 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (133) |
| 1997 |  Bishop John Wang Qi-wei (王其威) ▼ († 76)Bishop emeritus of Baoding 保定 (China) (1958 – ?▼) |
| 1997.01.03 |  Bishop Gregório Warmeling († 78)Bishop emeritus of Joinville (Brazil) (1957.04.03 – 1994.03.09) |
| 1997.01.08 |  Bishop José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. († 87)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of San Jorge (Colombia) (1958.07.04 – 1959.10.20) |
| 1997.01.09 |  Bishop Alfred John Markiewicz († 68) |
| 1997.01.09 |  Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu († 68)Bishop emeritus of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22) |
| 1997.01.10 |  Bishop Jacinto Eccher, O.F.M. († 84)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Aiquile (Bolivia) (1961.12.16 – 1986.11.22) |
| 1997.01.10 |  Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. († 81)Bishop emeritus of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (1973.03.01 – 1977.03.21) Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (1985.08.07 – 1986.07.14) |
| 1997.01.16 |  Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. († 83)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1962.03.22 – 1997.01.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru) (1955.05.02 – 1989.12.30) |
| 1997.01.16 |  Archbishop Thomas Morris († 82)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cashel (Ireland) (1959.12.21 – 1988.09.12) |
| 1997.01.19 | Bishop Louis Liu Huan-bo (劉煥波) ▼ († 86) Prefect Apostolic of Jiamusi 佳木斯 (China) (1990 – 1997.01.19▼) |
| 1997.01.19 |  Bishop Robert-Joseph Mathen († 80)Bishop emeritus of Namur (Belgium) (1974.06.24 – 1991.02.07) |
| 1997.01.21 |  Bishop Krikor Ayvazian (Armenian Rite) († 84)Bishop emeritus of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria) (1972.12.06 – 1988.11.18) |
| 1997.01.28 |  Cardinal Mikel Koliqi († 94)Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (1994.11.26 – 1997.01.28) |
| 1997.01.31 | Bishop John Joseph Scanlan († 90) |
| 1997.02.03 | Bishop Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. († 81) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Macapá (Brazil) (1955.07.21 – 1965.03.27) Superior General emeritus of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1965.03.27 – 1977) |
| 1997.02.04 |  Bishop Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. († 56)Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines) (1991.10.11 – 1997.02.04) |
| 1997.02.10 | Archbishop Francis Wang Xue-ming (王學明) († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China) (1951.08.19 – 1997.02.10) |
| 1997.02.13 |  Bishop Brian Leo John Hennessy, C.R. († 78)Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Bermuda) (1975.02.28 – 1995.06.01) |
| 1997.02.14 | Bishop Constantino Amstalden († 76) Bishop emeritus of São Carlos (Brazil) (1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25) |
| 1997.02.14 |  Bishop Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. († 85) |
| 1997.02.14 | Bishop Antonino Nepomuceno, O.M.I. († 71) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Cotabato (Philippines) (1969.07.11 – 1979.12.11) |
| 1997.02.15 |  Bishop Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên († 89)Bishop emeritus of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1965.10.14 – 1993.05.10) |
| 1997.02.16 |  Bishop Arthur Francis Fox († 92)Bishop emeritus of Sale (Australia) (1967.11.29 – 1981.02.25) |
| 1997.02.21 |  Archbishop Simon Tonyé († 74)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Douala (Cameroon) (1982.03.18 – 1991.08.31) |
| 1997.02.21 |  Bishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios († 87)Bishop emeritus of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1959.08.08 – 1970.09.06) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Antequera (Mexico) (1970.09.06 – 1984.11.15) |
| 1997.02.24 | Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mariana (Brazil) (1960.04.25 – 1988.04.06) |
| 1997.02.25 |  Cardinal Ugo Poletti († 82)Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25) Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1969.07.03) President of Commission for Advocates (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25) |
| 1997.03.01 | Bishop Stanislaus Joseph Brzana († 79) Bishop emeritus of Ogdensburg (USA) (1968.10.22 – 1993.11.11) |
| 1997.03.03 | Bishop William Edward McManus († 83) Bishop emeritus of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA) (1976.08.24 – 1985.02.18) |
| 1997.03.04 | Bishop Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad († 67) Bishop of Maasin (Philippines) (1968.06.17 – 1997.03.04) |
