 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (111) |
| 1987.01.04 |  Bishop Paul Francis Anderson († 69)Bishop emeritus of Duluth (USA) (1969.04.30 – 1982.08.17) Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1982.08.17 – 1987.01.04) |
| 1987.01.09 |  Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas († 88)Bishop emeritus of Armenia (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1972.02.08) |
| 1987.01.12 |  Archbishop Victor Frederick Foley, S.M. († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Suva (Fiji) (1966.06.21 – 1967.01.01) |
| 1987.01.14 |  Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya († 51) |
| 1987.01.15 | Cardinal Aníbal Muñoz Duque († 78) Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1973.03.05 – 1987.01.15) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) (1972.07.29 – 1984.06.25) Military Vicar emeritus of Colombia (Colombia) (1972.07.30 – 1984.06.25) |
| 1987.01.16 |  Bishop Marino Bergonzini († 79)Bishop emeritus of Faenza (Italy) (1976.08.31 – 1982.08.06) Bishop emeritus of Modigliana (Italy) (1970.06.05 – 1982.08.06) |
| 1987.01.19 |  Bishop Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. († 78)Vice-President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (1980.02.15 – 1983.07.16) |
| 1987.01.20 | Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco († 92) Bishop emeritus of Alexandria (USA) (1946.01.15 – 1973.05.10) Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus (1961 – 1987.01.20) |
| 1987.02.01 |  Bishop Denis William Hanrahan († 53)Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) (1985.07.04 – 1987.02.01) |
| 1987.02.10 |  Bishop Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. († 86)Bishop emeritus of Ambanja (Madagascar) (1955.09.14 – 1975.06.05) Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Comores (Comoros) (1975.06.05 – 1980.05.02) |
| 1987.02.16 |  Bishop Alois Brems († 80)Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany) (1968.05.28 – 1983.06.01) |
| 1987.02.18 |  Bishop Jorge Carlos Carreras († 80)Bishop emeritus of San Justo (Argentina) (1969.07.19 – 1982.04.14) |
| 1987.02.20 |  Cardinal Joseph Parecattil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 74)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1969.04.30 – 1987.02.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law (1972 – 1987) |
| 1987.02.20 |  Bishop Caesar Gatimu († 65) |
| 1987.02.23 | Bishop Umberto Florenzani († 67) Bishop of Anagni–Alatri (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.02.23) |
| 1987.02.24 |  Bishop John Ji Huai-rang (姬懷讓), O.F.M. ▼ († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China) (1981 – 1987.02.24▼) |
| 1987.02.24 | Bishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Chengdu 成都 (China) (1949.07.14 – 1983) |
| 1987.02.24 | Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier († 88) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg (Germany) (1953.02.07 – 1976) |
| 1987.03.03 |  Bishop György Póka († 70)Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) (1982.04.05 – 1987.03.03) |
| 1987.03.06 | Bishop Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. († 63) Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum (1983.05.20 – 1987.03.06) |
| 1987.03.09 | Archbishop Rubén Isaza Restrepo († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia) (1974.10.03 – 1983.03.15) |
| 1987.03.12 |  Bishop Dominique-Marie Lê Hữu Cung († 89) |
| 1987.03.21 | Bishop Frank Henry Greteman († 79) Bishop emeritus of Sioux City (USA) (1970.10.15 – 1983.06.15) |
| 1987.03.26 |  Bishop Raphaël Lubaki Nganga († 53)Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1985.03.08 – 1987.03.26) |
| 1987.03.27 |  Archbishop Luis Chávez y González († 85)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1938.09.01 – 1977.02.03) |
| 1987.03.27 | Bishop Chang Shou-yi (常守彝) ▼ († 74) Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China) (1958 – 1987.03.27▼) |
| 1987.03.27 | Bishop Wang Shou-qian (王守謙) ▼ († 98) Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1958 – 1987.03.27▼) |
| 1987.03.28 | Bishop Iván Pálos († 73) Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1975.01.07 – 1987.03.28) |
| 1987.03.28 | Bishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste († 85) Bishop emeritus of Belleville (USA) (1947.11.29 – 1976.08.30) |
| 1987.04.01 |  Bishop Antonio Oña de Echave († 81) |
| 1987.04.07 |  Archbishop John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한) († 75)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Daegu 대구 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 1986.07.05) |
| 1987.04.08 |  Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nouméa (New Caledonia) (1966.06.21 – 1972.04.07) |
| 1987.04.08 | Archbishop Kevin McNamara († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1984.11.15 – 1987.04.08) |
| 1987.04.25 |  Bishop José López Lara († 60)Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1981 – 1987.04.25) |
| 1987.04.28 | Bishop Isaac Mar Youhanon Koottaplakil (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 56) Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1978.10.28 – 1987.04.28) |
| 1987.05.01 | Bishop Dominic Joseph Abreo († 63) Bishop of Aurangabad (India) (1977.12.17 – 1987.05.01) |
