The Year of Our Lord 1979

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	66.6	Giuseppe Turbessi, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
14 Jan	73.0	José Bascuñana y López †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
15 Jan	77.1	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
26 Jan	72.7	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
27 Jan	75.9	Ramón José Castellano †	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
29 Jan	64.1	Reginald John Delargey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
2 Feb	64.0	Giuseppe Moizo †	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
9 Feb	67.4	Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
9 Feb	82.0	Eduardo Martinez González †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
10 Feb	93.3	Giovanni Mele †	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
22 Feb	78.2	David Frederick Cunningham †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
24 Feb	79.6	Joseph Edward Rudderham †	Bishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain
9 Mar	73.4	Jean-Marie Villot †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
12 Mar	74.7	Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
16 Mar	83.0	Thomas Aloysius Boland †	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
18 Mar	83.8	Abdallah Nujaim †	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
21 Mar	69.4	Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Djibouti
24 Mar	83.1	Eugene O’Doherty †	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
6 Apr	70.1	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
8 Apr	71.6	Josef Stangl †	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
9 Apr	73.5	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
11 Apr	66.7	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Apr	93.9	Marko Alaupović †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 Apr	89.6	Josef Hiltl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
23 Apr	74.1	Francis James Furey †	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
4 May	70.3	Bala Shoury Thumma †	Bishop Emeritus of Nellore, India
6 May	68.1	Aleksandar Tokic †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
11 May	85.1	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
12 May	91.2	Antonio Rocca †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
14 May	74.3	Viktor Novikov (Makovski), S.J. †	Bishop
22 May	85.2	Carlo Angeleri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona, Italy
26 May	76.9	Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia
28 May	85.3	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania
30 May	75.1	Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
2 Jun	62.9	Manuel Visuvasam †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
4 Jun	67.0	João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
3 Jul	62.9	Olimpo Santiago Maresma †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
6 Jul	86.7	Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
6 Jul	80.0	Edward Ellis †	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
10 Jul	85.3	Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Djakarta, Indonesia
12 Jul	80.0	Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
16 Jul	93.0	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
21 Jul	62.3	Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa †	Bishop Emeritus of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jul	80.1	Giuseppe D’Avack †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
28 Jul	92.8	Lafayette Libânio †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Aug	92.6	Francis Arthur Carvalho †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
2 Aug	74.7	Juan José Díaz Plata, O.P. †	Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia
3 Aug	88.7	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
5 Aug	75.9	Joseph Arregui y Yparaguirre, O.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10 Aug	70.0	John Joseph Wright †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
13 Aug	85.3	Nikolay Avtonomov †	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
15 Aug	83.1	Paul Bouque, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
20 Aug	76.6	Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
21 Aug	74.8	Alexander Edezath †	Bishop Emeritus of Cochin, India
5 Sep	95.1	Alberto di Jorio †	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
9 Sep	87.0	Alban Francis Swarbrick (of Blackburn), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Jullundur, India
9 Sep	87.8	Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais †	Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, Canada
10 Sep	88.7	Federico Pezzullo †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
16 Sep	72.1	Vincent John Baldwin †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
16 Sep	64.2	Heinrich Tenhumberg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
22 Sep	64.0	Lawrence Michael De Falco †	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
2 Oct	75.0	Joseph Mary Marling, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
4 Oct	74.7	Cyril John Vogel †	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
9 Oct	80.6	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
9 Oct	78.9	Leo Binz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
9 Oct	68.0	Bernardo Navarro Allende, O. de M. †	Master General Emeritus of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
17 Oct	68.1	George Joseph Biskup †	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
21 Oct	74.5	Norbert Robichaud †	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
23 Oct	90.7	Antonio Caggiano †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
24 Nov	90.0	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India
25 Nov	79.1	Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
6 Dec	83.1	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
9 Dec	84.5	Bl. Fulton John Sheen †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
13 Dec	58.2	Alfred Bengsch †	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
16 Dec	71.8	Ladislav Hlad †	Titular Bishop of Cediae
20 Dec	85.7	Joseph Cheikho †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
23 Dec	84.0	Domenico Valerii †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
28 Dec	82.0	Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

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