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The Year of Our Lord 1961

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownPasquale de Martino, S.X. †Prefect of Padang, Indonesia
6 Jan76.5Konštantín BohačevskyjArchbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
10 Jan82.3Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. †Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Syria
21 Jan77.9Heinrich WienkenBishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
27 Jan62.3Silvino MartínezBishop of Rosario, Argentina
28 Jan55.8Joseph StreidtAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
28 Jan79.3Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem)Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
29 Jan80.5Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
29 Jan74.0Johannes Christianus Vrakking, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
3 Feb70.4Ciril BanicBishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
7 Feb97.1Antônio Augusto de AssisBishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Feb80.5Ferenc RogácsBishop of Pécs, Hungary
22 Feb81.1Antonín EltschknerAuxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
25 Feb66.5Thomas John McDonnellCoadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
28 Feb78.9Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrathArchbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
3 Mar71.5John M. Collins, S.M.A. †Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia
5 Mar74.2Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi
6 Mar78.6Marcello MimmiCardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
22 Mar55.6Francesco Font Garcia, I.E.M.E. †Prefect Emeritus of Wankie, Zimbabwe
25 Mar53.1Joseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang)Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
26 Mar72.6[Carlos Duarte Costa]
27 Mar76.1Cesar Maria Guerrero y RodriguezBishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
30 Mar68.9José Weimann, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
31 Mar68.9Giuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Campagna, Italy
3 Apr65.1Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
14 Apr71.7Mario ToccabelliArchbishop of Siena, Italy
24 Apr81.2César Ángel Vigiani, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia
29 Apr68.5Georges-Louis-Camille DebrayBishop of Meaux, France
7 May79.5José María Eguino y TrecuBishop of Santander, Spain
8 May48.3Bernard ManyuraneBishop-Elect of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
13 May50.2José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. †Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
13 May49.6Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
13 May82.5Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. †Prelate Emeritus of Jataí, Brazil
15 May52.0Cletus Joseph BenjaminAuxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 May58.9Francesco PieriBishop of Orvieto, Italy
23 May45.4Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo HerediaAuxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
3 Jun70.5Albert StohrBishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Jun90.5Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
10 Jun87.0Michael BuchbergerBishop of Regensburg, Germany
21 Jun58.0Wilhelm TuschenAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
24 Jun78.3Antonio Cardona RieraBishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
25 Jun64.4Julius Edward Dillon, O.F.M. †Prefect of Shashi [Shasi], China
30 Jun88.5Ersilio MenzaniBishop of Piacenza, Italy
5 Jul80.3Aniello CalcaraArchbishop of Cosenza, Italy
7 Jul80.8Pietro CapizziBishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
10 Jul70.6Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
11 Jul91.6Octave-Louis PasquetBishop Emeritus of Sées {Séez}, France
12 Jul67.6Gregorio Adam DalmauBishop of Valencia en Venezuela
16 Jul80.5Iwannis (Youhanna) GandourTitular Archbishop of Bostra
22 Jul79.2Leopoldo ButelerBishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina
30 Jul73.4Domenico TardiniCardinal, Secretary of State
1 Aug68.7Andrés A. Domingo Pérez CáceresBishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
2 AugArturo Álvarez SilvaEcclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
2 Aug59.7Jean-Emmanuel MarquèsArchbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
3 Aug87.1Nicola CanaliCardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
6 Aug87.5Jozef-Ernest van RoeyCardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Aug72.7Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
13 Aug72.4Giovanni Battista DellepianeApostolic Nuncio to Austria
18 Aug77.6Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Swaziland
21 Aug77.4Emilio Botero GonzálezBishop of Pasto, Colombia
23 Aug66.6Lucio Torreblanca y TapiaArchbishop of Durango, México
27 Aug74.3Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †Apostolic Nuncio
31 Aug48.3Rafael Valladares y ArgumedoAuxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
4 Sep74.8Isidore FattalArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
18 Sep74.9Souleyman SayeghAuxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
23 Sep88.0John William Campling, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
30 Sep87.0Michael MemelauerBishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
1 Oct62.6William Otterwell BradyArchbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3 Oct73.8József GrőszArchbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
11 OctJohn Baptist Tokisuke NodaPrefect of Niigata, Japan
12 Oct83.1Maurice Jean Baptiste Félix Marie Amoudru, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad, Russian Federation
15 Oct77.7John Joseph MittyArchbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
18 Oct75.1Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Hengyang [Hengchow], China
20 Oct81.4Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
2 Nov73.4Josef Karel MatochaArchbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
4 Nov81.8Thomas Edward FlynnBishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
7 Nov65.7Michael KellerBishop of Münster, Germany
7 Nov90.0Pierre-Maurice-Marie RivièreBishop Emeritus of Monaco
12 Nov74.1Tarcisio Martina, C.S.S. †Prefect of Yixian [Yihsien], China
16 Nov57.8Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
18 Nov87.3Ferdinando BernardiArchbishop of Taranto, Italy
26 Nov78.2Tadeusz Paweł ZakrzewskiBishop of Płock, Poland
7 Dec76.2Michal BuzalkaAuxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia
8 Dec71.9Francis Patrick KeoughArchbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
10 Dec85.6Ricardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
13 Dec66.3Antonio Ignacio CamargoBishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
22 Dec89.6Elia Dalla CostaCardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
23 Dec97.7Emanuele MignoneBishop of Arezzo, Italy
25 Dec89.5Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

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