 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (87) |
| 1981.01.17 |  Archbishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. († 84)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rubaga (Uganda) (1953.03.25 – 1960.12.20) |
| 1981.01.17 |  Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck († 71)Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1973.07.23 – 1981.01.17) |
| 1981.01.17 |  Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig († 85) |
| 1981.01.18 |  Bishop Benjamin Ibberson Webster († 82)Bishop emeritus of Peterborough (Canada) (1954.04.24 – 1968.03.12) |
| 1981.01.23 | Bishop Maurice Schexnayder († 85) Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1956.03.13 – 1972.11.07) |
| 1981.01.28 |  Archbishop Giuseppe Lenotti († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia (Italy) (1979.04.30 – 1981.01.28) |
| 1981.01.30 |  Archbishop Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre († 88)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chambéry (France) (1947.10.23 – 1966.04.26) |
| 1981.01.30 |  Archbishop John Gordon († 68)Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum (1962.02.10 – 1981.01.30) |
| 1981.01.30 |  Bishop József Winkler († 75)Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) (1959.09.15 – 1981.01.30) |
| 1981.02.12 |  Archbishop Herman To Paivu († 68)Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) (1975.12.19 – 1981.02.12) |
| 1981.02.13 | Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France) (1945.08.29 – 1966.12.30) Archbishop ad personam (1962.03.25 – 1966.12.30) |
| 1981.02.20 |  Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 81)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1961.12.05 – 1968.03.06) |
| 1981.02.20 | Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. († 95) |
| 1981.02.28 |  Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. († 61) |
| 1981.03.01 |  Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. († 76)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia) (1957.12.08 – 1979.06.02) |
| 1981.03.07 | Bishop Peter Birch († 69) |
| 1981.03.07 | Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider († 81) Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany) (1954.08.30 – 1974.12.13) |
| 1981.03.08 |  Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco († 71) |
| 1981.03.09 | Bishop Norberto Forero y García († 86) Bishop emeritus of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1956.05.27 – 1971.06.02) |
| 1981.03.17 | Archbishop Antonio Santin († 85) Bishop emeritus of Trieste (Italy) (1938.05.16 – 1975.06.28) Archbishop ad personam (1963.07.13 – 1981.03.17) |
| 1981.03.22 |  Bishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. († 89)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Caroní (Venezuela) (1938.07.14 – 1967.10.11) |
| 1981.03.31 |  Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório († 67)Bishop emeritus of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1980.04.23) |
| 1981.03.31 |  Bishop Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Manado (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1969.06.26) |
| 1981.04.15 | Archbishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1975.12.19) |
| 1981.04.17 |  Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo († 68)Auxiliary Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) (1965.07.06 – 1981.04.17) |
| 1981.04.17 |  Bishop Owen Noel Snedden († 63)Military Vicar of New Zealand (New Zealand) (1976.10.28 – 1981.04.17) Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (New Zealand) (1962.05.23 – 1981.04.17) |
| 1981.04.18 |  Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns († 87)Titular Bishop of Cillium (1926.05.05 – 1981.04.18) Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus) (1926.08.13 – 1981.04.18) Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (Belarus) (1926.08.13 – 1981.04.18) |
| 1981.04.19 |  Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. († 72)Bishop emeritus of Berbérati (Central African Republic) (1955.09.14 – 1979.06.02) |
| 1981.04.20 | Bishop Edward Vincent Dargin († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1953.08.25 – 1973.08.11) |
| 1981.04.22 | Bishop André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger († 83) |
| 1981.05.01 |  Bishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra († 79)Bishop emeritus of Coria–Cáceres (Spain) (1957.04.09 – 1977.03.16) |
| 1981.05.03 |  Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. († 80)Bishop emeritus of Mombasa (Kenya) (1964.12.12 – 1978.02.27) |
| 1981.05.09 | Bishop Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. († 69) Bishop emeritus of Ketapang (Indonesia) (1962.04.02 – 1979.03.15) |
| 1981.05.18 | Archbishop Theodorus Lumanauw († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujung Pandang (Indonesia) (1973.08.07 – 1981.05.18) |
| 1981.05.18 | Bishop James Steven Rausch († 52) |
| 1981.05.24 | Bishop Climério Almeida de Andrade († 57) Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24) |
| 1981.05.25 |  Bishop Neemeh Simaan († 73)Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1965.09.21 – 1981.05.25) |
| 1981.05.28 |  Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński († 79)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1957.05.18 – 1981.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28) |
| 1981.05.31 |  Bishop Flaviano Ariola († 75)Bishop emeritus of Legazpi (Philippines) (1952.05.15 – 1968.11.27) |
| 1981.06.01 | Bishop Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo († 65) Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1978.01.29 – 1981.06.01) |
| 1981.06.02 | Bishop Johannes Kleineidam († 45) Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1970.09.12 – 1981.06.02) |
| 1981.06.03 | Bishop Jean-Marie Lafontaine († 58) Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1979.04.18 – 1981.06.03) |
| 1981.06.05 | Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 74) Bishop emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1967.07.12 – 1981.03.25) |
| 1981.06.14 |  Archbishop Samuel Chauriz, O.S.H. (Chaldean Rite) († 72)Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14) Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1974.05.01 – 1981.06.14) |
| 1981.07.11 |  Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Libreville (Gabon) (1958.12.11 – 1969.05.29) |
| 1981.07.16 |  Bishop Ioan Duma, O.F.M. Conv. († 84)Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis (1948.11.16 – 1981.07.16) |
