Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1988

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (114)
1988.01.11
FranceArchbishop Marc-Armand Lallier († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France) (1966.08.26 – 1980.03.06)

1988.01.21
VietnamBishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi († 78)

Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam) (1963.01.18 – 1988.01.21)

1988.01.30
CanadaBishop Édouard Jetté († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliette (Canada) (1948.01.03 – 1968.01.03)

1988.02.03
NigeriaBishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Ondo (Nigeria) (1958.01.16 – 1976.05.31)

1988.02.04
ItalyBishop Filippo Aglialoro († 87)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1957.10.05 – 1977)

1988.02.04
PolandBishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski († 67)

Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1964.01.21 – 1988.02.04)

1988.02.05
ChinaBishop Frederic Anthony Donaghy (唐汝琪), M.M. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Wuzhou 梧州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1983)

1988.02.13
FranceBishop Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1967.09.30 – 1984.03.24)

1988.02.20
ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Vozzi († 82)

Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi (Italy) (1972.09.25 – 1982)

1988.02.22
VietnamBishop Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng († 66)

Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam) (1974.07.01 – 1988.02.22)

1988.02.23
ZambiaBishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Kasama (Zambia) (1959.04.25 – 1964.11.25)

1988.02.25
ChinaBishop Aloysius Zhang Jia-shu (張家樹), S.J. († 94)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1960 – 1988.02.25)

1988.03.02
PolandVenerable Bishop Jan Pietraszko († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1962.11.23 – 1988.03.02)

1988.03.03
FranceArchbishop André-Georges Bontems († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France) (1966.04.26 – 1985.05.14)

1988.03.03
TanzaniaBishop Maurus Libaba († 60)

Bishop of Lindi (Tanzania) (1986.10.17 – 1988.03.03)

1988.03.04
USAArchbishop James Peter Davis († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe (USA) (1964.01.03 – 1974.06.01)

1988.03.04
ItalyBishop Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1977.03.21 – 1987.12.07)

1988.03.07
FranceBishop Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1960.06.15 – 1971.09.02)

1988.03.08
ChinaBishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民) († 67)

Bishop emeritus of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1958 – 1987)

1988.03.09
BrazilArchbishop José de Medeiros Delgado († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – 1973.03.26)

1988.03.12
ItalyArchbishop Cesare Pagani († 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.03.12)

1988.03.14
CanadaBishop John Michael Beahen († 66)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1977.05.11 – 1988.03.14)

1988.03.15
NigeriaBishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. († 71)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1966.06.07 – 1988.03.15)

1988.03.15
Congo-KinshasaBishop Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I. († 74)

Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.09.29 – 1988.03.15)

1988.03.16
AustraliaArchbishop Guilford Clyde Young († 71)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1955.09.20 – 1988.03.16)

1988.03.16
IrelandBishop Patrick Dunne († 96)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1946.08.08 – 1988.03.16)

1988.03.17
CameroonBishop Thomas Mongo († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Douala (Cameroon) (1957.07.05 – 1973.08.29)

1988.03.17
ColombiaBishop Horacio Olave Velandia († 43)

Bishop-Prelate of Tibú (Colombia) (1988.01.21 – 1988.03.17)

1988.03.21
South AfricaBishop Ernest Arthur Green († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1955.04.19 – 1970.12.27)

1988.03.25
USABishop Thomas William Lyons († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1974.07.12 – 1988.03.25)

1988.03.26
ColombiaBishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Pereira (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1976.07.01)

1988.03.26
BrazilBishop Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Lins (Brazil) (1964.07.27 – 1980.10.11)

1988.03.30
HungaryBishop Imre Timkó (Hungarian Rite) († 67)

Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) (1975.01.07 – 1988.03.30)

Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary) (1975.01.07 – 1988.03.30)

1988.03.31
USABishop Vincent Madeley Harris († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Austin (USA) (1971.11.15 – 1985.02.25)

1988.04.05
EnglandBishop Anthony Joseph Emery († 69)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1976.09.13 – 1988.04.05)

1988.04.10
EnglandBishop Anthony Hitchen († 57)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1979.05.28 – 1988.04.10)

1988.04.20
HondurasBishop Evelio Domínguez Recinos († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1957.09.11 – 1988.04.20)

1988.04.20
Congo-KinshasaBishop Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. († 68)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.07.02 – 1988.04.20)

1988.04.24
South SudanArchbishop Ireneus Wien Dud († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Juba (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1982)

