The Year of Our Lord 1980

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
8 Jan	67.8	Ernest Maria Çoba †	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
11 Jan	85.1	Emmanuel Daddi †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
12 Jan	77.7	Antonin Fishta, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Pulati), Albania
14 Jan	74.9	Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
14 Jan	85.4	Francesco Cogoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
15 Jan	96.7	Gioacchino Pedicini †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
19 Jan	61.2	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
22 Jan	59.5	Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
22 Jan	87.5	Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jan	81.4	Georges Xenopulos, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
30 Jan	93.0	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Nuncio
1 Feb	64.9	Costante Maltoni †	Apostolic Nuncio
7 Feb	71.6	Louis Li Boyu (Li Pai-yu, Li Bao-yu) †	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
20 Feb	63.8	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
20 Feb	63.9	Gabriele (Ezio) Marinucci, O.A.D. †	Prior General Emeritus of Agostiniani Scalzi
23 Feb	84.1	Michael John Browne †	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
25 Feb	85.5	Joseph-Martin Urtasun †	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
29 Feb	84.1	Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. †	Prefect Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
29 Feb	89.9	Carlo Rossi †	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
2 Mar	90.5	João da Silva Campos Neves †	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
7 Mar	71.7	Juan Carlos Ferro †	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
7 Mar	85.7	Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
9 Mar	74.5	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Mar	89.6	Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
24 Mar	62.6	St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
25 Mar	77.4	Jože Pogačnik †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28 Mar	60.6	Jaroslav Gabro †	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
28 Mar	91.1	James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
4 Apr	70.5	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
8 Apr	57.3	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
15 Apr	90.3	Jules Georges Kandela †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
17 Apr	76.8	Jan Jaroszewicz †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
23 Apr	65.8	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Apr	77.8	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
28 Apr	70.0	Vittore Ugo Righi †	Official of the Secretariat of State
30 Apr	60.3	John Edgar McCafferty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
4 May	79.4	Johann Wember, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
6 May	91.4	Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. †	Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
7 May	87.1	Neil Farren †	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
8 May	83.3	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
12 May	70.1	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
16 May	78.6	Corrado Mingo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
20 May	55.2	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
24 May	91.9	Santos Moro Briz †	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
3 Jun	90.9	João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
5 Jun	92.0	Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus
10 Jun	66.0	Antonio Cece †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
15 Jun	70.0	Sergio Pignedoli †	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
16 Jun	81.9	Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China
18 Jun	97.2	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
18 Jun	66.6	Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
26 Jun	96.9	Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
30 Jun	87.1	Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
2 Jul	59.1	Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M. †	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
8 Jul	69.3	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Jul	89.8	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
17 Jul	60.2	José Carranza Chévez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
17 Jul	59.5	Maximilian Goffart †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
21 Jul	80.0	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
21 Jul	70.7	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Bishop Emeritus of Espinal, Colombia
26 Jul	58.2	Joseph John Ruocco †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Jul	77.2	Francesco Ricceri †	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
30 Jul	67.3	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
2 Aug	72.4	Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena †	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
6 Aug	93.3	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
10 Aug	48.2	Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane †	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
12 Aug	73.4	Manuel Tato †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
13 Aug	63.4	Clemens P. Chabukasansha †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
15 Aug	74.2	Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
16 Aug	87.9	Thomas Kiely Gorman †	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
17 Aug	42.8	Laurent Yapi †	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
18 Aug	86.2	Peter Schweiger, C.M.F. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
19 Aug	62.2	Pablo Correa León †	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
26 Aug	91.0	Andrew Alexis D’Souza †	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
26 Aug	82.1	Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
16 Sep	66.5	Julio Franco Arango †	Bishop of Duitama, Colombia
16 Sep	74.0	Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
18 Sep	56.5	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
19 Sep	69.0	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
20 Sep	74.2	Juan Moleón Andreu †	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
27 Sep	72.4	Filemón Francisco Castellano †	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
29 Sep	84.0	Áron Márton †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
29 Sep	63.5	Gerald Vincent McDevitt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 Oct	60.1	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Bishop of Gap, France
4 Oct	80.9	Lawrence Patrick Whelan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Oct	72.1	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
6 Oct	77.4	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
10 Oct	68.3	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
11 Oct	71.3	Santo Bergamo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
15 Oct	64.3	Albert Louis Descamps †	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
19 Oct	73.7	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
22 Oct	76.7	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
22 Oct	84.0	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
27 Oct	86.5	Paolo Savino †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
29 Oct	71.9	Giovanni Francesco Dadone †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
1 Nov	75.8	Armando Fares †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro, Italy
2 Nov	78.3	Piotr Golebiowski †	Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz, Poland
2 Nov	83.7	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
7 Nov	68.1	Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
13 Nov	72.5	Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
13 Nov	90.0	Giovanni Rizzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, Italy
21 Nov	72.5	Jindřich Pešek, S.D.B. †	Bishop
23 Nov	69.4	Michele Federici †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
25 Nov	82.4	Aleksander Moscicki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
28 Nov	78.0	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
4 Dec	90.5	Celestino Fernández y Fernández †	Bishop Emeritus of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
19 Dec	68.6	Royappan Antony Muthu †	Bishop of Vellore, India
19 Dec	70.6	Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sikasso, Mali
19 Dec	65.8	Oscar Zanera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26 Dec	74.8	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
30 Dec	81.5	Giuseppe Carraro †	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
30 Dec	72.2	Bernard Czaplinski †	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

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