 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (109) |
| 1983 |  Bishop Stanislaus Min Xi-lian (閔喜林) († 64)Bishop of Zhaoxian 趙縣 (China) (1982 – 1983) |
| 1983 | Bishop Shu Qi-shui (舒其誰) ▼ |
| 1983.01.02 |  Archbishop Edward Daniel Howard († 105)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1928.09.26 – 1966.12.09) |
| 1983.01.03 |  Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. († 73)Bishop emeritus of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1973.12.17) |
| 1983.01.06 |  Bishop Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. († 58)Bishop of São José do Grajaú (Brazil) (1981.08.04 – 1983.01.06) |
| 1983.01.08 |  Bishop François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou († 72)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1961.01.19 – 1976.10.02) |
| 1983.01.09 |  Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J. († 66) |
| 1983.01.10 |  Archbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill († 84)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Regina (Canada) (1947.12.04 – 1973.09.24) |
| 1983.01.10 | Bishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P. († 85) Bishop of Yingkou 營口 (China) (1949.07.14 – 1983.01.10) |
| 1983.01.12 |  Archbishop Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose (Syriac Rite) († 84)Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1953.12.02 – 1983.01.12) |
| 1983.01.13 |  Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. († 86)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1971.10.24) |
| 1983.01.14 |  Bishop Wacław Majewski († 91)Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1946.05.07 – 1983.01.14) |
| 1983.01.22 | Bishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel († 80) Bishop emeritus of Quimper (France) (1947.04.24 – 1968.02.28) |
| 1983.01.24 |  Bishop Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. († 66)Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru) (1971.03.11 – 1983.01.24) |
| 1983.01.27 |  Bishop Alfred Fernández († 67)Bishop emeritus of Allahabad (India) (1970.06.25 – 1975.12.15) |
| 1983.01.28 |  Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp († 77)Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco) (1962.06.09 – 1971.05.08) |
| 1983.02.03 | Cardinal Antonio Samorè († 77) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1974.12.12 – 1983.02.03) Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1974.01.25 – 1983.02.03) Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (1974.01.25 – 1983.02.03) |
| 1983.02.05 | Bishop Pan Shao-qing (潘少卿) ▼ Bishop emeritus of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1958 – ?▼) |
| 1983.02.09 | Bishop Secondo Tagliabue († 75) Bishop emeritus of Anglona–Tursi (Italy) (1957.01.25 – 1970.08.22) |
| 1983.02.14 |  Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi (白英奇), P.I.M.E. († 83)Bishop emeritus of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (1951.09.03 – 1968.11.30) |
| 1983.02.15 |  Bishop James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 1969.06.17) |
| 1983.02.16 |  Archbishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha († 77)Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal) (1965.12.14 – 1980.09.08) |
| 1983.02.16 |  Bishop José Villalón Mercado († 88)Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1952.04.01 – 1983.02.16) |
| 1983.02.19 | Bishop Valérien Bélanger († 80) Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1956.03.16 – 1983.02.19) |
| 1983.02.20 |  Bishop Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia († 82)Bishop emeritus of Guanare (Venezuela) (1954.10.23 – 1965.11.11) |
| 1983.02.20 | Bishop Anthony Zhou Wei-dao (周維道), O.F.M. († 77) Bishop emeritus of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1950.05.31 – 1979) |
| 1983.02.25 | Bishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia) (1973.08.22 – 1979.04.18) |
| 1983.03.01 | Archbishop Saverio Zupi († 69) Titular Archbishop of Serra (1961.10.28 – 1983.03.01) |
| 1983.03.02 | Bishop Giuseppe Rossi († 95) Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1961.08.16 – 1983.03.02) |
| 1983.03.03 | Bishop Émilien Frenette († 77) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme (Canada) (1951.07.05 – 1971.06.11) |
| 1983.03.05 |  Bishop Joseph Michael McGee († 78)Bishop emeritus of Galloway (Scotland) (1952.07.19 – 1981.04.04) |
| 1983.03.07 |  Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto († 84)Bishop emeritus of Zipaquirá (Colombia) (1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08) |
| 1983.03.21 | Bishop Francesco Sanmartino († 72) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Torino (Italy) (1966.04.07 – 1977.07) |
| 1983.03.23 |  Bishop Philip James Anthony Kennedy († 52)Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia) (1973.01.29 – 1983.03.23) |
| 1983.03.24 | Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale († 66) Head of Protocol emeritus of Secretariat of State (1961 – 1963.10.04) |
| 1983.03.24 | Bishop José Adelino Dantas († 73) Bishop emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil) (1967.02.20 – 1975.10.04) |
| 1983.03.24 | Bishop Aurelio Marena († 89) Bishop emeritus of Ruvo (Italy) (1950.03.16 – 1978.11.21) Bishop emeritus of Bitonto (Italy) (1950.03.16 – 1978.11.21) |
