966.12.09 – 1974.01.15) |
| 1976.03.25 |  Archbishop James Donald Scanlan († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Glasgow (Scotland) (1964.01.29 – 1974.04.23) |
| 1976.04.02 | Cardinal Carlo Grano († 88) Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1967.06.29 – 1976.04.02) Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Secretariat of State (1953.02.17 – 1958.12.13) |
| 1976.04.03 |  Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva († 52) |
| 1976.04.07 |  Bishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, I.M.C. († 71) |
| 1976.04.10 | Archbishop Ilario Alcini († 89) Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1951.10.27 – 1976.04.10) |
| 1976.04.19 | Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. († 68) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Meerut (India) (1956.02.29 – 1973.08.03) |
| 1976.04.20 | Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09) |
| 1976.04.20 | Bishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl. († 72) Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Pietersburg (South Africa) (1954.01.06 – 1975) |
| 1976.05.03 | Archbishop Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sens (France) (1936.08.20 – 1962.10.27) |
| 1976.05.07 |  Bishop Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe, S.V.D. († 37)Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines) (1976.02.09 – 1976.05.07) |
| 1976.05.11 |  Bishop Heinrich Baaken († 76)Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1952.01.26 – 1976.05.11) |
| 1976.05.16 |  Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. († 75)Bishop emeritus of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) (1956.07.04 – 1971.03.11) |
| 1976.05.17 | Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. († 69) Bishop emeritus of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.11.25 – 1974) |
| 1976.05.21 |  Bishop Imre Szabó († 74)Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1951.03.11 – 1976.05.21) |
| 1976.05.28 |  Archbishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf († 72)Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1963 – 1976.05.28) |
| 1976.05.28 | Bishop Michael Foylan († 68) |
| 1976.05.31 | Archbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1952.07.29 – 1976.05.31) |
| 1976.06.18 |  Bishop Bernard Patrick Wall († 82)Bishop emeritus of Brentwood (England) (1955.11.30 – 1969.04.14) |
| 1976.06.26 |  Bishop Antonio Alfredo Brasca († 56) |
| 1976.07.01 |  Bishop Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. († 57) |
| 1976.07.02 |  Archbishop Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. († 66)Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1976.07.02) |
| 1976.07.03 | Bishop James Edward McManus, C.SS.R. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1947.05.10 – 1963.11.18) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1963.11.18 – 1970) |
| 1976.07.08 |  Archbishop James Michael Liston († 95)Bishop emeritus of Auckland (New Zealand) (1929.12.09 – 1970.03.07) Archbishop ad personam (1953.11.16 – 1970.03.07) |
| 1976.07.08 |  Bishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier († 72)Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1960.12.04 – 1976.07.08) |
| 1976.07.11 |  Bishop François Charrière († 82)Bishop emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland) (1945.10.20 – 1970.12.29) |
| 1976.07.12 |  Bishop Edmondo Quaglia Martínez († 69) |
| 1976.07.23 | Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA) (1953.08.06 – 1968.11.20) |
| 1976.07.23 |  Blessed Bishop Vasil Hopko (Slovak Rite) († 72)Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1946.11.09 – 1976.07.23) |
| 1976.07.24 | Cardinal Julius Döpfner († 62) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1958.12.18 – 1976.07.24) Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1961.07.03 – 1976.07.24) |
| 1976.08.02 | Bishop Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. († 85) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru) (1957.01.26 – 1973.11.26) |
| 1976.08.04 | Blessed Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti († 53) |
| 1976.08.05 | Bishop Luigi Oldani († 70) Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1961.10.31 – 1976.08.05) |
| 1976.08.06 |  Archbishop Andreas Rohracher († 84)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salzburg (Austria) ([1943.02.03] 1943.05.01 – 1969.06.30) |
| 1976.08.11 |  Bishop Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro († 86)Bishop emeritus of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1947.05.30 – 1967.02.17) |
| 1976.08.12 |  Bishop José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F. († 58) |
| 1976.08.18 |  Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. († 78) |
| 1976.08.21 | Bishop Ricardo Rösch († 64) |
| 1976.09.03 |  Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña († 65)Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1957.01.19 – 1976.09.03) |
| 1976.09.05 |  Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. († 57) |
| 1976.09.06 | Bishop Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理), O.A.R. († 87) Bishop emeritus of Shangqiu 商丘 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.12.11) |
| 1976.09.09 | Bishop Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. († 70) Bishop emeritus of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada) (1968.01.29 – 1968.10.25) |
| 1976.09.09 |  Bishop John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. († 61) |
| 1976.09.11 | Archbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.08.14 – 1976.09.11) |
| 1976.09.14 |  Bishop Vicente Bernikon († 68)Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (1974.05.09 – 1976.09.14) |
| 1976.09.15 |  Bishop Pieter Antoon Nierman († 75)Bishop emeritus of Groningen (Netherlands) (1956.03.10 – 1969.05.21) |
| 1976.09.24 |  Bishop Franciszek Jop († 78) |
| 1976.09.25 |  Archbishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎) († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1959.05.04 – 1968.12.19) |
| 1976.10.02 |  Bishop François-Xavier Trần Thanh Khâm († 74)Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon (Vietnam) (1965.10.14 – 1976.10.02) |
| 1976.10.06 |  Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. († 72)Bishop emeritus of Kampala (Uganda) (1953.03.25 – 1965.05.03) |
| 1976.10.06 | Bishop Bruno Desrochers († 66) Bishop emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) (1951.07.13 – 1968.05.24) |
| 1976.10.10 | Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England) (1965.05.28 – 1976.10.10) |
| 1976.10.18 | Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro († 84) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1953.01.15 – 1976.10.18) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1952.04.19 – 1968.02.12) |
| 1976.11.05 | Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak († 76) |
| 1976.11.12 | Bishop John Zhang Bi-de (張弼德) († 83) Bishop emeritus of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.02.13) |
| 1976.11.25 |  Bishop Evelio Ramos Díaz († 53)Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1970.10.26 – 1976.11.25) |
| 1976.11.29 | Cardinal José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟) († 96) Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1962.03.22 – 1976.11.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India) (1940.12.11 – 1953.09.16) Patriarch ad personam (1953.12.16 – 1976.11.29) |
| 1976.12.03 |  Bishop Pio Yukwan Deng († 55)Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03) |
| 1976.12.04 | Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen († 90) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Mobile (USA) (1954.05.27 – 1969.09.29) |
| 1976.12.05 |  Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. († 71) |
| 1976.12.12 |  Bishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp. († 72)Bishop emeritus of Makurdi (Nigeria) (1960.03.08 – 1966.03.29) |
| 1976.12.20 | Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow († 91) Bishop emeritus of Natchez–Jackson (USA) (1956.12.18 – 1967.12.02) |
| 1976.12.21 |  Archbishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. († 91)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Papeete (French Polynesia) (1966.06.21 – 1973.03.05) |
| 1976.12.21 | Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. († 68) |
| 1976.12.29 | Bishop Joseph Zimmermann († 75) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) (1952.11.28 – 1972.03.01) |
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