1988.05.04
FranceBishop Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Le Mans (France) (1971.10.28 – 1981.08.13)

1988.05.09
GermanyBishop Georg Moser († 64)

Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1975.03.12 – 1988.05.09)

1988.05.23
BrazilBishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. († 91)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Pinheiro (Brazil) (1948.11.13 – 1975.03.01)

1988.05.31
ItalyBishop Mario Di Lieto († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.04.16)

1988.06.05
New ZealandBishop Brian Patrick Ashby († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Christchurch (New Zealand) (1964.07.11 – 1985.07.04)

1988.06.05
South KoreaBishop Augustine Kim Jae-deok (김재덕 아우구스티노 / 金載德) († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea) (1973.01.29 – 1981.04.10)

1988.06.08
VietnamArchbishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J. († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam) (1968.03.11 – 1988.06.08)

1988.06.09
BrazilArchbishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo († 88)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Marília (Brazil) (1954.10.07 – 1975.04.23)

1988.06.19
UruguayBishop Carlos Alberto Nicolini († 47)

Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1984.12.29 – 1988.06.19)

1988.06.23
BrazilBishop José Joaquim Gonçalves († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (1973.06.14 – 1979.03.28)

1988.06.26
BoliviaArchbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. († 75)

Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of La Paz (Bolivia) (1982.06.28 – 1987.02.24)

1988.06.28
NigeriaBishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Oyo (Nigeria) (1963.01.18 – 1973.04.13)

1988.07.01
GermanyCardinal Hermann Volk († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (1973.03.05 – 1988.07.01)

Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany) (1962.03.25 – 1982.12.27)

1988.07.01
CanadaArchbishop Maurice Baudoux († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1955.09.14 – 1974.09.07)

1988.07.01
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Fasola († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Messina (Italy) (1963.06.25 – 1977.06.03)

Archimandrite emeritus of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1963.06.25 – 1977.06.03)

1988.07.05
GuineaBishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. († 68)

Bishop emeritus of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) (1959.04.25 – 1979.08.13)

1988.07.07
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Zama († 71)

Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.07.07)

1988.07.12
USABishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. († 66)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Sicuani (Peru) (1959.01.10 – 1970.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1971.02.02 – 1988.07.12)

1988.07.13
MyanmarBishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk († 70)

Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar) (1961.03.21 – 1988.07.13)

1988.07.15
LebanonBishop Abdallah Bared (Maronite Rite) († 65)

Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1987 – 1988.07.15)

1988.08.01
USACardinal John Francis Dearden († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina (1969.04.30 – 1988.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Detroit (USA) (1958.12.18 – 1980.07.15)

1988.08.01
FranceCardinal Louis-Jean Guyot († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1973.03.05 – 1988.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) (1966.04.28 – 1978.11.16)

1988.08.06
BrazilArchbishop Romeu Alberti († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1982.06.03 – 1988.08.06)

1988.08.18
CzechiaBishop Felix Maria Davídek († 67)
1988.08.19
ItalyBishop Mario Rossi († 73)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1971.08.04 – 1988.08.19)

1988.08.19
CanadaBishop Maxime Tessier († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Timmins (Canada) (1955.05.08 – 1971.03.24)

1988.08.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop André Ilunga Kaseba († 58)

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.04.09 – 1988.08.21)

1988.08.22
PortugalBishop Domingos de Pinho Brandão († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1972.07.01 – 1988.08.22)

1988.08.28
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Zaffonato († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Udine (Italy) (1956.01.31 – 1972.09.29)

1988.08.31
EcuadorBishop Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Riobamba (Ecuador) (1955.08.25 – 1987)

1988.09.07
ColombiaBishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Villavicencio (Colombia) (1964.02.11 – 1969.04.26)

1988.09.10
BrazilBishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil) (1956.12.18 – 1975.02.06)

1988.09.12
BrazilBishop Edmundo Luís Kunz († 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1955.08.01 – 1988.09.12)

1988.09.14
USAArchbishop William Edward Cousins († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Milwaukee (USA) (1958.12.18 – 1977.09.17)

1988.09.18
KenyaBishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Kisumu (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1963.12.02)

1988.09.20
CanadaArchbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1951.01.23 – 1979.04.05)

1988.09.21
ItalyArchbishop Gino Paro († 78)

President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1962.08.31 – 1969.05.05)

1988.09.22
BelgiumCardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1988.09.22)

Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1972.03 – 1988.09.22)