| 1983.03.26 |  Archbishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr. († 69)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1965.05.24) |
| 1983.03.26 | Bishop Stanisław Jakiel († 72) Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1957.06.03 – 1983.03.26) |
| 1983.03.28 |  Bishop Martien Antoon Jansen († 77)Bishop emeritus of Rotterdam (Netherlands) (1956.03.10 – 1970.01.02) |
| 1983.03.29 |  Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. († 72)Bishop emeritus of Port-de-Paix (Haiti) (1978.09.18 – 1982.02.22) |
| 1983.03.31 |  Archbishop Augustin Farah (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 72)Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1977.08.25 – 1983.03.31) |
| 1983.04.02 |  Bishop Donald J. Herlihy († 74) |
| 1983.04.02 | Bishop Ignatius Mummadi († 84) |
| 1983.04.04 | Bishop Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. († 57) Bishop of Krishnagar (India) (1973.09.17 – 1983.04.04) |
| 1983.04.04 |  Bishop Cesar Benedetti, O.F.M. († 85)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cuevo (Bolivia) (1951.02.08 – 1972) |
| 1983.04.15 |  Archbishop Georges Layek (Armenian Rite) († 61)Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) ([1959.08.13] 1959.08.26 – 1983.04.15) |
| 1983.04.15 |  Bishop Jules-Joseph Puset, P.S.S. († 71)Bishop emeritus of Tamatave (Madagascar) (1957.11.14 – 1972.03.25) |
| 1983.04.17 | Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas († 60) Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA) (1975.07.22 – 1983.04.17) |
| 1983.04.30 | Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Fairbanks (USA) (1962.08.08 – 1968.11.15) |
| 1983.04.30 |  Bishop Vicente Posada Reyes († 75)Bishop emeritus of Cabanatuan (Philippines) (1967.08.08 – 1983.04.07) |
| 1983.05.03 |  Bishop Herbé Seijas († 53)Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1975.10.15 – 1983.05.03) |
| 1983.05.08 | Bishop Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira († 73) |
| 1983.05.16 |  Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou († 55)Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon) (1963.01.18 – 1983.05.16) |
| 1983.05.20 |  Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル 田中英吉) († 80)Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (1963.09.13 – 1977.07.07) |
| 1983.05.26 |  Bishop Olexandr Chira (Ruthenian Rite) († 86)Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1947 – 1983.05.26▼) |
| 1983.05.27 |  Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear († 78)Bishop emeritus of Ibarra (Ecuador) (1955.03.23 – 1980.06.28) |
| 1983.06.02 | Cardinal Julio Rosales y Ras († 76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1969.04.30 – 1983.06.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines) (1949.12.17 – 1982.08.24) |
| 1983.06.05 |  Bishop Marko Peric († 56)Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro) (1981.04.29 – 1983.06.05) |
| 1983.06.14 | Bishop Léon-Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. († 85) Bishop emeritus of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.08.03) |
| 1983.06.15 |  Cardinal Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. († 74)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1969.04.30 – 1983.06.15) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15) Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15) |
| 1983.06.23 | Archbishop Mario Pio Gaspari († 65) Undersecretary emeritus of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1967 – 1973.06.06) |
| 1983.06.26 | Cardinal James Robert Knox († 69) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1973.03.05 – 1983.06.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1967.04.13 – 1974.07.01) President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1983.06.26) |
| 1983.06.27 | Bishop Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. († 61) Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (1977.06.27 – 1983.06.27) |
| 1983.06.28 | Bishop Stephen Aloysius Leven († 78) Bishop emeritus of San Angelo (USA) (1969.10.20 – 1979.04.24) |
| 1983.06.30 | Bishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe († 66) |
| 1983.07.14 | Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa († 75) Bishop emeritus of Penedo (Brazil) (1957.11.09 – 1976.03.24) |
| 1983.07.18 | Archbishop Alberto Carinci († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy) (1976.08.21 – 1977.01.31) |
| 1983.07.24 |  Archbishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) (1967.09.26 – 1972.07.04) |
| 1983.07.24 | Bishop Henry Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. († 70) Bishop emeritus of Iba (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 1983.07.16) |
| 1983.07.24 |  Bishop Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri († 73)Bishop emeritus of Chanthaburi (Thailand) (1969.07.02 – 1970.04.03) |
| 1983.08.11 | Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Amboina (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1965.01.15) |
| 1983.08.12 |  Bishop Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto († 60)Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1973.01.30 – 1983.08.12) |
| 1983.08.14 |  Bishop Johann Wilhelm Cleven († 90)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Köln (Germany) (1950.11.18 – 1983.07.27) |