| 1987.05.04 |  Bishop Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez († 65) |
| 1987.05.09 |  Bishop Richard Thomas McGrath († 74)Bishop emeritus of Saint George’s (Canada) (1970.06.01 – 1985.06.17) |
| 1987.05.21 | Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pala († 58) Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1984.02.22 – 1987.05.21) |
| 1987.05.23 | Bishop Gellért Belon († 75) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pécs (Hungary) (1982.04.05 – 1987.03.06) |
| 1987.05.26 | Bishop Giovanni Battista Pardini († 82) |
| 1987.05.27 | Archbishop Miguel Angel Arce Vivas († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia) (1965.04.07 – 1976.10.11) |
| 1987.06.02 | Bishop Antonio María Aguirre († 78) Bishop emeritus of San Isidro (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1985.05.13) |
| 1987.06.07 | Bishop Giovanni Stamati (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 74) Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1979.02.20 – 1987.06.07) |
| 1987.06.13 |  Bishop Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro († 71)Bishop emeritus of Araçuaí (Brazil) (1966.06.27 – 1973.11.10) Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1973.11.10 – 1987.06.13) |
| 1987.06.16 | Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía († 81) Bishop emeritus of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1953.02.20 – 1975.10.25) |
| 1987.06.16 |  Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. († 71)Bishop emeritus of Bayombong (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 1986.09.15) |
| 1987.06.17 | Bishop Walter Bini, S.D.B. († 57) |
| 1987.06.18 |  Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. († 55)Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1980.08.30 – 1987.06.18) |
| 1987.06.26 | Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud († 56) Bishop-Prelate of Marawi (Philippines) (1977.04.25 – 1987.06.26) |
| 1987.06.30 | Bishop João Batista Cavati, C.M. († 95) Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil) (1938.07.30 – 1956.10.20) |
| 1987.07.02 | Venerable Bishop Alejandro Labaka Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. († 67) Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico (Ecuador) (1984.07.02 – 1987.07.02) |
| 1987.07.13 |  Bishop Alfred-Joseph Atton († 85)Bishop emeritus of Langres (France) (1964.01.15 – 1975.08.05) |
| 1987.07.14 | Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath († 69) Bishop of Birmingham (USA) (1969.09.29 – 1987.07.14) |
| 1987.07.16 |  Archbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12) |
| 1987.07.17 |  Bishop Lois-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. († 92)Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) ([1943.06.14] 1943.06.26 – 1970) Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune (1943.06.26 – 1970) |
| 1987.07.22 | Bishop Adolphe E. Proulx († 59) Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada) (1982.03.01 – 1987.07.22) |
| 1987.07.24 |  Bishop John Anthony Kelly († 71)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1972.11.16 – 1986.08.19) |
| 1987.07.25 | Bishop Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot († 90) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Reims (France) (1955.11.24 – 1971.08) |
| 1987.07.27 |  Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.J. († 89) |
| 1987.07.27 | Bishop Pietro Raimondi († 91) Bishop emeritus of Crotone (Italy) (1946.05.08 – 1971.06.21) |
| 1987.08.02 | Bishop László Rózsavölgyi († 68) Titular Bishop emeritus of Lystra (1960 – 1960) |
| 1987.08.10 | Cardinal Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle († 91) Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1987.08.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (1965.10.12 – 1973.03.03) |
| 1987.08.11 | Archbishop Antonio José Plaza († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Plata (Argentina) (1955.11.14 – 1985.12.18) |
| 1987.08.16 | Archbishop Antonino Pinci († 75) Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia (1961.10.31 – 1987.08.16) |
| 1987.08.18 |  Archbishop Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. († 80)Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad (Iraq) (1972.03.23 – 1983.05.30) |
| 1987.08.20 | Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal († 82) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title (1959.03.12 – 1987.08.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla (Spain) (1957.04.08 – 1982.05.22) |
| 1987.08.23 |  Cardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss (Coptic Rite) († 83)Cardinal-Patriarch (1965.02.22 – 1987.08.23) Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1958.05.10 – 1986.05.24) |
| 1987.08.31 | Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. († 94) Bishop emeritus of Krishnagar (India) (1939.05.25 – 1969.10.31) |
| 1987.08.31 | Bishop Giovanni Battista Piasentini († 88) Bishop emeritus of Chioggia (Italy) (1952.01.31 – 1976.05.01) |
| 1987.09.08 | Bishop Hubert Michael Newell († 83) |
| 1987.09.09 |  Bishop Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. († 82)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria) (1973.03.01 – 1979) |
| 1987.09.09 | Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt († 76) |
| 1987.09.12 | Archbishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1964.04.28 – 1984.03.20) |
