Deceased Bishops in the year 1985

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (96)
1985	Bishop Paul Chang Zhen-guo (常振國) Bishop of Siping 四平 (China) (1981 – 1985)
1985.01.04	Bishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Lyallpur (Pakistan) (1960.04.13 – 1976.09.08)
1985.01.04	Bishop Othon Motta († 71) Bishop emeritus of Campanha (Brazil) (1960.05.16 – 1982.01.16)
1985.01.12	Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll († 88) Bishop emeritus of Wichita (USA) (1947.02.15 – 1967.09.27)
1985.01.12	Bishop Youannès Malak (Coptic Rite) († 68) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1978.11.04 – 1982)
1985.01.17	Bishop Mario De Santis († 80) Auxiliary Bishop of Foggia (Italy) (1974.12.14 – 1985.01.17) Auxiliary Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1967.04.08 – 1985.01.17) Auxiliary Bishop of Bovino (Italy) (1967.04.08 – 1985.01.17)
1985.01.20	Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. († 88) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Sibundoy (Colombia) (1951.02.08 – 1971.01.16)
1985.01.26	Bishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn († 84) Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA) (1960.01.27 – 1970.07.24)
1985.01.27	Bishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. († 87) Bishop emeritus of Helsinki (Finland) (1955.02.25 – 1967.06.29)
1985.01.27	Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges († 73) Bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (USA) (1974.08.21 – 1985.01.27)
1985.01.31	Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1966.09.29)
1985.02.04	Bishop François-Xavier Dione († 65) Bishop of Thiès (Senegal) (1969.02.06 – 1985.02.04)
1985.02.04	Bishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. († 71) Bishop emeritus of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.06.16 – 1981)
1985.02.11	Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1954.04.06 – 1978.11.28)
1985.02.12	Bishop Joseph Ek Thabping († 50) Bishop of Ratchaburi (Thailand) (1975.10.02 – 1985.02.12)
1985.02.21	Archbishop Dermot J. Ryan († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland) (1971.12.29 – 1984.09.01) Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (1984.04.08 – 1985.02.21)
1985.02.23	Bishop Delfim Ribeiro Guedes († 76) Bishop emeritus of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1960.07.23 – 1983.12.07)
1985.03.02	Bishop Carlos Esteban Cremata († 61) Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1979.07.03 – 1985.03.02)
1985.03.07	Bishop André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse († 78) Bishop emeritus of Dijon (France) (1964.04.11 – 1974.04.22)
1985.03.09	Bishop Amado Paulino y Hernandez († 66) Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) (1969.02.25 – 1985.03.09)
1985.03.12	Bishop George Leo Leech († 94) Bishop emeritus of Harrisburg (USA) (1935.12.19 – 1971.10.19)
1985.03.17	Bishop Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. († 70) Bishop of Minas (Uruguay) (1977.11.03 – 1985.03.17)
1985.03.24	Bishop Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. († 76) Abbot General emeritus of Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians) (1962.09.19 – 1982.07.18)
1985.03.25	Archbishop Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salta (Argentina) (1963.12.26 – 1984.01.07)
1985.03.25	Bishop Antonio Corso († 68) Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay) (1966.02.26 – 1985.03.25)
1985.03.25	Bishop Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Pescia (Italy) (1951.02.27 – 1977.06.24)
1985.03.27	Bishop Joseph-Alain Leroy, O.F.M. († 65) Bishop emeritus of Kilwa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.08.24 – 1975.12.19)
1985.04.04	Bishop Roch Liu Dian-xi (劉殿墀) ▼ Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China) (1982 – 1985.04.04▼)
1985.04.06	Bishop Edgar Godin († 73) Bishop of Bathurst (Canada) (1969.06.09 – 1985.04.06)
1985.04.17	Bishop Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo († 73) Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1960.05.29 – 1984.01.11)
1985.04.17	Bishop Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini (班錫宜), O.F.M. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Sanyuan 三原 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1983)
1985.04.22	Archbishop Basile Khoury, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 84) Archbishop emeritus of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1977.08.25)
