The Year of Our Lord 1978

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		[ Dong Wen-long] †	Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
unknown		[ Shi Ming-liang] †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
15 Jan		[John Xia Xue-qian] †	Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
16 Jan	89.0	Luciano Marcante †	Bishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
17 Jan	82.7	Juliusz Bieniek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
17 Jan	58.7	Sotero Sanz Villalba †	Apostolic Delegate to México
22 Jan	63.2	Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. †	Bishop
2 Feb	96.3	Domenico Petroni †	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
7 Feb	72.2	Clemente Carranza y López †	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
10 Feb	57.1	Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. †	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
13 Feb	68.4	Anastasio Granados García †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
17 Feb	78.4	Johannes Rüth, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
19 Feb	82.6	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
23 Feb	63.8	Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
23 Feb	75.5	Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
28 Feb	58.1	Denis Ngande †	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
1 Mar	89.6	Enrique Delgado y Gómez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
2 Mar	93.7	Acacio de la Trinidad Chacón Guerra †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
3 Mar	47.9	Józef Marek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
9 Mar	74.3	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prome, Myanmar
11 Mar	75.6	Giuseppe Mancuso †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
17 Mar	79.8	Giacomo Violardo †	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
18 Mar	93.6	Achille Salvucci †	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
31 Mar	94.9	Giovanni Pirastru †	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
10 Apr	86.9	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
13 Apr	77.9	Jean-de-Capistran (Joseph-Antonio-Aimé) Cayer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria in Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}
14 Apr	86.2	James Mendonça †	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
15 Apr	75.8	John Anthony King Mussio †	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
16 Apr	65.1	Thomas Vincent Cahill †	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
24 Apr	83.3	Giuseppe Angrisani †	Bishop Emeritus of Casale Monferrato, Italy
29 Apr	74.1	Dante Battaglierin, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
5 May	66.6	Emilio Cinense y Abera †	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
6 May	74.2	Roger Jean Fernand Michon †	Bishop of Chartres, France
10 May	87.8	Walter Andrew Foery †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
13 May	74.6	Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik †	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
16 May	81.2	Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih †	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
26 May	87.5	Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
27 May	67.7	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
31 May	103.7	Antonio Teutonico †	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
7 Jun	77.3	Edwin Pinto, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
12 Jun	80.6	Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
12 Jun	85.3	Léon Lommel †	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
13 Jun	60.9	Peter Bernard Pereira †	Bishop of Trivandrum, India
21 Jun	82.7	Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Shillong, India
24 Jun	63.2	Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
28 Jun	64.2	Iuliu Hirţea †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
29 Jun	81.4	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
6 Jul	68.5	Pierre Marie Nguyễn Văn Năng †	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
7 Jul	89.4	Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
8 Jul	65.8	József Vajda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
11 Jul	64.8	Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kayes, Mali
16 Jul	49.8	Francis Lenny †	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
17 Jul	83.6	John Joseph Boardman †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 Jul	67.2	Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé †	Bishop of Orléans, France
25 Jul	70.7	Alberto Rencoret Donoso †	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
28 Jul	64.7	Ferenc Rosta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
6 Aug	80.8	St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
6 Aug	69.9	Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
10 Aug	51.6	Eugène Abissa Kwaku †	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
12 Aug	84.8	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
16 Aug	77.3	Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
22 Aug	64.5	Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Aug	63.9	John Gerard McClean †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
8 Sep	61.1	James Jerome Killeen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
11 Sep	77.8	Valerian Gracias †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
11 Sep	67.6	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
12 Sep	64.1	Józef Drzazga †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
13 Sep	74.2	George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
20 Sep	83.3	Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
20 Sep	62.0	Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Sep	63.3	Joseph Arthur Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
28 Sep	65.9	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1 Oct	89.0	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
10 Oct	70.8	Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
12 Oct	80.9	Augustin Claude Guérin, M. Afr. †	Prefect Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
14 Oct	77.1	Bolesław Filipiak †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
18 Oct	81.3	Germiniano Esorto †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
25 Oct	89.2	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China
9 Nov	68.3	Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
21 Nov	62.6	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
27 Nov	79.9	Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
8 Dec	79.5	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
12 Dec	88.1	Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. †	Superior Emeritus of Cuttack, India
13 Dec	66.8	Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
14 Dec	65.2	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin †	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
16 Dec	67.9	Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel †	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
17 Dec	91.8	Josef Frings †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
19 Dec	76.8	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
25 Dec	66.3	Joseph Michael Schmondiuk †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
31 Dec	78.4	Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio

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