 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (84) |
| 1977 |  Bishop Guo Ze-qian (郭則謙) ▼Bishop emeritus of Hengzhou 衡州 (China) (1958 – ?▼) |
| 1977 | Bishop Wang Ju-guang (王炬光) ▼ |
| 1977.01.04 |  Bishop Vasco Séirécov († 56) |
| 1977.01.07 |  Bishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion († 74)Bishop emeritus of Poitiers (France) (1956.08.04 – 1975.07.05) |
| 1977.01.12 |  Bishop James Edward Kearney († 92)Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA) (1937.07.31 – 1966.10.21) |
| 1977.01.17 |  Bishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I. († 57)Bishop emeritus of São Mateus (Brazil) (1959.05.09 – 1970.05.14) Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1973.10.05 – 1977.01.17) |
| 1977.01.22 |  Archbishop Franco Costa († 72)Bishop emeritus of Crema (Italy) (1963.04.17 – 1963.12.18) General Ecclesiastical Assistant emeritus of Italian Catholic Action (1963.12.18 – 1972) |
| 1977.01.26 |  Bishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. († 86) |
| 1977.01.31 | Archbishop Giacomo Palombella († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Matera (Italy) (1954.07.02 – 1974) |
| 1977.02.06 |  Bishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. († 72)Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1958.03.05 – 1977.02.06) |
| 1977.02.26 |  Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah († 58) |
| 1977.03.06 | Bishop José de Medeiros Leite († 78) |
| 1977.03.13 | Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa († 84) Bishop emeritus of Marquette (USA) (1947.08.25 – 1968.01.05) |
| 1977.03.17 |  Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. († 63) |
| 1977.03.19 |  Bishop Petru Plesca († 72)Titular Bishop of Voli (1965.12.04 – 1977.03.19) |
| 1977.03.21 | Archbishop Giuseppe Amici († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Modena (Italy) (1956.12.23 – 1976.02.07) Abbot nullius emeritus of Nonantola (Italy) (1956.12.23 – 1976.02.07) |
| 1977.03.23 |  Cardinal Emile Biayenda († 49)Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino (1973.03.05 – 1977.03.23) Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1971.06.14 – 1977.03.23) |
| 1977.04.03 | Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas († 82) Bishop emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1947.02.17 – 1970.02.12) |
| 1977.04.05 |  Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. († 72)Bishop of Valledupar (Colombia) (1969.04.25 – 1977.04.05) |
| 1977.04.12 |  Bishop Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. († 81)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia) (1956.12.09 – 1971.09.20) |
| 1977.04.14 |  Archbishop Francisco Maria da Silva († 67)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Braga (Portugal) (1963.12.12 – 1977.02.03) |
| 1977.04.14 | Bishop Vittorio De Zanche († 88) Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1971.01.12 – 1977.04.14) |
| 1977.04.17 |  Cardinal William John Conway († 64)Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio (1965.02.25 – 1977.04.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1963.09.09 – 1977.04.17) |
| 1977.04.26 | Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin († 75) |
| 1977.05.03 | Archbishop Raffaele Pellecchia († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1972.07.30 – 1977.05.03) Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1971.06.28 – 1977.05.03) |
| 1977.05.06 | Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski († 79) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Scranton (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1973.05.15) |
| 1977.05.29 |  Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta († 88)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay) (1949.02.25 – 1970.06.16) |
| 1977.06.08 |  Archbishop Isaac Ghattas (Coptic Rite) († 67)Archbishop-Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt) (1967.05.08 – 1977.06.08) |
| 1977.06.15 | Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey († 71) |
| 1977.06.15 | Bishop Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé († 67) |
| 1977.06.26 |  Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele († 70)Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ([1958.05.14] 1958.06.14 – 1977.06.26) |
| 1977.06.29 | Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Antioquía (Colombia) (1944.06.16 – 1955.03.09) |
| 1977.06.30 | Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly († 68) Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA) (1964.11.09 – 1977.06.30) |
| 1977.07.04 |  Archbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P. († 75)Archbishop emeritus of Singapore (Singapore) (1972.12.18 – 1977.02.03) |
| 1977.07.04 |  Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel († 71) |
| 1977.07.04 | Bishop John Michael Fearns († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1957.11.04 – 1972.08.12) |
| 1977.07.06 | Bishop Francesco Bertoglio († 77) |
| 1977.07.07 | Archbishop Ugo Camozzo († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pisa (Italy) (1948.01.13 – 1970.09.22) |
| 1977.07.07 | Archbishop Benedetto Falcucci († 71) Bishop emeritus of Penne e Pescara (Italy) (1949.07.02 – 1959.01.01) |
| 1977.07.11 |  Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon († 63)Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1966.04.28 – 1977.07.11) |
| 1977.07.12 |  Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo († 63)Bishop emeritus of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1961.06.24 – 1973.04.27) Archbishop ad personam (1971.11.08 – 1973.04.27) |