| 1983.08.16 | Bishop Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M. († 79) Bishop emeritus of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1964.01.13 – 1979.05.28) |
| 1983.08.19 |  Bishop Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. († 94) |
| 1983.08.20 | Bishop Thomas Ryan († 68) Bishop emeritus of Clonfert (Ireland) (1963.05.09 – 1982.05.01) |
| 1983.08.28 |  Archbishop Viktor Buric († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) (1969.08.20 – 1974.04.18) |
| 1983.08.28 |  Bishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. († 78)Bishop emeritus of Shinyanga (Tanzania) (1956.07.04 – 1975.01.30) |
| 1983.09.02 | Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley († 67) Bishop of Harrisburg (USA) (1971.10.19 – 1983.09.02) |
| 1983.09.07 | Cardinal Joseph Schröffer († 80) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba (1976.05.24 – 1983.09.07) Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany) (1948.07.23 – 1968.01.02) Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education (1967.05.17 – 1976.05.20) |
| 1983.09.09 |  Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. († 73)Bishop emeritus of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1974.07.01) |
| 1983.09.12 | Bishop Josip Lach († 84) Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1939.12.11 – 1983.09.12) |
| 1983.09.14 | Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe († 81) Bishop emeritus of Wollongong (Australia) (1951.11.15 – 1974.05.10) |
| 1983.09.17 | Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros († 67) Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1973.03.05 – 1983.09.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17) |
| 1983.09.24 | Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas († 74) Bishop emeritus of Bathurst (Australia) (1963.09.29 – 1983.04.12) |
| 1983.09.28 | Bishop Marian Jozef Rechowicz († 73) Titular Bishop of Pupiana (1973.12.31 – 1983.09.28) Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukraine) (1973.12.31 – 1983.09.28) |
| 1983.10.03 |  Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar († 85)Bishop emeritus of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1942.09.25 – 1968.01.10) |
| 1983.10.04 |  Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov († 68)Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) (1978.12.14 – 1983.10.04) |
| 1983.10.06 | Cardinal Terence James Cooke († 62) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1969.04.30 – 1983.10.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1968.03.02 – 1983.10.06) Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) (1968.04.04 – 1983.10.06) |
| 1983.10.06 | Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken († 81) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA) (1962.02.19 – 1977.02.16) |
| 1983.10.08 | Cardinal Alexandre-Charles Renard († 77) Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1976.05.24 – 1983.10.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lyon (France) (1967.05.28 – 1981.10.29) |
| 1983.10.16 |  Archbishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. († 87)Archbishop emeritus of Tánger (Morocco) (1956.11.14 – 1973.12.17) |
| 1983.10.18 | Bishop Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) (1955.09.14 – 1968.09.26) |
| 1983.10.21 | Bishop Theodorus Henricus Johannes Zwartkruis († 73) Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands) (1966.08.18 – 1983.10.21) |
| 1983.10.26 | Bishop Zhou Yi-zhai (周益齋) ▼ |
| 1983.10.30 | Bishop André-Jacques Fougerat († 81) Bishop emeritus of Grenoble (France) (1957.01.05 – 1969.09.19) |
| 1983.10.31 | Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner (譚爾鼐), S.F.M. († 78) |
| 1983.11.07 | Cardinal Umberto Mozzoni († 79) Cardinal-Priest of S. Eugenio pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 1983.11.07) President emeritus of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1974 – 1983) |
| 1983.11.14 | Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor († 79) Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Illinois (USA) (1948.12.17 – 1975.07.22) |
| 1983.11.23 |  Archbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. († 78)Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Ségou (Mali) (1962.03.10 – 1974.07.01) |
| 1983.11.23 | Bishop André-Maurice Parenty († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Arras (France) (1950.03.09 – 1966.12) |
| 1983.11.25 | Bishop James Patrick O’Collins († 91) Bishop emeritus of Ballarat (Australia) (1941.12.23 – 1971.05.01) |
| 1983.11.28 | Archbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maceió (Brazil) (1963.10.19 – 1976.11.24) |
| 1983.12.01 | Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero († 77) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1972.03.25 – 1980.12) |
| 1983.12.08 | Bishop Paul Francis Reding († 58) |
| 1983.12.13 | Bishop Wincenty Urban († 72) |
| 1983.12.16 | Archbishop Enrico Manfredini († 61) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1983.03.18 – 1983.12.16) |
| 1983.12.16 | Bishop Enrique Pechuán Marín († 70) Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina) (1963.08.18 – 1983.12.16) |
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