| 1981.07.20 | Archbishop Diego Venini († 91) Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities (1951.01.12 – 1968.12.12) |
| 1981.07.23 |  Bishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. († 77)Bishop emeritus of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar) (1958.12.11 – 1977.07.30) |
| 1981.07.25 | Archbishop Ferdinando Lambruschini († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia (Italy) (1972.08.15 – 1981.07.25) Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy) (1977.06.03 – 1981.07.25) |
| 1981.07.29 |  Bishop James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M. († 90)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jiangmen 江門 (China) (1927.02.01 – 1936.07) Superior General emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) (1935 – 1946.08.07) |
| 1981.08.02 |  Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. († 69)Bishop of Visakhapatnam (India) (1966.10.04 – 1981.08.02) |
| 1981.08.09 | Bishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller († 86) Bishop emeritus of Sioux City (USA) (1948.09.20 – 1970.10.15) |
| 1981.08.12 | Bishop Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. († 66) Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil) (1980.10.30 – 1981.08.12) |
| 1981.08.15 | Archbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1956.12.18 – 1981.08.15) |
| 1981.08.19 |  Bishop Joachim Ammann, O.S.B. († 83)Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1932.05.29 – 1948.12.15) |
| 1981.08.21 | Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. († 85) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marabá (Brazil) (1969.12.20 – 1976.11.10) |
| 1981.09.01 | Bishop Paschal Sweeney, C.P. († 68) Bishop emeritus of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1979.09.22) |
| 1981.09.05 | Bishop Giulio Bianconi († 95) Bishop emeritus of Tarquinia (Italy) (1945.07.25 – 1976.09.11) Bishop emeritus of Civitavecchia (Italy) (1945.07.25 – 1976.09.11) |
| 1981.09.08 | Archbishop Jacques Michel Djarwé (Syriac Rite) († 67) Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1967.07.18 – 1981.09.08) |
| 1981.09.12 | Archbishop Juan C. Sison († 69) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1966.10.12 – 1981.09.12) |
| 1981.09.12 | Bishop Edmund Ilcewicz († 57) Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1969.04.14 – 1981.09.12) |
| 1981.09.13 |  Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini († 73)Bishop emeritus of Umzimkulu (South Africa) (1954.02.21 – 1967.12.14) Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa) (1967.12.14 – 1981.09.13) |
| 1981.09.25 |  Bishop Luis Juan Tomé († 67) |
| 1981.09.30 |  Bishop Leo Pietsch († 76)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Graz–Seckau (Austria) (1948.08.27 – 1967) |
| 1981.10.01 | Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold († 81) Bishop emeritus of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1959.07.25 – 1975.04.22) |
| 1981.10.04 |  Bishop Czesław Sipović, M.I.C. († 66)Superior General emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers) (1963.07.02 – 1969.07.28) |
| 1981.10.09 |  Bishop Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. († 81)Bishop emeritus of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1963.12.05 – 1968.12.03) |
| 1981.10.11 |  Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. († 78)Bishop emeritus of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971.03.11 – 1974.04.25) |
| 1981.10.19 |  Archbishop Gabrijel Bukatko († 68)Archbishop emeritus of Beograd (Serbia) (1964.03.24 – 1980.03.04) |
| 1981.10.22 | Bishop Joseph Gennangi (Armenian Rite) († 83) Bishop emeritus of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1954.10.21 – 1972.11.20) |
| 1981.10.24 |  Archbishop Matthew Beovich († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Adelaide (Australia) (1939.12.11 – 1971.05.01) |
| 1981.10.26 | Bishop Luis Guízar y Barragán († 86) Bishop emeritus of Saltillo (Mexico) (1954.04.05 – 1975.10.04) |
| 1981.10.29 | Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht († 78) Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1949.06.21] 1949.07.04 – 1974.06.04) |
| 1981.11.01 | Archbishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines) (1963.02.16 – 1973.02.07) |
| 1981.11.04 |  Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana († 83) |
| 1981.11.07 | Bishop Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 61) Bishop of Rajkot of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1981.11.07) |
| 1981.11.10 |  Archbishop Gabriel Ganni (Chaldean Rite) († 75)Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1971.01.15 – 1981.11.10) |
| 1981.11.20 | Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle († 73) |
| 1981.12.11 | Archbishop Giovanni Gravelli († 59) Titular Archbishop of Suas (1967.12.24 – 1981.12.11) Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic (1973.07.12 – 1981.12.11) Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico (1973.07.12 – 1981.12.11) |
| 1981.12.12 |  Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral († 63)Bishop emeritus of Beira (Mozambique) (1967.07.03 – 1971.07.01) Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (1972.10.21 – 1981.12.12) |
| 1981.12.14 | Archbishop Paolo Mosconi († 67) Titular Archbishop of Leges (1967.11.09 – 1981.12.14) |
| 1981.12.14 | Bishop Antonio Ravagli († 74) Bishop emeritus of Modigliana (Italy) (1960.08.30 – 1970.04.30) Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy) (1970.04.30 – 1981.12.14) |
| 1981.12.15 |  Bishop Joseph Nguyễn thiện Khuyến († 81)Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1976.12.09 – 1981.12.15) |
| 1981.12.22 | Archbishop Bernardo José Bueno Miele († 58) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1972.07.12 – 1981.12.22) |
| 1981.12.22 | Archbishop Leopoldo Teofili († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) (1974.08.14 – 1981.12.22) |
| 1981.12.28 | Archbishop Tommaso Leonetti († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Capua (Italy) (1962.07.10 – 1978.03.01) |
| 1981.12.30 | Cardinal Franjo Šeper († 76) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (1965.02.25 – 1981.12.30) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia) (1960.03.05 – 1969.08.20) Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1968.08.20 – 1981.11.25) President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission (1971 – 1981.11.25) |
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