| 1987.09.17 |  Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer († 78)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Birmingham (England) (1965.10.05 – 1981.09.01) |
| 1987.09.17 |  Bishop Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco († 78)Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1952.04.23 – 1984.10.26) |
| 1987.09.24 | Bishop Georges-Léon Pelletier († 83) Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada) (1947.07.26 – 1975.10.31) |
| 1987.09.24 | Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker († 80) Bishop emeritus of Owensboro (USA) (1961.03.10 – 1982.06.30) |
| 1987.10.02 | Bishop Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. († 86) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Diamantino (Brazil) (1955.06.13 – 1971.11.29) |
| 1987.10.06 | Bishop Joseph Phan Văn Hoa († 65) Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam) (1976.03.30 – 1987.10.06) |
| 1987.10.09 |  Bishop Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. († 81)Bishop emeritus of Bossangoa (Central African Republic) (1964.01.16 – 1978.04.22) |
| 1987.10.15 | Archbishop Thomas Andrew Donnellan († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA) (1968.05.24 – 1987.10.15) |
| 1987.10.16 | Cardinal Joseph Höffner († 80) Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle (1969.04.30 – 1987.10.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Köln (Germany) (1969.02.24 – 1987.09.14) |
| 1987.10.16 | Bishop Antônio Zattera († 88) Bishop emeritus of Pelotas (Brazil) (1942.01.31 – 1977.09.01) |
| 1987.10.24 | Bishop Antonio Añoveros Ataún († 78) |
| 1987.10.26 | Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe († 82) |
| 1987.11.03 |  Bishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. († 82)Bishop emeritus of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1954.07.18 – 1966.12.15) |
| 1987.11.04 | Bishop Victorino Alvarez Tena († 67) |
| 1987.11.08 | Archbishop Stéphane Katchou (Chaldean Rite) († 57) Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1983.11.29 – 1987.11.08) |
| 1987.11.08 | Archbishop Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bourges (France) (1969.10.10 – 1984.04.08) |
| 1987.11.13 |  Bishop Július Gábriš († 73)Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Trnava (Slovakia) (1973.02.19 – 1977.12.30) |
| 1987.11.17 | Bishop Thomas Bernard Pearson († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lancaster (England) (1949.05.14 – 1983.10.31) |
| 1987.11.19 |  Bishop Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. († 94)Bishop emeritus of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1935.11.16 – 1961.03.16) |
| 1987.11.19 | Bishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. († 84) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez (Ecuador) (1963.08.17 – 1981.01.24) |
| 1987.11.26 | Archbishop Angel Pérez Cisneros († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida (Venezuela) (1972.08.30 – 1979.08.20) |
| 1987.11.30 |  Bishop Josef Vrana († 82)Titular Bishop of Octabia (1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30) Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc (Czechia) (1973.02.19 – 1987.11.30) |
| 1987.12.01 | Archbishop Martino Giusti († 82) Prefect emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives (1955 – 1984.04) |
| 1987.12.01 | Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo († 79) |
| 1987.12.03 | Bishop Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. († 90) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tarahumara (Mexico) (1958.07.04 – 1973) |
| 1987.12.06 |  Bishop Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson († 70)Bishop emeritus of Motherwell (Scotland) (1964.12.08 – 1982.12.14) |
| 1987.12.09 | Bishop Thomas McDonnell († 75) Bishop emeritus of Killala (Ireland) (1970.10.12 – 1987.01.21) |
| 1987.12.10 | Bishop Pasquale Bacile († 71) Bishop emeritus of Acireale (Italy) (1964.07.05 – 1979.11.30) |
| 1987.12.13 | Bishop Leo D’Mello († 84) Bishop emeritus of Ajmer–Jaipur (India) (1955.05.13 – 1978.11.15) |
| 1987.12.13 | Bishop Harold Joseph Dimmerling († 73) Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1969.09.11 – 1987.12.13) |
| 1987.12.16 |  Cardinal Bernardus Johannes Alfrink († 87)Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello (1960.03.31 – 1987.12.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1955.10.31 – 1975.12.06) Military Vicar emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands) (1957.04.16 – 1975.12.06) |
| 1987.12.17 | Bishop Fan Dao-jiang (范導江) ▼ Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China) (1963 – 1987.12.17▼) |
| 1987.12.18 | Bishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. († 87) |
| 1987.12.18 |  Bishop Frans Janssen, C.M. († 75)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gimma (Ethiopia) (1959.05.21 – 1972) |
| 1987.12.21 | Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1982.03.18 – 1987.03.07) |
| 1987.12.27 | Bishop Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. († 97) Bishop emeritus of Cuttack (India) (1937.06.01 – 1948.03.04) |
| 1987.12.30 | Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler († 74) Bishop emeritus of Osnabrück (Germany) (1957.07.22 – 1987.09.09) |
© 2026 GCatholic.org
|