| 1997.03.05 |  Bishop Karmelo Zazinović († 82) |
| 1997.03.06 | Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto († 82) Bishop emeritus of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1976.01.16 – 1989.09.14) |
| 1997.03.07 | Bishop José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares († 93) Bishop emeritus of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1971.02.01 – 1976.10.27) |
| 1997.03.10 |  Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. († 101)Bishop emeritus of København (Denmark) (1953.04.29 – 1964.10.06) |
| 1997.03.16 | Archbishop Pierre Callaos (Maronite Rite) († 74) Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria) (1990.06.09 – 1997.03.16) |
| 1997.03.23 | Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington († 78) Bishop emeritus of Worcester (USA) (1983.09.01 – 1994.10.27) |
| 1997.03.27 |  Bishop Joseph Gustave François Wicquart († 83)Bishop emeritus of Coutances (France) (1966.09.02 – 1988.11.03) |
| 1997.03.29 |  Bishop Mario Picchi, S.D.B. († 82)Bishop emeritus of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1978.03.31 – 1989.06.19) |
| 1997.04.06 |  Archbishop Gabriel Toubia (Maronite Rite) († 66)Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1993.07.02 – 1997.04.06) |
| 1997.04.08 |  Bishop Lawrence Ephraem Thottam (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 68)Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1996.12.16 – 1997.04.08) |
| 1997.04.09 | Bishop Chen Mu-shun (陳慕舜) ▼ († 94) Prefect Apostolic of Zhaotong 昭通 (China) (1988 – 1997.04.09▼) |
| 1997.04.14 |  Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. († 80) |
| 1997.04.15 | Bishop Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. († 84) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Palawan (Philippines) (1955.07.03 – 1987.12.18) |
| 1997.04.15 |  Bishop Jaime Garcia Goulart († 89)Bishop emeritus of Díli (Timor-Leste) (1945.10.12 – 1967.01.31) |
| 1997.04.17 | Archbishop Carlo Maccari († 84) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ancona–Osimo (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.07.01) |
| 1997.04.18 | Bishop Vincent-Marie Favé († 95) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Quimper (France) (1957.12.12 – 1977.04.30) |
| 1997.04.21 | Bishop Nicolas Eugene Walsh († 80) Bishop emeritus of Yakima (USA) (1974.09.05 – 1976.08.10) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Seattle (USA) (1976.08.10 – 1983.09.06) |
| 1997.05.02 | Bishop Severin Pernek († 72) Bishop emeritus of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (1967.04.10 – 1989.12.07) |
| 1997.05.03 | Bishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. († 71) |
| 1997.05.05 | Bishop Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. († 93) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Calapan (Philippines) (1951.07.12 – 1973.11.26) |
| 1997.05.06 | Bishop Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng († 70) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Philippines) (1981.11.07 – 1987.12.18) |
| 1997.05.13 |  Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. († 89)Bishop emeritus of Parakou (Benin) (1964.02.10 – 1975.09.29) |
| 1997.05.14 | Bishop Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M. († 77) Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1956.11.29 – 1997.05.14) |
| 1997.05.22 | Archbishop Cornelius Michael Power († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1974.01.15 – 1986.07.01) |
| 1997.06.01 |  Bishop Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. († 84)Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras) (1979.08.29 – 1984.04.14) |
| 1997.06.02 | Bishop Carlo Manziana († 94) |
| 1997.06.03 | Archbishop Michele Mincuzzi († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lecce (Italy) (1981.01.27 – 1988.12.07) |
| 1997.06.08 |  Bishop Vasile Hossu (Romanian Rite) († 78)Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1997.06.08) |
| 1997.06.10 |  Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. († 66)Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1978.04.27 – 1997.06.10) |
| 1997.06.14 | Bishop Siro Silvestri († 83) Bishop emeritus of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.12.07) |
| 1997.06.20 | Archbishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ayacucho (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1979.11.20) |
| 1997.06.26 | Archbishop Thomas Joseph Murphy († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Seattle (USA) (1991.08.21 – 1997.06.26) |
| 1997.06.27 | Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. († 84) |
| 1997.06.27 | Bishop Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德) ▼ († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1963 – 1997.06.27▼) Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China) (1958 – 1997.06.27▼) |
| 1997.07.02 | Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Penedo (Brazil) (1976.03.24 – 1994.01.26) |
| 1997.07.03 | Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. († 88) Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.02.09) |
| 1997.07.06 |  Bishop László Tóth († 85)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Veszprém (Hungary) (1976.04.02 – 1987.06.05) |
| 1997.07.07 | Bishop José Manuel Piña Torres († 86) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tepic (Mexico) (1958.05.12 – 1970.05.16) |
| 1997.07.10 | Bishop José Costa Campos († 78) Bishop emeritus of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27) |
| 1997.07.11 | Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. († 84) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Alto Sinú (Colombia) (1969.07.28 – 1989.02.16) |
| 1997.07.14 |  Bishop Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. († 95)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Darién (Panama) (1956.04.07 – 1981.07.22) |
| 1997.07.15 |  Bishop José Guerra Campos († 76) |
| 1997.07.19 | Bishop Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. († 81) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria) (1980.06.20 – 1992.07.09) |
| 1997.07.20 |  Bishop Eduardo Ernesto FuentesRuysschaert Duarte († 55)Bishop of Sololá–Chimaltenango (Guatemala) (1986.04.05 – 1997.07.20) |
| 1997.07.26 |  Bishop Langton Douglas Fox († 80)Bishop emeritus of Menevia (Wales) (1972.06.16 – 1981.02.05) |
| 1997.07.31 | Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. († 69) Bishop emeritus of Taubaté (Brazil) (1976.05.05 – 1981.08.06) |
| 1997.08.08 | Bishop Augusto Carvalho († 80) Bishop emeritus of Caruaru (Brazil) (1959.08.08 – 1993.10.27) |
| 1997.08.18 | Bishop Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. († 69) |
| 1997.08.18 | Bishop Joseph S. Thumma († 78) Bishop emeritus of Vijayawada (India) (1971.01.23 – 1996.11.08) |
| 1997.08.21 | Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1965.12.18 – 1993.09.15) |
| 1997.08.23 | Bishop Joseph Irimpen (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 78) Bishop emeritus of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1974.06.27 – 1994.12.01) |
| 1997.08.25 | Bishop Jean-Georges Deledicque († 72) Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) (1987.06.19 – 1997.08.25) |
| 1997.08.28 |  Bishop António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. († 70) |
| 1997.08.29 | Bishop Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1955.11.30 – 1980.02.16) |
| 1997.08.31 |  Archbishop Karl Berg († 88)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salzburg (Austria) ([1972.12.26] 1973.01.09 – 1988.09.05) |
| 1997.09.01 | Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. († 73) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA) (1976.05.03 – 1995.06.30) |
| 1997.09.02 | Bishop Joseph Thomas O’Keefe († 78) |
| 1997.09.07 | Bishop Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. († 59) |
| 1997.09.07 | Bishop Carlo Poggi († 74) |
| 1997.09.08 |  Bishop Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. († 93)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Machiques (Venezuela) (1955.12.19 – 1986.03.10) |
| 1997.09.11 | Bishop Louis Antoine Marie Boffet († 76) Bishop emeritus of Montpellier (France) (1976.05.15 – 1996.09.06) |
| 1997.09.18 | Archbishop John Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. († 91) Titular Archbishop of Macra (1951.10.18 – 1997.09.18) |
| 1997.09.18 | Bishop John Patrick Murphy († 88) Bishop emeritus of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) (1972.05.06 – 1986.03.21) |
| 1997.09.24 |  Bishop Joseph Raymond Windle († 80)Bishop emeritus of Pembroke (Canada) (1971.02.08 – 1993.05.05) |
| 1997.09.25 | Bishop John Ahern († 86) Bishop emeritus of Cloyne (Ireland) (1957.03.30 – 1987.02.17) |
| 1997.09.26 | Bishop José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. († 75) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Isabela (Philippines) (1963.10.24 – 1989.01.28) |
| 1997.09.29 |  Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 90)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 1996) |
| 1997.09.30 |  Bishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. († 82)Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) (1960.11.07 – 1975.02.19) |
| 1997.10.03 |  Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. († 82)Bishop emeritus of Tarawa (Kiribati) (1966.06.21 – 1978.11.15) |
