 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (129) |
| 1991.01.01 |  Bishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço († 80)Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1956.03.28 – 1975.04.21) |
| 1991.01.01 |  Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. († 71)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1961.09.10 – 1976.03.06) |
| 1991.01.02 |  Bishop Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. († 74)Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1965.03.20 – 1991.01.02) |
| 1991.01.04 |  Bishop Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth († 82)Bishop emeritus of Soissons (France) (1963.05.22 – 1984.02.13) |
| 1991.01.04 |  Bishop Stanislav Lenic († 79)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1967.11.29 – 1988.11.05) |
| 1991.01.07 |  Bishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. († 82)Bishop emeritus of Bethlehem (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1975.07.05) |
| 1991.01.08 |  Bishop Aimé Décosse († 87)Bishop emeritus of Gravelbourg (Canada) (1953.11.03 – 1973.05.12) |
| 1991.01.14 |  Bishop Raimondo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. († 80)Bishop emeritus of Padang (Indonesia) (1961.10.16 – 1983.03.17) |
| 1991.01.21 | Bishop Léo Blais († 86) Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada) (1952.07.04 – 1959.02.28) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1959.03.18 – 1971.05.11) |
| 1991.01.21 |  Bishop Patrick Mulligan († 78)Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland) (1969.11.28 – 1979.07.07) |
| 1991.01.22 |  Bishop Antonio Bianchin († 54)General Ecclesiastical Assistant emeritus of Italian Catholic Action (1987.03.10 – 1989) |
| 1991.01.22 |  Bishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J. († 76) |
| 1991.01.23 | Archbishop Giovanni Mariani († 71) Titular Archbishop of Missua (1967.10.16 – 1991.01.23) |
| 1991.01.25 |  Archbishop Justin Diraviam († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madurai (India) (1967.04.13 – 1984.12.03) |
| 1991.01.26 |  Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. († 74)Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) (1962.04.02 – 1991.01.26) |
| 1991.01.27 |  Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. (Ethiopic Rite) († 73)Bishop emeritus of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1971.06.12 – 1984.10.12) |
| 1991.01.29 | Bishop Augusto Gianfranceschi († 88) Bishop emeritus of Sarsina (Italy) (1976.05.01 – 1977.05.28) |
| 1991.02.02 |  Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之) († 90)Bishop emeritus of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08) |
| 1991.02.10 |  Archbishop William Joseph Foley († 59)Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) (1983.10.26 – 1991.02.10) |
| 1991.02.11 | Bishop Carlo Colombo († 81) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Milano (Italy) (1964.03.07 – 1985.10.28) |
| 1991.02.12 | Bishop John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. († 87) Bishop emeritus of Kokstad (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1978.05.15) |
| 1991.02.13 |  Archbishop Ernesto Álvarez Álvarez, S.D.B. († 65)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1971.04.21 – 1980.07.21) Archbishop ad personam (1980.07.21 – 1991.02.13) |
| 1991.02.14 |  Bishop Jerzy Dabrowski († 59)Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1982.02.20 – 1991.02.14) |
| 1991.02.18 |  Bishop Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. († 86)Bishop emeritus of Morón (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1980.01.22) |
| 1991.02.19 |  Archbishop Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. († 77)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) (1970.10.13 – 1988.01.05) |
| 1991.02.20 | Bishop Patricio Maqui Lopez († 64) Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1985.10.16 – 1991.02.20) |
| 1991.02.23 | Bishop Leo Thomas Maher († 75) Bishop emeritus of San Diego (USA) (1969.08.22 – 1990.07.10) |
| 1991.02.24 |  Bishop Joseph Francis Cleary († 78)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England) (1964.12.08 – 1987.09.05) |
| 1991.02.26 |  Archbishop Josef Schoiswohl († 90)Bishop emeritus of Graz–Seckau (Austria) (1963.04.22 – 1969.01.01) |
| 1991.03.07 | Bishop Raymond Joseph Gallagher († 78) Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana (USA) (1965.06.21 – 1982.10.26) |
| 1991.03.13 | Archbishop Gaetano Pollio (陽霖), P.I.M.E. († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salerno (Italy) (1969.02.05 – 1984.10.20) Bishop emeritus of Campagna (Italy) (1973.08.04 – 1984.10.20) |
