 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (116) |
| 1996 |  Bishop Wang Wei-min (王維民) ▼ († 81) |
| 1996.01.07 |  Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini († 86) |
| 1996.01.08 |  Bishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix († 68)Bishop of Saint-Denis (France) (1978.04.01 – 1996.01.08) |
| 1996.01.08 |  Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges († 85)Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1959.08.01 – 1986.06.27) |
| 1996.01.10 |  Bishop Laurenz Böggering († 91)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany) (1967.07.25 – 1979.02.23) |
| 1996.01.14 |  Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 76)Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1991.10.28 – 1996.01.14) |
| 1996.01.17 |  Archbishop Anacleto Cazzaniga († 94)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Urbino (Italy) (1953.01.12 – 1977.05.23) |
| 1996.01.18 |  Bishop João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida († 95)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal) (1956.02.18 – 1964.11.12) |
| 1996.01.26 |  Archbishop Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. († 90)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone) (1970.11.11 – 1980.09.04) |
| 1996.01.30 | Bishop Pierre-Francis-Lucien-Anatole Boillon († 84) Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France) (1963.08.31 – 1986.07.08) |
| 1996.02.02 | Bishop Bernard Hubert († 66) Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) (1982.02.27 – 1996.02.02) |
| 1996.02.03 |  Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou (Maronite Rite) († 70)Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1975.07.12 – 1996.02.03) Archbishop ad personam (1986.05.07 – 1996.02.03) |
| 1996.02.06 |  Archbishop Derek John Worlock († 76)Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1976.02.07 – 1996.02.06) |
| 1996.02.10 | Bishop Abramo Freschi († 82) Bishop emeritus of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1977.04.14 – 1989.07.19) |
| 1996.02.14 |  Archbishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González († 75)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1989.06.17 – 1996.02.14) |
| 1996.02.16 |  Bishop Ernest Patili Assi († 59) |
| 1996.02.23 |  Bishop Maurus Gervase Komba († 72)Bishop emeritus of Tanga (Tanzania) (1969.12.15 – 1988.01.18) |
| 1996.02.25 |  Bishop Nikë Prela († 77)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Skopje–Prizren (North Macedonia) (1969.10.02 – 1995.11.02) |
| 1996.02.27 | Bishop Cyril Edward Restieaux († 86) Bishop emeritus of Plymouth (England) (1955.04.09 – 1985.11.19) |
| 1996.02.29 | Archbishop Mario Miglietta († 71) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy) (1981.02.21 – 1992.11.14) |
| 1996.02.29 |  Bishop Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. († 67)Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (1981.06.19 – 1996.02.29) |
| 1996.03.03 | Cardinal John Joseph Krol († 85) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1996.03.03) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11) |
| 1996.03.03 |  Bishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P. († 85)Bishop emeritus of Kroonstad (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1975.11.15) |
| 1996.03.04 | Bishop Gerhard Schaffran († 83) Bishop emeritus of Dresden–Meißen (Germany) (1979.11.15 – 1987.08.01) |
| 1996.03.09 | Cardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer († 93) Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette (1969.04.30 – 1996.03.09) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1946.12.30 – 1981.08.29) |
| 1996.03.09 | Archbishop Paolo Carta († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy) (1962.03.22 – 1982.03.18) |
| 1996.03.15 |  Bishop Czesław Domin († 66)Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland) (1992.02.01 – 1996.03.15) |
| 1996.03.19 |  Bishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Sokoto (Nigeria) (1967.07.13 – 1984.12.03) |
| 1996.03.20 | Bishop Angelo Scapecchi († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.07.25) |
| 1996.03.21 | Archbishop João Bergese († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21) |
| 1996.03.24 |  Bishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. († 86) |
| 1996.04.03 | Bishop Alphonse James Schladweiler († 93) |
| 1996.04.11 | Archbishop Carlo Minchiatti († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benevento (Italy) (1982.08.06 – 1991.11.25) |
| 1996.04.12 | Bishop Gilles Bélisle († 72) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Ottawa (Canada) (1977.05.11 – 1993.08.19) |
| 1996.04.13 |  Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito († 77)Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (1975.05.10 – 1995) |
| 1996.04.15 | Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Avezzano (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1990.06.23) |
| 1996.04.16 | Bishop Giuseppe Fenocchio († 91) Bishop emeritus of Pontremoli (Italy) (1954.12.11 – 1983.06.10) |
| 1996.04.17 | Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B. († 93) Bishop emeritus of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1982.06.09) |
| 1996.04.18 | Bishop Jean Cuminal († 73) |