| 1997.10.04 | Archbishop Francisco Raval Cruces († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zamboanga (Philippines) (1973.08.22 – 1994.12.07) |
| 1997.10.05 |  Cardinal Bernard Yago († 81)Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1983.02.02 – 1997.10.05) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19) |
| 1997.10.05 | Bishop Heinrich Forer († 83) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy) (1961.02.10 – 1989.01.02) |
| 1997.10.06 | Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux († 79) Bishop emeritus of Houma–Thibodaux (USA) (1977.03.02 – 1992.12.29) |
| 1997.10.06 | Bishop Antonio D’Erchia († 86) Bishop emeritus of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.02.11) |
| 1997.10.06 |  Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma (アロイジオ 相馬信夫) († 81)Bishop emeritus of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1969.06.26 – 1993.04.05) |
| 1997.10.07 | Bishop James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A. ▼ († 78) Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Yueyang 岳陽 (China) (1958 – ?▼) |
| 1997.10.10 |  Archbishop Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop of Kupang (Indonesia) (1989.10.23 – 1997.10.10) |
| 1997.10.18 | Bishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard († 80) Bishop emeritus of Vannes (France) (1964.09.24 – 1991.11.16) |
| 1997.10.18 | Bishop Walter William Curtis († 84) Bishop emeritus of Bridgeport (USA) (1961.09.23 – 1988.06.28) |
| 1997.10.20 | Bishop René Lucien Picandet († 65) |
| 1997.10.22 | Archbishop Franco Illia († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania) (1992.12.25 – 1997.10.22) |
| 1997.10.22 |  Bishop Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. († 76)Bishop emeritus of Port-Vila (Vanuatu) (1976.12.31 – 1996.11.30) |
| 1997.10.24 |  Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira († 80)Bishop emeritus of Pathein (Myanmar) (1991.10.08 – 1992.02.22) |
| 1997.10.25 | Archbishop Lino Zanini († 88) Delegate emeritus of Fabric of Saint Peter (1973.12.20 – 1989.05.24) |
| 1997.11.09 | Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ 野口由松) († 88) Bishop emeritus of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29) |
| 1997.11.18 | Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. († 64) |
| 1997.11.19 | Bishop John Gavin Nolan († 73) Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA) (1987.12.12 – 1997.11.19) |
| 1997.11.20 | Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. († 83) |
| 1997.11.24 | Bishop John Cai Ti-yuan (蔡體遠) ▼ († 76) Bishop of Shantou 汕頭 (China) (1981 – 1997.11.24▼) |
| 1997.11.30 | Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil († 69) Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1990.06.12 – 1997.11.30) |
| 1997.12.01 | Bishop Eugène Biletsi Onim († 63) Bishop emeritus of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.05.21 – 1994.11.04) |
| 1997.12.03 | Archbishop Domenico Enrici († 88) Titular Archbishop of Ancusa (1955.09.17 – 1997.12.03) |
| 1997.12.08 |  Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa († 85)Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande (1960.03.31 – 1997.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1968.12.19 – 1992.07.22) |
| 1997.12.12 | Bishop John Zhu Feng-qing (朱峰青) ▼ († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1988 – 1997.12.12▼) |
| 1997.12.15 | Bishop Armando Franco († 75) |
| 1997.12.16 |  Bishop Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. († 83)Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Quito (Ecuador) (1986 – 1994.11.26) |
| 1997.12.20 |  Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi († 78)Bishop emeritus of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1976.12.09 – 1997.01.02) |
| 1997.12.21 | Bishop Franz Hoenen, S.V.D. († 78) Bishop emeritus of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963.07.06 – 1974.04.25) |
| 1997.12.24 | Bishop Antonio Bagnoli († 95) Bishop emeritus of Fiesole (Italy) (1954.04.08 – 1977.08.01) |
| 1997.12.24 | Bishop Charles Roman Koester († 82) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA) (1971.01.02 – 1991.09.10) |
| 1997.12.24 | Bishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. († 78) |
| 1997.12.25 |  Archbishop Bronisław Dabrowski, F.D.P. († 80)Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1961.11.24 – 1997.12.25) |
| 1997.12.28 | Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando († 71) Bishop emeritus of Mbulu (Tanzania) (1971.07.03 – 1997.03.07) |
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