| 1991.03.16 | Cardinal James Darcy Freeman († 83) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia) (1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12) |
| 1991.03.16 | Bishop Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu († 76) Bishop emeritus of Quimper (France) (1968.02.28 – 1989.05.03) |
| 1991.03.25 | Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼ († 85) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Tulle (France) (1962.01.23 – 1962.08.11) Superior General emeritus of Society of Saint Pius X (1970.11.01 – 1982) |
| 1991.04.01 |  Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra († 82)Bishop emeritus of Palmira (Colombia) (1952.12.18 – 1983.08.20) |
| 1991.04.08 |  Bishop Joseph Huang Zi-yu (黃子玉) († 79) |
| 1991.04.18 | Archbishop Thomas Arthur Connolly († 91) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seattle (USA) (1951.06.23 – 1975.02.13) |
| 1991.04.20 |  Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga († 76)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1976.05.24 – 1991.04.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kampala (Uganda) (1966.08.05 – 1990.02.08) |
| 1991.04.20 | Archbishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. († 93) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tunja (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1970.02.20) |
| 1991.04.22 |  Bishop Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. († 83)Bishop emeritus of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.16 – 1980.01.28) |
| 1991.04.24 |  Bishop Matija Zvekanovic († 78)Bishop emeritus of Subotica (Serbia) (1968.01.25 – 1989.04.25) |
| 1991.04.25 | Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer ▼ († 86) Bishop emeritus of Campos (Brazil) (1949.01.03 – 1981.08.29) |
| 1991.04.26 | Bishop Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda († 66) |
| 1991.04.27 | Bishop Pasquale Venezia († 79) Bishop emeritus of Avellino (Italy) (1967.06.02 – 1987.02.28) |
| 1991.04.30 | Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. († 79) Bishop emeritus of Tuléar (Madagascar) (1959.04.25 – 1974.02.28) |
| 1991.05.01 |  Archbishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel († 86)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1966.04.30 – 1982.10.18) |
| 1991.05.01 | Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M. († 89) |
| 1991.05.07 | Bishop Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Atambua (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1984.02.03) |
| 1991.05.11 |  Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A. († 81)Bishop emeritus of Keta–Ho (Ghana) (1975.06.20 – 1976.04.10) |
| 1991.05.15 | Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.11.29) |
| 1991.05.15 |  Bishop Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. († 70) |
| 1991.05.16 | Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. († 67) |
| 1991.05.18 | Archbishop Nicholas Thomas Elko († 81) Bishop emeritus of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA) (1963.07.06 – 1967.12.22) Archbishop ad personam (1971.08.10 – 1991.05.18) |
| 1991.06.03 | Bishop James Joseph Gerrard († 93) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Fall River (USA) (1959.02.02 – 1976.01.12) |
| 1991.06.11 | Bishop George Henry Guilfoyle († 77) |
| 1991.06.12 | Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.J. († 92) |
| 1991.06.15 | Bishop Pietro Rossano († 68) Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Lateran University (1982.12.07 – 1991.06.15) Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1982.12.07 – 1991.06.15) |
| 1991.06.18 |  Archbishop Julijonas Steponavicius († 79)Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1989.03.10 – 1991.06.18) |
| 1991.06.20 |  Bishop Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. († 78)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Madera (Mexico) (1970.01.14 – 1988.02.02) |
| 1991.06.24 |  Cardinal Franz Hengsbach († 80)Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1988.06.28 – 1991.06.24) Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany) (1957.11.18 – 1991.02.21) |
| 1991.06.27 | Bishop Roger Joseph Bourrat († 66) |
| 1991.06.28 | Bishop Atilano Vidal Núñez († 63) Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina) (1985.05.24 – 1991.06.28) |
| 1991.07.07 |  Archbishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. († 64)Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (1982.10.21 – 1991.07.07) |
