Deceased Bishops in the year 1986

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (90)
1986.01.02	Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S. († 79) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Xingu (Brazil) (1971.04.26 – 1981.09.02)
1986.01.02	Bishop Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. (Belarussian Rite) († 64) Titular Bishop of Mariamme (1983.07.01 – 1986.01.02)
1986.01.06	Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. († 62) Bishop emeritus of Puno (Peru) (1959.03.02 – 1972.07.01)
1986.01.08	Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 80) Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1986.01.08)
1986.01.08	Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1952.09.08 – 1986.01.08)
1986.01.11	Bishop Walter Philip Kellenberg († 84) Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA) (1957.04.16 – 1976.05.03)
1986.01.13	Bishop Thomas William Muldoon († 68) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1960.03.01 – 1982.09.06)
1986.01.19	Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza († 73) Bishop of Baroda (India) (1966.09.29 – 1986.01.19)
1986.01.22	Bishop Wilhelm Pluta († 76) Bishop of Gorzów (Poland) (1972.06.28 – 1986.01.22)
1986.01.29	Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. († 69) Bishop of Raiganj (India) (1978.06.08 – 1986.01.29)
1986.01.31	Bishop István Bagi († 54) Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1979.03.31 – 1986.01.31)
1986.02.03	Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare († 71) Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1980.09.16 – 1986.02.03) Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy) (1970.08.23 – 1986.02.03)
1986.02.05	Bishop Antonio Fustella († 73) Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1973.05.22 – 1986.02.05)
1986.02.06	Archbishop Georges Cabana († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1952.05.28 – 1967.02.07)
1986.02.07	Bishop Rosario L. Brodeur († 96) Bishop emeritus of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada) (1941.07.27 – 1966.10.15)
1986.02.09	Bishop Francesco Monaco († 87) Bishop emeritus of Caltanissetta (Italy) (1956.10.02 – 1973.12.21)
1986.02.16	Archbishop Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. († 72) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1976.01.24 – 1984.07.02)
1986.03.06	Archbishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz († 97) Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1944.07.29 – 1986.03.06)
1986.03.13	Patriarch José Vieira Alvernaz († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India) (1953.09.16 – 1975.02.22)
1986.03.14	Archbishop James Vincent Casey († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (1967.02.18 – 1986.03.14)
1986.03.15	Cardinal Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez († 90) Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1969.04.30 – 1986.03.15) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (1956.06.28 – 1977.07.19)
1986.03.15	Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf († 74) Secretary emeritus of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1967 – 1968.12.21)
1986.03.19	Bishop Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux († 64) Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1972.02.03 – 1981.11.30)
1986.03.20	Bishop John Joseph Dougherty († 78) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1962.11.17 – 1982.09.18)
1986.03.22	Archbishop Denys Gaith, B.C. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1971.08.19 – 1986.03.22)
1986.03.31	Bishop Paulus Rusch († 82) Bishop emeritus of Innsbruck (Austria) (1964.08.06 – 1980.08.13)
1986.04.02	Archbishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Concepción (Chile) (1963.05.30 – 1983.05.03)
1986.04.04	Archbishop Mario Cagna († 74) Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa (1962.10.13 – 1986.04.04)
1986.04.12	Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger († 83) Bishop emeritus of El Paso (USA) (1942.11.29 – 1978.03.17)
1986.04.14	Archbishop Luigi Maria Carli († 71) Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy) (1973.01.26 – 1986.04.14)
1986.05.03	Bishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1949.12.19 – 1968.04.23)
1986.05.03	Bishop Augustus Peters († 54) Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1981.04.06 – 1986.05.03)
1986.05.05	Bishop Peter Tou Pao-Zin (杜寶晉) († 75) Bishop emeritus of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan) (1961.03.21 – 1983.06.29)
1986.05.14	Bishop Árpád Fábián, O. Praem. († 59) Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) (1975.01.07 – 1986.05.14)
1986.06.03	Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami († 81) Bishop emeritus of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1959.11.10 – 1973.12.17)
1986.06.11	Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni († 74) Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1972.04.15 – 1986.06.11)
1986.06.13	Archbishop Fortino Gómez León († 95) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antequera (Mexico) (1942.11.21 – 1967.07.25)
1986.06.25	Bishop Francisco Espino Porras († 78) Auxiliary Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1943.02.27 – 1986.06.25)
1986.06.30	Cardinal László Lékai († 76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (1976.05.24 – 1986.06.30) Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1976.02.12 – 1986.06.30)
1986.07.05	Bishop Gaston Hains († 64) Bishop emeritus of Amos (Canada) (1968.10.31 – 1978.04.19)
1986.07.05	Bishop Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Paramaribo (Suriname) (1958.05.07 – 1971.08.30)
1986.07.16	Archbishop Carlo Martini († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy) (1973.06.02 – 1983.12.31)
1986.07.23	Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San José (Costa Rica) (1960.05.05 – 1979.03.24)
1986.07.26	Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gitega (Burundi) (1959.11.10 – 1967.10.16)
1986.07.28	Bishop William Robert Johnson († 67) Bishop of Orange (USA) (1976.03.24 – 1986.07.28)
1986.08.01	Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri († 93) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1977.12.12 – 1986.08.01) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1972.03.15 – 1986.08.01) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1959.11.16 – 1986.08.01)