| 1977.07.16 | Cardinal Francesco Roberti († 88) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1967.06.26 – 1977.07.16) Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1959.11.14 – 1969.03.24) |
| 1977.07.24 | Bishop Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才) ▼ († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1958 – 1977.07.24▼) |
| 1977.07.26 | Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1968.03.02 – 1977.07.26) |
| 1977.07.26 | Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manizales (Colombia) (1959.07.07 – 1975.05.22) |
| 1977.08.01 | Bishop Giacomo Cannonero († 75) |
| 1977.08.02 | Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira († 88) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1929.12.19 – 1977.08.02) Military Vicar emeritus of Portugal (Portugal) (1966 – 1972) |
| 1977.08.02 | Archbishop Robert Emmet Lucey († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA) (1941.01.23 – 1969.05.23) |
| 1977.08.06 | Archbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado († 62) Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1977.08.06) |
| 1977.08.07 | Cardinal Dino Staffa († 70) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1976.05.24 – 1977.08.07) Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1969.03.26 – 1977.08.07) |
| 1977.08.09 |  Archbishop Jean Bassoul, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 57)Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1971.08.21 – 1977.08.09) |
| 1977.08.13 |  Bishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus († 90) |
| 1977.08.14 |  Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Calcutta (India) (1962.08.08 – 1969.05.29) |
| 1977.08.16 | Bishop Basile Pierre Habra (Syriac Rite) († 77) Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (1963.07.06 – 1965.12.03) |
| 1977.08.17 | Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley († 76) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA) (1959.11.04 – 1976.06.28) |
| 1977.08.19 |  Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo († 77) |
| 1977.08.20 |  Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland) (1957.05.30 – 1977.08.20) |
| 1977.08.23 | Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cincinnati (USA) (1950.06.14 – 1969.07.19) |
| 1977.08.27 |  Bishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. († 76)Bishop emeritus of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (1951.07.19 – 1968.01.29) |
| 1977.09 |  Bishop Joseph Chhmar Salas († 39)Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) (1976.04.30 – 1977.09) |
| 1977.09.02 |  Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. († 57)Metropolitan Archbishop of Dacca (Bangladesh) (1967.11.23 – 1977.09.02) |
| 1977.09.02 |  Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv. († 91)Bishop emeritus of Kandy (Sri Lanka) (1936.01.27 – 1958.09.24) |
| 1977.09.25 | Archbishop Roberto Ronca († 76) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Pompei (Italy) (1951.05.08 – 1955) |
| 1977.09.29 | Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 68) Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1955.01.27 – 1977.09.29) |
| 1977.10.01 | Bishop Martin Walter Stanton († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1957.06.27 – 1972.04.17) |
| 1977.10.04 | Archbishop Ippolito Rotoli († 63) Titular Archbishop of Thibiuca (1967.09.02 – 1977.10.04) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan (1974.01.10 – 1977.10.04) |
| 1977.10.07 |  Bishop Francis Valentine Allen († 68)Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1954.07.02 – 1977.10.07) |
| 1977.10.21 |  Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy († 81)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1946.02.22 – 1977.10.21) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1940.03.08 – 1971.07.09) |
| 1977.10.21 | Bishop Luigi Rinaldi († 76) |
| 1977.11.09 | Bishop Ferdinando Longinotti († 90) Bishop emeritus of San Severino (Italy) (1934.10.22 – 1966.10.05) |
| 1977.11.13 | Bishop Hugo Edward Ryan († 89) Bishop emeritus of Townsville (Australia) (1938.07.13 – 1967.09.14) |
| 1977.11.22 | Cardinal Luigi Traglia († 82) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1974.01.07 – 1977.11.22) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1972.03.15 – 1977.11.22) Chancellor emeritus of Apostolic Chancery (1968.01.13 – 1973.02.07) |
| 1977.11.25 | Bishop André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1947.11.08 – 1966.12) |
| 1977.11.30 | Bishop Giuseppe Pullano († 70) |
| 1977.12.02 |  Bishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. († 57) |
| 1977.12.02 | Bishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. († 74) Bishop emeritus of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville) (1955.09.14 – 1968.03.02) |
| 1977.12.02 |  Bishop Leonardo Viera Contreras († 70)Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) (1972.03.25 – 1977.07.07) |
| 1977.12.05 |  Bishop Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. († 50) |
| 1977.12.09 | Archbishop Norberto Perini († 89) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fermo (Italy) (1941.10.22 – 1976) |
| 1977.12.10 | Bishop João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. († 77) |
| 1977.12.13 | Bishop Francisco Ferreira Arreola († 66) |
| 1977.12.20 |  Bishop André Marie Charue († 79)Bishop emeritus of Namur (Belgium) (1941.12.12 – 1974.06.24) |
| 1977.12.20 | Bishop Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Jabalpur (India) (1954.07.05 – 1965.12.17) |
| 1977.12.29 | Bishop Georges-Léon Landry († 82) Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada) (1946.02.22 – 1952.01.14) |
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