1985.04.22	Archbishop Cipriano Urgel Villahermosa († 66) Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 1985.04.22)
1985.04.23	Bishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1951.10.26 – 1965.08.19)
1985.04.25	Bishop Ioan Dragomir (Romanian Rite) († 79) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1949 – 1964)
1985.04.27	Archbishop Pierre Kamel Medawar, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 97) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1943.03.13 – 1969)
1985.04.27	Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. († 79) Bishop emeritus of Digne (France) (1958.12.21 – 1980)
1985.04.29	Bishop Joseph Sipendi († 70) Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) (1968.01.11 – 1985.04.29)
1985.05.03	Bishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Sokodé (Togo) (1955.09.14 – 1964.11.18)
1985.05.05	Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun († 89) Bishop emeritus of Autun (France) (1940.07.26 – 1966.03.22)
1985.05.08	Bishop Noël Boucheix, S.M.A. († 84) Bishop emeritus of Porto Novo (Benin) (1958.07.06 – 1969.01.01)
1985.05.09	Bishop Sebastião Francisco Mathias Fernandes († 67) Bishop of Mysore (India) (1963.11.16 – 1985.05.09)
1985.06.01	Archbishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1957.03.07 – 1985.06.01)
1985.06.01	Bishop José Germán Benavides Morriberón († 65) Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1958.08.28 – 1968.11.30) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru) (1968.11.30 – 1976.03.19)
1985.06.04	Bishop Gerald Augustine John Ryan († 61) Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (1977.02.28 – 1985.06.04)
1985.06.05	Bishop Joseph Maria Reuß († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany) (1954.11.19 – 1978.07.03)
1985.06.11	Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Calabar (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1970.02.05)
1985.06.15	Bishop Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama) (1969.04.03 – 1975.02.15)
1985.06.15	Bishop Francisco Planas Muntaner († 80) Bishop emeritus of Ibiza (Spain) (1960.03.28 – 1976.09.10)
1985.06.15	Bishop Jakob Weinbacher († 83) Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1962.06.04 – 1985.06.15)
1985.06.16	Bishop Elias Coueter († 88) Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.06.22)
1985.06.21	Bishop Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (ドミニコ深堀仙右衛門) († 91) Bishop emeritus of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan) (1944.03.09 – 1969.11.15)
1985.06.28	Bishop Youhanna Kabès (Coptic Rite) († 65) Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1958.06.07 – 1985.06.28)
1985.07.05	Bishop Rafael Ayala y Ayala († 71) Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico) (1962.06.18 – 1985.07.05)
1985.07.10	Bishop John Patrick Kavanagh († 72) Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand) (1957.12.26 – 1985.07.10)
1985.07.13	Bishop Hanna Paulus Marcus (Chaldean Rite) († 75) Bishop emeritus of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1973.10.13 – 1983.11.29)
1985.07.22	Archbishop Sebastiano Fraghí († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oristano (Italy) (1947.09.23 – 1978.12.14)
1985.07.23	Bishop Giovanni Fallani († 74) President of Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See (1963 – 1985.07.23)
1985.07.29	Archbishop Petar Čule († 87) Bishop emeritus of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1942.04.15 – 1980.09.14)
1985.08.02	Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Leiria (Portugal) (1958.09.13 – 1972.07.01) Prior General emeritus of Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross (1980 – 1984.06)
1985.08.03	Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado († 80) Bishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile) (1945.01.13 – 1957.05.24)
1985.08.04	Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas († 79) Bishop emeritus of Geraldton (Australia) (1962.06.18 – 1981.07.13)
1985.08.10	Bishop Edward Ernest Swanstrom († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of New York (USA) (1960.09.14 – 1978.04.04)
1985.08.18	Archbishop José Lamartine Soares († 58) Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1985.04.02 – 1985.08.18)
1985.08.18	Bishop Mario Longo Dorni († 77) Bishop emeritus of Pistoia (Italy) (1954.04.24 – 1981.05.27)
1985.09.04	Bishop Costanzo Micci († 67) Bishop of Pergola (Italy) (1977.01.15 – 1985.09.04) Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1977.01.15 – 1985.09.04) Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) (1973.06.01 – 1985.09.04) Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1973.06.01 – 1985.09.04)
