The Year of Our Lord 1981

Necrology

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Paul Ly †	Prefect of Linqing [Lintsing], China
17 Jan	71.8	Hugo Aufderbeck †	Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
17 Jan	84.3	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
17 Jan	85.6	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
18 Jan	82.9	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
23 Jan	85.4	Maurice Schexnayder †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
28 Jan	73.2	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
30 Jan	88.1	Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
30 Jan	68.5	John Gordon †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
30 Jan	75.3	József Winkler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
12 Feb	69.1	Herman To Paivu †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
13 Feb	85.8	Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P. †	Master General Emeritus of Order of Friars Preachers
13 Feb	93.0	Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
20 Feb	95.4	Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo e Atri, Italy
20 Feb	81.5	Athanasios Toutoungi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Feb	61.6	Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
1 Mar	77.0	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
7 Mar	69.5	Peter Birch †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
7 Mar	81.9	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
8 Mar	72.0	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
9 Mar	86.0	Norberto Forero y García †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
17 Mar	85.3	Antonio Santin †	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy
22 Mar	89.9	Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
31 Mar	67.5	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
31 Mar	84.8	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
15 Apr	80.8	Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
17 Apr	69.3	Georges Benoit Gassongo †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
17 Apr	87.6	Boļeslavs Sloskāns †	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus
17 Apr	63.3	Owen Noel Snedden †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
19 Apr	72.5	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
20 Apr	83.0	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
22 Apr	83.9	André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger †	Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France
1 May	79.3	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
3 May	80.5	Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
9 May	69.8	Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia
18 May	59.0	Theodorus Lumanauw †	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
18 May	52.7	James Steven Rausch †	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
24 May	57.2	Climério Almeida de Andrade †	Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil
25 May	73.2	Neemeh Simaan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
28 May	79.8	Stefan Wyszynski †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
31 May	75.9	Flaviano Ariola †	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
1 Jun	65.0	Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
2 Jun	45.8	Johannes Kleineidam †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
3 Jun	58.2	Jean-Marie Lafontaine †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
5 Jun	74.4	Giuseppe Perniciaro †	Bishop Emeritus of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
14 Jun	72.4	Samuel Chauriz, O.A.O.C. †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
9 Jul	69.5	Wilhelm Möhler, S.A.C. †	Rector General Emeritus of Society of the Catholic Apostolate
11 Jul	77.1	Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
16 Jul	84.7	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
20 Jul	91.8	Diego Venini †	Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
23 Jul	77.2	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
25 Jul	70.3	Ferdinando Lambruschini †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
29 Jul	90.2	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
2 Aug	69.1	Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India
9 Aug	86.7	Joseph Maximilian Mueller †	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
12 Aug	66.8	Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
15 Aug	81.5	Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
19 Aug	83.5	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
21 Aug	85.3	Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
1 Sep	68.7	Paschal Sweeney, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
5 Sep	95.4	Giulio Bianconi †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
8 Sep	67.3	Jacques Michel Djarwé †	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
11 Sep		Joseph Buckley, S.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of Mary
12 Sep	57.4	Edmund Ilcewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
12 Sep	69.1	Juan C. Sison †	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
13 Sep	73.4	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
14 Sep	75.0	Alphonse Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
25 Sep	67.2	Luis Juan Tomé †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
30 Sep	76.2	Leo Pietsch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
1 Oct	81.7	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
4 Oct	66.8	Ceslao Sipovic, M.I.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
9 Oct	81.2	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
11 Oct	78.8	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Oct	68.7	Gabriel Bukatko †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
22 Oct	83.1	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
24 Oct	85.6	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
26 Oct	86.3	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
28 Oct		Federico da Baselga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Endeber, Ethiopia
28 Oct	78.1	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
1 Nov	79.5	Mariano Madriaga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
4 Nov	83.4	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
7 Nov	61.9	Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India
10 Nov	75.3	Gabriel Ganni †	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Nov	73.3	Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
4 Dec	75.8	Wilhelmus Joannes Leo Antonius van Hees, O.S.C. †	Master General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
11 Dec	59.7	Giovanni Gravelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
12 Dec	63.8	Manuel Ferreira Cabral †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
14 Dec	67.3	Paolo Mosconi †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iraq
14 Dec	74.9	Antonio Ravagli †	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
15 Dec	82.0	Joseph Nguyên-Thiên-Khuyên †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
22 Dec	58.3	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Dec	60.5	Leopoldo Teofili †	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
28 Dec	79.7	Tommaso Leonetti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
30 Dec	76.2	Franjo Šeper †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith