 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (75) |
| 1979.01.14 |  Bishop José Bascuñana y López († 73)Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain) (1964.05.20 – 1977.02.19) |
| 1979.01.15 |  Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. († 77)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Huê (Vietnam) (1948.02.21 – 1960.11.24) |
| 1979.01.22 |  Bishop Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. († 64) |
| 1979.01.26 |  Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. († 72)Bishop emeritus of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (1974.04.14 – 1974.05.09) |
| 1979.01.27 |  Archbishop Ramón José Castellano († 75)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Córdoba (Argentina) (1958.03.26 – 1965.01.19) |
| 1979.01.29 |  Cardinal Reginald John Delargey († 64)Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (1976.05.24 – 1979.01.29) Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) (1974.04.25 – 1979.01.29) |
| 1979.02.02 |  Bishop Giuseppe Moizo († 64) |
| 1979.02.09 |  Bishop Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin († 67)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Claude (France) (1948.08.31 – 1975.06.10) |
| 1979.02.09 | Bishop Eduardo Martinez González († 82) |
| 1979.02.10 | Bishop Giovanni Mele (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 93) Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1919.03.10 – 1979.02.10) |
| 1979.02.22 |  Bishop David Frederick Cunningham († 78) |
| 1979.02.24 |  Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham († 79)Bishop emeritus of Clifton (England) (1949.05.14 – 1974.08.31) |
| 1979.03.09 | Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot († 73) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1974.12.12 – 1979.03.09) Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09) President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera (1970.10.16 – 1979.03.09) Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09) President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1969 – 1979.03.09) |
| 1979.03.12 |  Archbishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón († 74)Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1968.04.18 – 1979.03.12) |
| 1979.03.16 | Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1952.11.15 – 1974.04.02) |
| 1979.03.18 |  Bishop Abdallah Nujaim (Maronite Rite) († 83)Bishop emeritus of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1954.04.04 – 1966.11.12) |
| 1979.03.21 |  Bishop Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. († 69) |
| 1979.03.24 |  Bishop Eugene O’Doherty († 83)Bishop emeritus of Dromore (Northern Ireland) (1944.03.11 – 1975.11.20) |
| 1979.04.06 |  Bishop Ignacio Arbulú Pineda († 70) |
| 1979.04.08 |  Bishop Josef Stangl († 72)Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany) (1957.06.27 – 1979.01.08) |
| 1979.04.09 |  Archbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Blantyre (Malawi) (1959.04.25 – 1967.10.14) |
| 1979.04.11 |  Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. († 66) |
| 1979.04.15 |  Bishop Ernesto Çoba († 67)Titular Bishop of Midaëum (1952.01.21 – 1979.04.15) Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë (Albania) (1952.01.21 – 1979.04.15) |
| 1979.04.18 |  Archbishop Marko Alaupovic († 93)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1960.09.07 – 1970.01.13) |
| 1979.04.20 | Bishop Josef Hiltl († 89) Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1951.04.28 – 1979.04.20) |
| 1979.04.23 | Archbishop Francis James Furey († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA) (1969.05.23 – 1979.04.23) |
| 1979.05.04 |  Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma († 70)Bishop emeritus of Nellore (India) (1970.03.16 – 1973.08.04) |
| 1979.05.06 |  Archbishop Aleksandar Tokić († 68)Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro) (1955.11.14 – 1979.05.06) |
| 1979.05.11 | Bishop Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou († 85) Bishop emeritus of Montauban (France) (1947.09.08 – 1970.09.02) |
| 1979.05.12 | Bishop Antonio Rocca († 91) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1936.06.27 – 1975.04.22) |
| 1979.05.14 |  Bishop Viktor Novikov, S.J. (Russian Rite) († 73) |
| 1979.05.22 | Bishop Carlo Angeleri († 85) Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1948.08.07 – 1979.05.22) |
| 1979.05.26 |  Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. († 76)Bishop emeritus of Livingstone (Zambia) (1959.04.25 – 1974) |
| 1979.05.28 |  Bishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas († 85)Titular Bishop of Mopta (1965.11.24 – 1979.05.28) President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania (1970 – 1979.05.28) Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1965.11.24 – 1979.05.28) Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania) (1965 – 1979.05.28) |
| 1979.05.30 |  Bishop Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. († 75) |
| 1979.06.02 | Bishop Manuel Visuvasam († 62) Bishop of Coimbatore (India) (1972.02.03 – 1979.06.02) |
| 1979.06.04 | Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. († 67) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Óbidos (Brazil) (1957.09.12 – 1972) |
| 1979.07.03 | Archbishop Olimpo Santiago Maresma († 62) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina) (1974.10.31 – 1979.07.03) |
| 1979.07.06 |  Cardinal Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. († 86)Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1958.12.18 – 1979.07.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1940.11.20 – 1976.11.17) |
| 1979.07.06 | Bishop Edward Ellis († 80) Bishop emeritus of Nottingham (England) (1944.03.18 – 1974.10.31) |
| 1979.07.10 |  Archbishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Djakarta (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1970.05.21) |
| 1979.07.12 |  Bishop Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. († 80)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pilcomayo (Paraguay) (1950.07.15 – 1961.09.11) |
| 1979.07.16 | Cardinal James Francis McIntyre († 93) Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1953.01.15 – 1979.07.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles (USA) (1948.02.07 – 1970.01.21) |
| 1979.07.21 |  Bishop Ioseph Mulolwa Songolo († 62)Bishop emeritus of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.08.22 – 1978.11.11) |
| 1979.07.24 | Archbishop Giuseppe D’Avack († 80) Archbishop emeritus of Camerino (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1964.02.13) |
| 1979.07.28 | Bishop Lafayette Libânio († 92) Bishop emeritus of Rio Preto (Brazil) (1930.08.08 – 1966.11.03) |
| 1979.08.02 | Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho († 92) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1952.12.13 – 1965) |
| 1979.08.03 | Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani († 88) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Domnica pro hac vice Title (1967.06.26 – 1979.08.03) Pro-Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1965 – 1968.01.06) |
| 1979.08.10 | Cardinal John Joseph Wright († 70) Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1969.04.30 – 1979.08.10) Bishop emeritus of Pittsburgh (USA) (1959.01.23 – 1969.04.23) Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Clergy (1969.04.23 – 1979.08.10) |
| 1979.08.13 | Archbishop Nikolay Avtonomov († 89) Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria (1945.10.06 – 1979.08.13) |
| 1979.08.15 |  Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I. († 83)Bishop emeritus of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1955.09.14 – 1964.06.16) |
| 1979.08.20 |  Bishop Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals († 76)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba) (1964.03.17 – 1970.01.26) |
| 1979.08.21 | Bishop Alexander Edezath († 74) |
| 1979.08.28 | Bishop Lawrence Michael De Falco († 64) |
| 1979.09.05 | Cardinal Alberto Di Jorio († 95) Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1967.06.26 – 1979.09.05) Pro-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1961.08.14 – 1968.11.04) |
| 1979.09.09 |  Bishop Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais († 87) |
| 1979.09.10 | Bishop Federico Pezzullo († 88) Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1937.01.23 – 1979.09.10) |
| 1979.09.16 | Bishop Vincent John Baldwin († 72) Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1962.06.04 – 1979.09.16) |
| 1979.09.16 | Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg († 64) |
| 1979.10.02 | Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Jefferson City (USA) (1956.08.24 – 1969.07.02) |
| 1979.10.04 | Bishop Cyril John Vogel († 74) |
| 1979.10.09 | Patriarch Iknadios (Ignatius) Bédros XVI Batanian (Armenian Rite) († 80) Patriarch emeritus of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([1962.09.04] 1962.11.15 – 1976.04.22) |
| 1979.10.09 | Archbishop Leo Binz († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1966.07.11 – 1975.05.28) |
| 1979.10.17 | Archbishop George Joseph Biskup († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Indianapolis (USA) (1970.01.03 – 1979.03.20) |
| 1979.10.21 | Archbishop Norbert Robichaud († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Moncton (Canada) (1942.07.25 – 1972.03.23) |
| 1979.10.23 | Cardinal Antonio Caggiano († 90) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1946.02.22 – 1979.10.23) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1959.08.15 – 1975.04.22) Military Vicar emeritus of Argentina (Argentina) (1959.12.14 – 1975.04.22) |
| 1979.11.24 | Bishop Amerigo Galbiati, P.I.M.E. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Jalpaiguri (India) (1952.03.20 – 1967.03.22) |
| 1979.11.25 | Bishop Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. († 79) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chota (Peru) (1963.04.07 – 1976.08.17) |
| 1979.12.06 | Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher († 83) Bishop emeritus of Little Rock (USA) (1946.12.07 – 1972.07.04) |
| 1979.12.09 | Archbishop Fulton John Sheen († 84) Bishop emeritus of Rochester (USA) (1966.10.21 – 1969.10.06) |
| 1979.12.13 | Cardinal Alfred Bengsch († 58) Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1979.12.13) Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1962.01.14 – 1979.12.13) |
| 1979.12.16 |  Bishop Ladislao Hlad († 71)Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1950.02.09 – 1979.12.16) |
| 1979.12.20 |  Archbishop Joseph Cheikho (Chaldean Rite) († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1944.05.22 – 1970.03.07) |
| 1979.12.23 | Bishop Domenico Valerii († 84) |
| 1979.12.28 | Bishop Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 82) Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1964 – 1979.12.28) |
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