| 1991.07.09 | Cardinal José Salazar López († 81) Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1973.03.05 – 1991.07.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1970.02.21 – 1987.05.15) |
| 1991.07.12 | Bishop Francis John Mugavero († 77) |
| 1991.07.13 | Bishop Li De-pei (李德培) ▼ († 89) Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China) (1958 – 1991.07.13▼) |
| 1991.07.17 | Bishop Joseph Gargitter († 74) Bishop emeritus of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy) (1964.09.01 – 1986.07.29) |
| 1991.07.17 | Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. († 74) Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) (1965.09.29 – 1991.07.17) |
| 1991.07.21 |  Bishop Oskar Formánek, S.J. († 75) |
| 1991.07.27 | Bishop Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I. († 88) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Napo (Ecuador) (1941.11.12 – 1978.04.27) |
| 1991.07.31 | Archbishop João Chedid, O.M.M. (Maronite Rite) († 77) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil) (1988.02.27 – 1990.06.09) |
| 1991.08.01 |  Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. († 91)Bishop emeritus of Linares (Chile) (1958.06.15 – 1976.12.11) |
| 1991.08.02 | Archbishop John Francis Whealon († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (1968.12.28 – 1991.08.02) |
| 1991.08.02 | Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva († 86) Bishop emeritus of Oeiras (Brazil) (1954.11.17 – 1957.11.09) Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1957.11.09 – 1991.08.02) |
| 1991.08.08 | Archbishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Venezuela) (1974.11.12 – 1990.03.16) |
| 1991.08.10 | Bishop Pedro Filipak († 70) Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil) (1962.02.08 – 1991.08.10) |
| 1991.08.10 |  Bishop Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. († 51)Bishop of Mbanza Congo (Angola) (1984.11.08 – 1991.08.10) |
| 1991.08.11 | Bishop Miguel González Ibarra († 72) Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1967.07.15 – 1981.11.14) |
| 1991.08.16 | Bishop Raymond James Vonesh († 75) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA) (1968.01.05 – 1991.05.07) |
| 1991.08.18 |  Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. († 96)Bishop emeritus of Benin City (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1973.07.05) |
| 1991.08.19 | Bishop Faustino M. Tissot (丁玉守), S.X. († 90) Bishop emeritus of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1946.05.10 – 1983) |
| 1991.08.23 | Archbishop Orazio Semeraro († 85) Bishop emeritus of Cariati (Italy) (1957.03.22 – 1967.04.30) Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi (Italy) (1967.04.30 – 1975.05.24) |
| 1991.08.23 | Bishop Antonio Giuseppe Angioni († 80) |
| 1991.08.23 |  Bishop William J. Philbin († 84)Bishop emeritus of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1962.06.05 – 1982.08.24) |
| 1991.08.24 | Archbishop Cesare Zacchi († 76) President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1975.06.01 – 1985.06.08) |
| 1991.08.27 |  Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. († 89)Bishop emeritus of Laghouat (Algeria) (1955.09.14 – 1968.01.11) |
| 1991.08.27 | Bishop Gioacchino Muccin († 91) Bishop emeritus of Feltre (Italy) (1949.05.19 – 1975.09.01) Bishop emeritus of Belluno (Italy) (1949.05.19 – 1975.09.01) |
| 1991.09.03 |  Archbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. († 78)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Garoua (Cameroon) (1982.03.18 – 1984.03.17) |
| 1991.09.04 | Cardinal Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. († 95) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1983.02.02 – 1991.09.04) |
| 1991.09.05 | Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias († 84) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile) (1961.05.22 – 1983.05.03) |
| 1991.09.07 | Bishop Charles Edwin Herzig († 62) |
| 1991.09.07 | Bishop León Kruk († 64) Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1973.01.20 – 1991.09.07) |
| 1991.09.09 |  Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix († 85)Bishop emeritus of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (1965.01.19 – 1981.02.12) |
| 1991.09.14 |  Archbishop František Vaňák († 75)Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1989.12.21 – 1991.09.14) |
| 1991.09.15 | Bishop Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 82) Bishop emeritus of Sagar of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1986.12.20) |
| 1991.09.16 |  Bishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. († 95)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) (1934.12.10 – 1960.10.21) |