1986.08.02	Bishop Ricardo Blanco Granda († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) (1969.11.17 – 1986.08.02)
1986.08.04	Archbishop Nersès Tayroyan (Armenian Rite) († 91) Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Armenians (Iraq) (1954.06.29 – 1972.10.01)
1986.08.05	Bishop Arthur Douville († 92) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1942.11.27 – 1967.06.13)
1986.08.09	Archbishop Edoardo Pecoraio († 75) Undersecretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (1961 – 1971.12.28)
1986.08.13	Bishop Pius Anthony Benincasa († 73) Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1964.05.08 – 1986.08.13)
1986.08.24	Bishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany) (1961.10.28 – 1979.10.04)
1986.09.10	Bishop Tomislav Jablanovic († 65) Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1970.11.16 – 1986.09.10)
1986.09.12	Bishop James Louis Connolly († 91) Bishop emeritus of Fall River (USA) (1951.05.17 – 1970.10.30)
1986.09.14	Bishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat († 83) Bishop emeritus of Angers (France) (1961.12.11 – 1974.07.05)
1986.09.19	Bishop Ruy Serra († 86) Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19)
1986.09.21	Bishop Basil Christopher Butler, E.B.C. († 84) Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1966.11.29 – 1986.09.21)
1986.09.23	Bishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. († 80) Bishop emeritus of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1975.02.11)
1986.09.27	Bishop Valerians Zondaks († 78) Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia) (1972.10.28 – 1986.09.27) Auxiliary Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia) (1972.10.28 – 1986.09.27)
1986.10.02	Bishop Nestor Bihonda († 61) Bishop emeritus of Muyinga (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 1977.03.25)
1986.10.05	Archbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J. († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (1967.09.14 – 1970.09.01)
1986.10.07	Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely († 77) Bishop emeritus of Raphoe (Ireland) (1965.05.14 – 1982.02.12)
1986.10.09	Bishop Philip Lussier, C.SS.R. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Saint-Paul (Canada) (1952.06.16 – 1968.08.17)
1986.10.10	Cardinal Michele Pellegrino († 83) Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1986.10.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy) (1965.09.18 – 1977.08.01)
1986.10.10	Bishop William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. († 58) Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea) (1969.12.15 – 1986.10.10)
1986.10.19	Archbishop Joseph Kelanthara († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India) (1971.01.16 – 1986.10.19)
1986.10.22	Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel († 83) Bishop emeritus of Spokane (USA) (1955.09.25 – 1978.04.11)
1986.10.27	Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski († 81) Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1958.11.18 – 1986.10.27)
1986.10.28	Bishop William Joseph Smith († 89) Bishop emeritus of Pembroke (Canada) (1945.05.19 – 1971.02.08)
1986.10.30	Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez († 77) Bishop emeritus of Antioquía (Colombia) (1955.04.01 – 1969.07.28)
1986.10.31	Bishop Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. († 69) Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland) (1968.10.18 – 1986.10.31)
1986.11.10	Bishop Ezequiel Perea Sánchez († 75) Bishop emeritus of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1972.11.25 – 1986.04.25)
1986.11.12	Bishop Stephen He Chun-ming (何春明) ▼ († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaifeng 開封 (China) (1962 – ?▼)
1986.11.12	Bishop Omer Alfred Robidoux, O.M.I. († 72) Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada) (1970.03.07 – 1986.11.12)
1986.11.15	Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy († 81) Bishop emeritus of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1958.11.09 – 1978.07.07)
1986.11.20	Bishop Criscito Criscito († 76) Bishop emeritus of San Severo (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1985.09.07) Bishop emeritus of Lucera (Italy) (1970.06.27 – 1985.09.07)
1986.11.21	Bishop Sebastian Vayalil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 80) Bishop emeritus of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1950.07.25 – 1981)
1986.11.22	Bishop Jan Zareba († 75) Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) (1969.10.20 – 1986.11.22)
1986.11.26	Bishop Francis-Albert Bougon († 81) Bishop emeritus of Moulins (France) (1956.08.02 – 1975.12.02)
1986.12.01	Archbishop Martin John O’Connor († 86) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1948.01.30 – 1971.09.08)
1986.12.01	Bishop Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff († 64) Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) (1982.12.17 – 1986.12.01)
1986.12.04	Bishop Hugh Boyle († 88) Bishop emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1954.07.18 – 1976.01.24)
1986.12.08	Bishop Angelo Fausto Vallainc († 70) Bishop of Alba (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1986.12.08)
1986.12.11	Bishop José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez († 71) Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1961.07.18 – 1986.12.11)
1986.12.13	Bishop Feliciano González Ascanio († 65) Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela) (1962.07.31 – 1986.12.13)
1986.12.16	Bishop Pasquale Quaremba († 81) Bishop emeritus of Gallipoli (Italy) (1956.06.20 – 1982)
1986.12.19	Cardinal Avelar Brandão Vilela († 74) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1973.03.05 – 1986.12.19) Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1971.03.25 – 1986.12.19)
1986.12.20	Archbishop László Kádár, O. Cist. († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1978.03.02 – 1986.12.20)
1986.12.27	Bishop Jolando Nuzzi († 75) Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1986.12.27)
1986.12.29	Cardinal Pietro Parente († 95) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1967.06.29 – 1986.12.29) Archbishop emeritus of Perugia (Italy) (1955.09.15 – 1959.10.23) Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1965.12.07 – 1967.06.26)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1986

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