1985.09.04	Bishop Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. († 91) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Iquitos (Peru) (1955.05.08 – 1967.06.12)
1985.09.13	Bishop George Roche Evans († 62) Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA) (1969.02.24 – 1985.09.13)
1985.09.15	Bishop Alberto Deane, C.P. († 77) Bishop emeritus of Villa María (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1977.04.15)
1985.09.24	Cardinal Antonio Poma († 75) Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina (1969.04.30 – 1985.09.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1968.02.12 – 1983.02.11)
1985.09.24	Bishop Giuseppe Almici († 81) Bishop emeritus of Alessandria (Italy) (1965.01.17 – 1980.07.17)
1985.10.13	Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Koudougou (Burkina Faso) (1955.09.14 – 1965.11.19)
1985.10.14	Bishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu († 66) Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.11.29 – 1985.10.14)
1985.10.15	Bishop Miguel Balaguer († 79) Bishop emeritus of Tacuarembó (Uruguay) (1966.02.26 – 1983)
1985.10.23	Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Sambalpur (India) (1951.06.14 – 1974.02.28)
1985.10.24	Cardinal Maurice Roy († 80) Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1965.02.25 – 1985.10.24) Military Vicar emeritus of Canada (Canada) (1946.06.08 – 1982.03.12)
1985.10.25	Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (1984.03.08 – 1985.10.25)
1985.10.26	Bishop Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz (茅中砥), O.P. († 74) Bishop emeritus of Xiamen 廈門 (China) (1948.06.10 – 1983.05) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Manila (Philippines) (1983.05 – 1984.07.09)
1985.11.01	Bishop Stanisław Adam Sygnet († 61) Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland) (1976.09.20 – 1985.11.01)
1985.11.01	Bishop Gabriel Ukec († 70) Bishop emeritus of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.09.29 – 1984.07.02)
1985.11.03	Bishop Alquilio Alvarez Diez, O.A.R. († 66) Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (1965.05.06 – 1985.11.03)
1985.11.14	Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang († 75) Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1985.11.14)
1985.11.14	Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. († 74) Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (1949.01.13 – 1985.11.14)
1985.11.15	Bishop François Xavier Rajaonarivo († 70) Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) (1960.04.05 – 1985.11.15)
1985.11.16	Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong († 54) Bishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (1976.05.31 – 1985.11.16)
1985.11.17	Bishop Renato Luisi († 82) Bishop emeritus of Nicastro (Italy) (1963.06.30 – 1968.06.01)
1985.11.25	Bishop José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz († 85) Bishop emeritus of Acapulco (Mexico) (1958.12.18 – 1976.06.01)
1985.12.05	Archbishop Jean-Pierre Leonard, S.J. († 95) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madurai (India) (1953.09.19 – 1967.04.13)
1985.12.07	Bishop Carroll Thomas Dozier († 74) Bishop emeritus of Memphis (USA) (1970.11.12 – 1982.07.27)
1985.12.08	Cardinal Ermenegildo Florit († 84) Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum» (1965.02.25 – 1985.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1962.03.09 – 1977.06.03)
1985.12.13	Archbishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta († 66) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cali (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1985.02.07)
1985.12.14	Bishop Alain Marie Hubert Antoine Jean Roland du Noday, O.P. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (1936.03.21 – 1976.05.05)
1985.12.19	Bishop Sándor Klempa, O. Praem. († 87) Titular Bishop of Baza (1972.02.08 – 1985.12.19)
1985.12.20	Bishop Joseph Hasler († 85) Bishop emeritus of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland) ([1957.04.16] 1957.04.18 – 1976.03.24)
1985.12.25	Bishop Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal († 83) Bishop emeritus of Santander (Spain) (1962.01.27 – 1965.01.23)
1985.12.31	Archbishop Georges Haddad (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 61) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1965.07.30 – 1985.12.31)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1985

See Also