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The Year of Our Lord 1977

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown[Tarcisius Guo Ze-qian]Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
unknown81.0Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania
unknown Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang)Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
2 Jan69.1José de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
4 Jan56.9Vasco SéirécovBishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
7 Jan74.6Henri-Louis-Toussaint VionBishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
12 Jan92.2James Edward KearneyBishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
17 Jan57.3José Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
22 Jan72.6Franco CostaBishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
26 Jan86.9Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
31 Jan79.0Giacomo PalombellaArchbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
6 Feb72.7Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
26 Feb58.0Bernard Oguki-AtakpahBishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
6 Mar78.3José de Medeiros LeiteBishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Mar84.2Thomas Lawrence NoaBishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
17 Mar61.2Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
19 Mar72.1Petru PlescaOrdinary of Iaşi, Romania
21 Mar76.1Giuseppe AmiciArchbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
22 Mar50.2Émile BiayendaCardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
3 Apr82.5Pierre-Marie ThéasBishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
5 Apr72.6Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
12 Apr81.8Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Apr88.8Vittorio De ZancheBishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
14 Apr67.0Francisco Maria da SilvaArchbishop of Braga, Portugal
17 Apr64.2William John ConwayCardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
26 Apr75.2Floyd Lawrence BeginBishop of Oakland, California, USA
3 May68.2Raffaele PellecchiaArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy
6 May79.1Henry Theophilus KlonowskiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
29 May88.1Juan José Aníbal Mena PortaArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
8 Jun67.9Isaac GhattasBishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
15 Jun71.7Lawrence Bernard Brennan CaseyBishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
15 Jun67.3Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste RougéBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
26 Jun70.6Hermann Josef SchäufeleArchbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
29 Jun75.4Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
30 Jun68.1Joseph Francis DonnellyAuxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
4 Jul71.6Mihály Endrey-EipelBishop of Vác, Hungary
4 Jul80.0John Michael FearnsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
4 Jul75.8Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
6 Jul77.3Francesco BertoglioAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Jul84.6Ugo CamozzoArchbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
7 Jul71.8Benedetto FalcucciBishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
11 Jul63.3Carlos Horacio Ponce de LéonBishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
12 Jul63.4Pierre KimbondoBishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jul88.0Francesco RobertiCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
24 Jul84.5[ Chen Yuencai]Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
26 Jul72.4Coleman Francis CarrollArchbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
26 Jul77.6Arturo Duque VillegasArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
1 Aug75.5Giacomo CannoneroBishop of Asti, Italy
1 Aug86.3Robert Emmet LuceyArchbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
2 Aug88.6Manuel Gonçalves CerejeiraCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
6 Aug62.6Erasmo Hinojosa HurtadoArchbishop of Piura, Peru
7 Aug70.9Dino StaffaCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
9 Aug57.2Jean Bassoul, B.S. †Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
13 Aug90.5Nicanor Roberto Aguirre BausBishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
13 Aug73.6Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
14 Aug73.3Albert Vincent D’SouzaArchbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
16 Aug77.6Basile Pierre Charles HabraBishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
17 Aug76.7Thomas Joseph RileyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Aug77.6Pierre Khuất Văn TạoBishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
22 Aug91.0Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka
23 Aug92.0Karl Joseph AlterArchbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
27 Aug76.2Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
Sep39.8Joseph Chhmar SalasVicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
2 Sep57.5Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
2 Sep68.1Maurice René Quéguiner, M.E.P. †Superior General Emeritus of La Société des Missions Etrangères
25 Sep76.5Roberto RoncaPrelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
29 Sep68.6Athanasios Cheriyan PolachirakalBishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
1 Oct80.4Martin Walter StantonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
4 Oct63.0Ippolito RotoliApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
7 Oct68.2Francis Valentine AllenAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
21 Oct81.7Norman Thomas GilroyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
21 Oct76.4Luigi RinaldiBishop Emeritus of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
9 Nov90.9Ferdinando LonginottiBishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
13 Nov89.5Hugh Edward RyanBishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
17 Nov84.4Basilius (Franz Daniel) Niederberger, O.S.B. †President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Nov82.6Luigi TragliaCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
25 Nov86.1André-Gustave-Émile LeclercAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
30 Nov70.3Giuseppe PullanoBishop of Patti, Italy
2 Dec57.1Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola
2 Dec74.8Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
2 Dec70.8Leonardo Viera ContrerasBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
5 Dec50.6Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
9 Dec89.5Norberto PeriniArchbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
10 Dec77.9João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
13 Dec66.3Francisco Ferreira ArreolaBishop of Texcoco, México, México
20 Dec79.4André Clément Marie Ghislain CharueBishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Dec83.1Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
29 Dec82.0Georges-Léon LandryBishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

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