| 1996.04.19 |  Bishop Kevin Laurence Rafferty († 62)Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1990.06.19 – 1996.04.19) |
| 1996.04.21 | Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu († 70) Bishop emeritus of Warri (Nigeria) (1964.03.10 – 1983.09.10) |
| 1996.04.23 | Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. († 86) Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1987.06.22 – 1996.04.23) President emeritus of Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1979 – 1994) |
| 1996.04.26 |  Bishop Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. († 89)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marbel (Philippines) (1969.11.18 – 1981.10.01) |
| 1996.04.28 |  Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli († 83)Titular Archbishop of Castello (1972.10.07 – 1996.04.28) |
| 1996.05.02 | Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caceres (Philippines) (1965.04.06 – 1983.10.20) |
| 1996.05.03 | Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1992) |
| 1996.05.06 |  Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens († 91)Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1962.03.22 – 1996.05.06) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1961.12.09 – 1979.10.04) Military Vicar emeritus of Belgium (Belgium) (1962.02.02 – 1979.10.04) |
| 1996.05.09 | Archbishop Luciano Angeloni († 78) Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia (1970.12.24 – 1996.05.09) |
| 1996.05.14 |  Bishop Hanna Kaldany († 77)Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1964.01.04 – 1996.05.14) |
| 1996.05.16 | Bishop Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi († 68) Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.05.16) |
| 1996.05.30 |  Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval († 92)Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1965.02.25 – 1996.05.30) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1954.02.03 – 1988.04.19) |
| 1996.05.31 |  Bishop Jesús Arturo Roldán († 65)Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1991.11.09 – 1996.05.31) |
| 1996.06.03 |  Bishop Ivo Gugic († 76)Bishop emeritus of Kotor (Montenegro) (1983.11.22 – 1996.03.11) |
| 1996.06.04 | Bishop Castor Sekwa († 69) |
| 1996.06.07 |  Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. († 90)Bishop emeritus of Georgetown (Guyana) (1956.02.29 – 1972.08.12) |
| 1996.06.09 |  Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. († 65)Bishop emeritus of Chittagong (Bangladesh) (1968.08.03 – 1994.06.30) |
| 1996.06.11 |  Archbishop Peter Kurongku († 65)Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) (1981.10.03 – 1996.06.11) |
| 1996.06.13 | Archbishop Federico G. Limon, S.V.D. († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines) (1973.02.07 – 1991.07.15) |
| 1996.06.16 |  Bishop Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel († 85)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands) (1965.08.30 – 1972.01.20) |
| 1996.06.22 |  Archbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández († 79)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ibagué (Colombia) (1974.12.14 – 1993.03.25) |
| 1996.06.25 | Bishop Xavier Morilleau († 89) Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France) (1955.08.10 – 1963.03.23) |
| 1996.07.04 | Bishop Oscar Angel Bernal († 57) |
| 1996.07.07 |  Bishop Cyriaque Siméon Obamba († 78) |
| 1996.07.14 | Archbishop Manuel S. Salvador († 71) Bishop emeritus of Palo (Philippines) (1969.10.21 – 1972.09.25) Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines) (1973.01.26 – 1996.07.14) |
| 1996.07.19 | Bishop Jan Wosiński († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Płock (Poland) (1961.11.20 – 1991.10.19) |
| 1996.07.20 | Bishop Paul Song Wei-li (宋維禮), C.M. († 83) Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China) (1994.05.06 – 1996.07.20▼) |
| 1996.07.22 | Archbishop Bruno Frattegiani († 82) Archbishop emeritus of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.04.20) |
| 1996.07.28 | Archbishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa († 82) Bishop emeritus of Caetité (Brazil) (1957.05.25 – 1968.12.28) Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Uberaba (Brazil) (1968.12.28 – 1978.06.17) |
| 1996.08.01 | Blessed Bishop Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. († 58) |
| 1996.08.02 |  Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1966.02.01 – 1987.01.26) |
| 1996.08.02 | Archbishop James Joseph Byrne († 88) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA) (1962.03.07 – 1983.08.23) |
| 1996.08.02 |  Bishop Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas († 78)Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Paraguay) (1965.12.04 – 1994) |
| 1996.08.03 | Bishop Józef Rozwadowski († 87) |
| 1996.08.08 |  Cardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎) († 92)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – 1996.08.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08) |
| 1996.08.10 | Bishop Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil) (1966.08.29 – 1994.11.09) |
| 1996.08.17 |  Bishop Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. († 74)Bishop emeritus of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1966.03.15 – 1993.09.15) |
| 1996.08.22 |  Bishop Dominic Joseph Conway († 78)Bishop emeritus of Elphin (Ireland) (1971.03.12 – 1994.05.24) |