1988.09.22
IndiaBishop Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Calicut (India) (1948.04.08 – 1980.06.07)

1988.09.24
ChinaBishop Henry Ambrose Pinger (楊光被), O.F.M. († 91)

Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1988.09.24)

1988.09.27
PhilippinesVenerable Archbishop Teofilo Camomot Bastida († 74)

Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) (1958.06.10 – 1970.06.17)

1988.09.27
ItalyArchbishop Natale Mosconi († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara (Italy) (1954.08.05 – 1976.04.21)

1988.10.04
BrazilBishop Frederico Didonet († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Rio Grande (Brazil) (1971.07.14 – 1986.08.08)

1988.10.07
GermanyBishop Heinrich Maria Janssen († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) (1957.02.03 – 1983.08.25)

1988.10.09
BrazilBishop Gentil Diniz Barreto († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) (1960.06.11 – 1984.03.14)

1988.10.12
UgandaBishop Cesare Asili († 64)

Bishop of Lira (Uganda) (1968.07.12 – 1988.10.12)

1988.10.13
PanamaArchbishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez († 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Panamá (Panama) (1964.03.03 – 1968.12.18)

1988.10.13
MexicoBishop Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. († 66)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (1973.12.07 – 1988.10.13)

1988.10.15
AustraliaBishop Bernard Denis Stewart († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Sandhurst (Australia) (1950.08.18 – 1979.04.21)

1988.10.22
CuraçaoBishop Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Willemstad (Curaçao) (1958.04.28 – 1973.08.07)

1988.10.24
FranceBishop Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rennes (France) (1951.10.23 – 1974)

1988.10.29
Sri LankaCardinal Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1965.02.25 – 1988.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1972.05.22 – 1976.09.02)

1988.11.05
ArgentinaBishop Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. († 71)

Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina) (1962.09.25 – 1988.11.05)

1988.11.06
ChinaBishop Melchior Zhang Ke-xing (張克興) († 74)

Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China) (1951.11.24 – 1988.11.06)

1988.11.08
SlovakiaBishop Jan Pasztor († 76)

Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) (1973.02.19 – 1988.11.08)

1988.11.09
ItalyCardinal Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1988.11.09)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces (1967.04.01 – 1969.04.09)

1988.11.09
GermanyBishop Friedrich Maria Rintelen († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) (1951.12.12 – 1970.08.15)

1988.11.11
GermanyBishop Heinrich Theissing († 70)

Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Schwerin (Germany) (1973.07.23 – 1987.11.23)

1988.11.12
ZambiaBishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Mbala (Zambia) (1967.11.22 – 1987.03.07)

1988.11.15
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Radicioni († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Ripatransone (Italy) (1951.12.10 – 1983.04.07)

Bishop emeritus of Montalto (Italy) (1951.12.10 – 1983.04.07)

1988.11.17
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Marengo († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Azul (Argentina) (1956.09.22 – 1982.04.14)

1988.11.17
ItalyBishop Francesco Tortora, O.M. († 73)

Bishop of Locri–Gerace (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.11.17)

1988.11.29
PeruBishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.J. († 69)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29)

1988.12.02
BrazilBishop Benedito Zorzi († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

1988.12.04
MadagascarBishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. († 64)

Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar) (1960.05.28 – 1988.12.04)

1988.12.07
ZambiaBishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Mansa (Zambia) (1967.11.22 – 1971.07.03)

1988.12.11
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Basmadjan (Armenian Rite) († 68)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1984.07.04 – 1988.12.11)

1988.12.12
FranceArchbishop Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine († 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France) (1986.03.17 – 1988.12.12)

1988.12.15
FranceBishop Victor-Julien-André Gouet († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1966.12.30 – 1982.11.30)

1988.12.16
PolandBishop Jan Wladysław Oblak († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland) (1982.04.13 – 1988)

1988.12.17
NigeriaBishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Abakaliki (Nigeria) (1973.03.01 – 1983.02.19)

1988.12.20
UkraineBishop Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1977 – 1988.12.20)

1988.12.25
EnglandBishop Francis Gerard Thomas († 58)

Bishop of Northampton (England) (1982.08.27 – 1988.12.25)

1988.12.30
ItalyArchbishop Filippo Franceschi († 64)

Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1982.01.07 – 1988.12.30)

1988.12.31
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhu You-san (朱友三) († 85)

Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1984 – 1988.12.31)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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