| 1991.09.18 | Bishop John Anthony Donovan († 80) |
| 1991.09.19 |  Bishop Angel Temiño Sáiz († 81)Bishop emeritus of Ourense (Spain) (1952.10.08 – 1987.05.15) |
| 1991.09.22 | Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1959.12.19 – 1991.09.22) |
| 1991.09.27 | Bishop Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. († 70) |
| 1991.09.29 | Bishop Karl Moser († 77) Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1969.07.09 – 1991.09.29) |
| 1991.10.04 |  Archbishop Clément Georges Schelhoth (Syriac Rite) († 70)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) (1972.07.07 – 1978.09.04) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1978.09.04 – 1979) |
| 1991.10.06 | Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. († 60) Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1981.08.24 – 1991.10.06) |
| 1991.10.17 |  Bishop Kazimirs Dulbinskis († 85) |
| 1991.10.29 | Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage († 83) Bishop emeritus of Annecy (France) (1962.09.28 – 1983.09.27) |
| 1991.11.03 | Bishop Paul Shi Chun-jie (史純潔) († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China) (1987 – 1991.11.03) |
| 1991.11.05 | Bishop Jan Lebeda († 78) Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1988.05.19 – 1991.11.05) |
| 1991.11.11 | Bishop Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. († 82) Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate emeritus of Argentina (Argentina) (1960.01.27 – 1982.03.30) |
| 1991.11.13 | Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. († 87) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1953.01.15 – 1991.11.13) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1950.03.25 – 1968.04.20) |
| 1991.11.15 | Bishop Giovanni Proni († 79) Bishop emeritus of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.04.09) |
| 1991.11.17 | Bishop Thomas Austin Murphy († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1962.05.23 – 1984.05.29) |
| 1991.11.22 | Bishop Concordio Maria Sarte († 60) Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines) (1980.08.12 – 1991.11.22) |
| 1991.11.26 | Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04) |
| 1991.11.28 | Archbishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. († 61) Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1985.08.30 – 1991.11.28) |
| 1991.11.28 | Bishop Joseph Mark McShea († 84) Bishop emeritus of Allentown (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1983.02.03) |
| 1991.11.30 | Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel († 86) Bishop emeritus of Speyer (Germany) (1952.12.22 – 1968.02.10) |
| 1991.12.05 | Archbishop Elias Shaheen (Maronite Rite) († 77) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada) (1985.03.13 – 1990.11.23) |
| 1991.12.07 | Bishop Aldo Forzoni († 79) |
| 1991.12.11 | Bishop Filippo Pocci († 79) Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome emeritus of Roma (Italy) (1961.07.08 – 1975.05.24) |
| 1991.12.13 | Bishop Ilario Roatta († 86) Bishop emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1960.03.08 – 1982.01.02) |
| 1991.12.15 |  Bishop Antuvan Marovitch († 65)Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul (Turkiye) (1990.11.30 – 1991.12.15) |
| 1991.12.16 | Bishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. († 86) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tucupita (Venezuela) (1955.12.19 – 1985.11.25) |
| 1991.12.17 | Bishop Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda († 83) Bishop emeritus of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1965.12.18 – 1985.03.08) |
| 1991.12.21 | Bishop Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. († 87) Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1981.02.18) |
| 1991.12.21 | Bishop Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼) († 83) Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China) (1950.04.18 – 1991.12.21) |
| 1991.12.21 | Bishop Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic († 69) Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1976.10.02 – 1991.12.21) |
| 1991.12.30 | Archbishop Domenico Luca Capozi (李路加), O.F.M. († 92) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taiyuan 太原 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1983) |
| 1991.12.31 | Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. († 73) Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (1977.12.08 – 1991.12.31) |
| 1991.12.31 |  Bishop Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. († 79)Bishop emeritus of Banjul (Gambia) (1974.05.09 – 1980.11.14) |
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