| 1996.08.23 | Bishop Lorenzo Bellomi († 67) |
| 1996.08.23 | Bishop William Joseph Moran († 90) Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate emeritus of United States of America (USA) (1965.09.15 – 1981.01.15) |
| 1996.09.02 | Archbishop Eugène-Marie Ernoult († 69) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sens (France) (1977.06.28 – 1990.12.21) |
| 1996.09.05 | Bishop Basil Salvadore D’Souza († 70) |
| 1996.09.09 |  Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna († 62)Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1982.11.06 – 1996.09.09) |
| 1996.09.12 | Archbishop Josef Stimpfle († 80) Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) (1963.09.10 – 1992.03.30) Archbishop ad personam (1992.03.30 – 1996.09.12) |
| 1996.09.12 | Bishop Gregory Singkai († 60) Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (1974.07.01 – 1996.09.12) |
| 1996.09.17 | Bishop Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. († 66) |
| 1996.09.21 | Bishop John McCormack († 75) Bishop emeritus of Meath (Ireland) (1968.01.29 – 1990.05.16) |
| 1996.09.21 | Bishop José Melhado Campos († 86) Bishop emeritus of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1973.01.08 – 1981.03.20) |
| 1996.09.21 |  Bishop Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. († 62)Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar) (1972.03.25 – 1996.09.21) |
| 1996.09.30 | Bishop Sylvester William Treinen († 78) Bishop emeritus of Boise City (USA) (1962.05.23 – 1988.08.17) |
| 1996.10.07 | Bishop Michael Murphy († 72) Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1980.08.23 – 1996.10.07) |
| 1996.10.11 | Archbishop Lu Zhi-yuan (劉知遠) († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1994 – 1996.10.11) |
| 1996.10.19 | Bishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1967.12.23 – 1975.07.22) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Antonio (USA) (1975.07.22 – 1982.06.30) |
| 1996.10.23 |  Archbishop Hanna Markho (Chaldean Rite) († 59)Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1994.08.05 – 1996.10.23) |
| 1996.10.23 |  Archbishop Manuel Nuñes Gabriel († 83)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola) (1966.11.17 – 1975.12.19) |
| 1996.10.23 | Bishop Michael Xiao Li-ren (蕭立人) († 84) |
| 1996.10.29 |  Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. († 69)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1995.03.14 – 1996.10.29) |
| 1996.10.29 |  Archbishop Maximino Romero de Lema († 84)Bishop emeritus of Ávila (Spain) (1968.10.19 – 1973.03.21) Secretary emeritus of Congregation for Clergy (1973.03.21 – 1986) Secretary emeritus of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1973 – 1986) |
| 1996.11.03 |  Bishop Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé († 64) |
| 1996.11.12 | Archbishop Stephen Nweke Ezeanya († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1985.03.09 – 1995.02.25) |
| 1996.11.12 | Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick († 89) |
| 1996.11.14 | Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin († 68) Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore (1983.02.02 – 1996.11.14) Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1982.07.08 – 1996.11.14) |
| 1996.11.15 |  Bishop Longinus Atundo († 60) |
| 1996.11.15 |  Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. († 76)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1959.06.06 – 1967.08.11) |
| 1996.11.23 |  Bishop Joseph Bilal Nyekindi († 51)Bishop emeritus of Wau (South Sudan) (1980.10.24 – 1995.11.02) |
| 1996.11.30 |  Bishop Phocas Nikwigize († 77)Bishop emeritus of Ruhengeri (Rwanda) (1968.09.05 – 1996.01.05) |
| 1996.12.02 | Cardinal Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. († 80) Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba pro hac vice Title (1996.01.29 – 1996.12.02) Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (1985.05.27 – 1992.01.21) |
| 1996.12.04 | Bishop Luiz Colussi († 65) |
| 1996.12.05 | Archbishop Paolino Limongi († 82) Titular Archbishop of Nicæa parva (1963.08.15 – 1996.12.05) |
| 1996.12.07 | Bishop Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo († 89) Bishop emeritus of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1963.01.15 – 1982.09.02) |
| 1996.12.08 | Bishop Giuseppe Lanave († 84) |
| 1996.12.10 | Bishop Francesco Maria Franzi († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Novara (Italy) (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.01) |
| 1996.12.14 | Bishop Gerald Moverley († 74) Bishop emeritus of Hallam (England) (1980.05.30 – 1996.07.09) |
| 1996.12.15 | Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara († 94) Bishop emeritus of Mallorca (Spain) (1965.03.10 – 1973.04.13) |
| 1996.12.26 | Cardinal Narciso Jubany Arnau († 83) Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1973.03.05 – 1996.12.26) Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain) (1971.12.03 – 1990.03.23) |
| 1996.12.28 | Bishop Edward Gerard Hettinger († 94) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Columbus (USA) (1941.12.06 – 1977.10.14) |
| 1996.12.31 | Bishop Laurent Morin († 88) Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada) (1959.02.28 – 1983.04.09) |
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