The Year of Our Lord 1977

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		[Tarcisius Guo Ze-qian] †	Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
unknown	81.0	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tukuyu, Tanzania
unknown		Josef Jindra †	Bishop
unknown		Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) †	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
2 Jan	69.1	José de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
4 Jan	56.9	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
7 Jan	74.6	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
12 Jan	92.2	James Edward Kearney †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
17 Jan	57.3	José Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
22 Jan	72.6	Franco Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
26 Jan	86.9	Salvatore Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
31 Jan	79.0	Giacomo Palombella †	Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy
6 Feb	72.7	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
26 Feb	58.0	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop Emeritus of Atakpamé, Togo
6 Mar	78.3	José de Medeiros Leite †	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Mar	84.2	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
17 Mar	61.2	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
19 Mar	72.1	Petru Plesca †	Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania
21 Mar	76.1	Giuseppe Amici †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
22 Mar	50.2	Émile Biayenda †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
3 Apr	82.5	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
5 Apr	72.6	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
12 Apr	81.8	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Apr	88.8	Vittorio De Zanche †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
14 Apr	67.0	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
17 Apr	64.2	William John Conway †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
26 Apr	75.2	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
3 May	68.2	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
6 May	79.1	Henry Theophilus Klonowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
29 May	88.1	Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
8 Jun	67.9	Isaac Ghattas †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
15 Jun	71.7	Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †	Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
15 Jun	67.3	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
26 Jun	70.6	Hermann Josef Schäufele †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
29 Jun	75.4	Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
30 Jun	68.1	Joseph Francis Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
4 Jul	71.6	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
4 Jul	80.0	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
4 Jul	75.8	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
6 Jul	77.3	Francesco Bertoglio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Jul	84.6	Ugo Camozzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
7 Jul	71.8	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
11 Jul	63.3	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
12 Jul	63.4	Pierre Kimbondo †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Jul	88.0	Francesco Roberti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
24 Jul	84.5	[ Chen Yuencai] †	Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
26 Jul	72.4	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
26 Jul	77.6	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
1 Aug	75.5	Giacomo Cannonero †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
1 Aug	86.3	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
2 Aug	88.6	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
6 Aug	62.6	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
7 Aug	70.9	Dino Staffa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
9 Aug	57.2	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
13 Aug	90.5	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
13 Aug	73.6	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
14 Aug	73.3	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
16 Aug	77.6	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
17 Aug	76.7	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Aug	77.6	Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo †	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
22 Aug	91.0	Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka
23 Aug	92.0	Karl Joseph Alter †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
27 Aug	76.2	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
Sep	39.8	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
2 Sep	57.5	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
2 Sep	68.1	Maurice René Quéguiner, M.E.P. †	Superior General Emeritus of La Société des Missions Etrangères
25 Sep	76.5	Roberto Ronca †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
29 Sep	68.6	Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
1 Oct	80.4	Martin Walter Stanton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
4 Oct	63.0	Ippolito Rotoli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
7 Oct	68.2	Francis Valentine Allen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
21 Oct	81.7	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
21 Oct	76.4	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
9 Nov	90.9	Ferdinando Longinotti †	Bishop Emeritus of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
13 Nov	89.5	Hugh Edward Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
17 Nov	84.4	Basilius (Franz Daniel) Niederberger, O.S.B. †	President Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
22 Nov	82.6	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
25 Nov	86.1	André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
30 Nov	70.3	Giuseppe Pullano †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
2 Dec	57.1	Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola
2 Dec	74.8	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
2 Dec	70.8	Leonardo Viera Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
5 Dec	50.6	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
9 Dec	89.5	Norberto Perini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
10 Dec	77.9	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
13 Dec	66.3	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
20 Dec	79.4	André Clément Marie Ghislain Charue †	Bishop Emeritus of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
20 Dec	83.1	Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
29 Dec	82.0	Georges-Léon Landry †	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

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