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The Year of Our Lord 1976

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown82.9John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te)Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
unknown65.0Luigi de Santis, O.M.D. †Rector General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God
2 Jan61.1Agapito SimeoniBishop of Ariano, Italy
5 Jan79.2Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
6 Jan80.8José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de BonillaBishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
14 Jan85.6Giulio BarbettaTitular Bishop of Pharan
14 Jan79.3Edoardo Piana AgostinettiAuxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Jan73.1Smiljan Franjo CekadaArchbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 Jan71.1François-Marie-Joseph PoirierArchbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
21 Jan84.4Joseph-Marie-Eugène MartinCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
23 Jan64.9Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
12 Feb79.4Percival CazaBishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
19 Feb68.0François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Feb74.7Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
26 Feb87.1Efrem ForniCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
26 Feb63.1Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
28 Feb82.9Thomas Roberts, S.J. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
29 Feb85.7George John RehringBishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
1 Mar66.6Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)
2 Mar79.2Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
3 Mar66.0Petrus (Johannes) Borne, O.S.B. †Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Mar79.5Paul-Léon-Jean ChevalierBishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
5 Mar59.4Enrico BartolettiArchbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
8 Mar86.2Nicola MargiottaArchbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
15 Mar84.0Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
24 Mar67.6Robert Joseph DwyerArchbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
25 Mar77.1James Donald ScanlanArchbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Mar70.1Paul-Joseph Hoffer, S. M. †Superior General Emeritus of Society of Mary
2 Apr88.4Carlo GranoCardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
3 Apr52.5João Antonio da Silva SaraivaBishop of Coimbra, Portugal
7 Apr71.6Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †Bishop of Meru, Kenya
10 Apr89.1Ilario AlciniTitular Archbishop of Nicaea
19 Apr68.0Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
20 Apr82.0Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Apr72.8Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
3 May88.6Frédéric Edouard Camille LamyArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
7 May37.5Antonio Isauro Alzate BuenafeAuxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
8 May84.8Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
11 May76.1Heinrich BaakenAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
16 May75.7Jean Marie Étrillard, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
17 May69.0François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May74.6Imre SzabóApostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
28 May72.6Arturo Mery BeckdorfCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
28 May68.9Michael FoylanBishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
31 May71.8Alfonso Espino y SilvaArchbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
18 Jun82.2Bernard Patrick WallBishop Emeritus of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
26 Jun56.8Antonio Alfredo BrascaBishop of Rafaela, Argentina
1 Jul57.6Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. †Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
2 Jul66.0Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
3 Jul75.7James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
8 Jul72.3Gaston-Marie JacquierAuxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
8 Jul95.0James Michael ListonBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
11 Jul82.8François CharrièreBishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
11 Jul71.8Francis (Frank) Ryder WoodPriest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12 Jul69.4Edmondo Quaglia MartínezBishop of Minas, Uruguay
23 Jul72.2Bl. Vasil HopkoAuxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
23 Jul80.0Henry Joseph O’BrienArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
24 Jul62.9Julius August DöpfnerCardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
2 Aug85.6Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
5 Aug53.0Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli CarlettiBishop of La Rioja, Argentina
5 Aug70.8Luigi OldaniAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
6 Aug84.1Andreas RohracherArchbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
11 Aug86.0Nicanor Carlos Gavinales ChamorroBishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
12 Aug58.5José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F. †Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Aug78.4Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
21 Aug64.8Ricardo RöschBishop of Concordia, Argentina
3 Sep65.4Ramón Pastor Bogarín ArgañaBishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
5 Sep57.5Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
6 Sep87.5Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
9 Sep70.3Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
9 Sep61.8John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
11 Sep73.5Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
14 Sep68.7Vicente BernikonBishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
15 Sep75.6Pieter Antoon NiermanBishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
24 Sep78.9Franciszek JopBishop of Opole, Poland
25 Sep82.1Paul Aijirô YamaguchiArchbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
2 Oct74.5François-Xavier Trần Thanh KhânAuxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam
5 Oct66.4Bruno DesrochersBishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
6 Oct72.3Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
10 Oct71.4Cyril Conrad CowderoyArchbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
18 Oct84.9Giacomo LercaroCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
21 Oct46.5Jean RomaryAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France
5 Nov76.5Leo Ferdinand DworschakBishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
17 Nov79.2Johannes (Adriaan Petrus) Van Engelen, O. Cist. †Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
25 Nov53.2Evelio Ramos DíazAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
29 Nov96.7José da Costa NunesCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
3 Dec55.9Pio Yukwan DengBishop of Malakal, South Sudan
4 Dec90.7Thomas Joseph ToolenBishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
5 Dec71.6Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
12 Dec72.7James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
20 Dec91.6Richard Oliver GerowBishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
21 Dec68.6Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
21 Dec91.7Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
22 Dec68.9Jérôme (Joseph Emil) Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect Emeritus of Gorakhpur, India
29 Dec75.7Joseph ZimmermannAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

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