The Year of Our Lord 1976

Necrology

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	82.9	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
unknown	65.0	Luigi de Santis, O.M.D. †	Rector General Emeritus of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God
2 Jan	61.1	Agapito Simeoni †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy
5 Jan	79.2	Henri Belleau, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie de James {James Bay}, Ontario, Canada
6 Jan	80.8	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
14 Jan	85.6	Giulio Barbetta †	Titular Bishop of Pharan
14 Jan	79.3	Edoardo Piana Agostinetti †	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Jan	73.1	Smiljan Franjo Čekada †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 Jan	71.1	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
21 Jan	84.4	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
23 Jan	64.9	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
12 Feb	79.4	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
19 Feb	68.0	François-Odon De Wilde, O.P. †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Feb	74.7	Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
26 Feb	87.1	Efrem Forni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
26 Feb	63.1	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
28 Feb	82.9	Thomas Roberts, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
29 Feb	85.7	George John Rehring †	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
1 Mar	66.6	Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)
2 Mar	79.2	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
3 Mar	66.0	Petrus (Johannes) Borne, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Mar	79.5	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
5 Mar	59.4	Enrico Bartoletti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
8 Mar	86.2	Nicola Margiotta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
15 Mar	84.0	Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
24 Mar	67.6	Robert Joseph Dwyer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
25 Mar	77.1	James Donald Scanlan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
28 Mar	70.1	Paul-Joseph Hoffer, S. M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of Mary
2 Apr	88.4	Carlo Grano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
3 Apr	52.5	João Antonio da Silva Saraiva †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
7 Apr	71.6	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
10 Apr	89.1	Ilario Alcini †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
19 Apr	68.0	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
20 Apr	82.0	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Apr	72.8	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
3 May	88.6	Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
7 May	37.5	Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
8 May	84.8	Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
11 May	76.1	Heinrich Baaken †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
16 May	75.7	Jean Marie Étrillard, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
17 May	69.0	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May	74.6	Imre Szabó †	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
28 May	72.6	Arturo Mery Beckdorf †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
28 May	68.9	Michael Foylan †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
31 May	71.8	Alfonso Espino y Silva †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
18 Jun	82.2	Bernard Patrick Wall †	Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
26 Jun	56.8	Antonio Alfredo Brasca †	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
1 Jul	57.6	Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
2 Jul	66.0	Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
3 Jul	75.7	James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
8 Jul	72.3	Gaston-Marie Jacquier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
8 Jul	95.0	James Michael Liston †	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
11 Jul	82.8	François Charrière †	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
11 Jul	71.8	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †	Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12 Jul	69.4	Edmondo Quaglia Martínez †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
23 Jul	72.2	Bl. Vasil Hopko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
23 Jul	80.0	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
24 Jul	62.9	Julius August Döpfner †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
2 Aug	85.6	Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
4 Aug	53.0	Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
5 Aug	70.8	Luigi Oldani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
6 Aug	84.1	Andreas Rohracher †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
11 Aug	86.0	Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro †	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
12 Aug	58.5	José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Aug	78.4	Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
21 Aug	64.8	Ricardo Rösch †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
3 Sep	65.4	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
5 Sep	57.5	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
6 Sep	87.5	Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
9 Sep	70.3	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
9 Sep	61.8	John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
11 Sep	73.5	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
14 Sep	68.7	Vicente Bernikon †	Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
15 Sep	75.6	Pieter Antoon Nierman †	Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
24 Sep	78.9	Franciszek Jop †	Bishop of Opole, Poland
25 Sep	82.1	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
2 Oct	74.5	François-Xavier Trần Thanh Khân †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam
5 Oct	66.4	Bruno Desrochers †	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
6 Oct	72.3	Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
10 Oct	71.4	Cyril Conrad Cowderoy †	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
18 Oct	84.9	Giacomo Lercaro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
21 Oct	46.5	Jean Romary †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France
5 Nov	76.5	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
17 Nov	79.2	Johannes (Adriaan Petrus) Van Engelen, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
25 Nov	53.2	Evelio Ramos Díaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
29 Nov	96.7	José da Costa Nunes †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
3 Dec	55.9	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Bishop of Malakal, South Sudan
4 Dec	90.7	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
5 Dec	71.6	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
12 Dec	72.7	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
20 Dec	91.6	Richard Oliver Gerow †	Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
21 Dec	68.6	Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
21 Dec	91.7	Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
22 Dec	68.9	Jérôme (Joseph Emil) Malenfant, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Gorakhpur, India
29 Dec	75.7	Joseph Zimmermann †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

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