| Date of Death | Deceased Cardinals (49) |
| 1980.06.15 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1973.03.05 – 1980.06.15) President of Secretariat for Non-Christians (1973.03.06 – 1980.06.15) |
| 1980.12.26 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (1973.03.05 – 1980.12.26) President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1968.01.13 – 1980.12.26) Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1979.06.30 – 1980.12.26) |
| 1981.05.28 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1957.05.18 – 1981.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28) Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1948.11.12 – 1981.05.28) |
| 1981.12.30 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (1965.02.25 – 1981.12.30) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zagreb (Croatia) (1960.03.05 – 1969.08.20) Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1968.08.20 – 1981.11.25) President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission (1971 – 1981.11.25) |
| 1982.03.22 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1982.03.22) President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law (1967.02.21 – 1982.03.22) Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1977.08.15 – 1982.03.22) President of Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council (1967 – 1982.03.22) |
| 1982.04.25 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1967.06.29 – 1982.04.25) Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1965.06.14 – 1982.04.25) |
| 1982.09.18 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18) Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1964.04.18 – 1982.09.18) |
| 1982.10.26 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1977.06.27 – 1982.10.26) Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1977.06.03 – 1982.10.26) |
| 1983.02.03 | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1974.12.12 – 1983.02.03) Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1974.01.25 – 1983.02.03) Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (1974.01.25 – 1983.02.03) |
| 1983.06.02 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (1969.04.30 – 1983.06.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cebu (Philippines) (1949.12.17 – 1982.08.24) |
| 1983.06.15 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1969.04.30 – 1983.06.15) Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15) Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15) |
| 1983.06.26 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1973.03.05 – 1983.06.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1967.04.13 – 1974.07.01) President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1983.06.26) |
| 1983.09.07 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba (1976.05.24 – 1983.09.07) Bishop emeritus of Eichstätt (Germany) (1948.07.23 – 1968.01.02) Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education (1967.05.17 – 1976.05.20) |
| 1983.09.17 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1973.03.05 – 1983.09.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17) |
| 1983.10.06 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1969.04.30 – 1983.10.06) Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1968.03.02 – 1983.10.06) Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) (1968.04.04 – 1983.10.06) |
| 1983.10.08 | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1976.05.24 – 1983.10.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lyon (France) (1967.05.28 – 1981.10.29) |
| 1983.11.07 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Eugenio pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 1983.11.07) President emeritus of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1974 – 1983) |
| 1984.04.09 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (1983.02.02 – 1984.04.09) Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (1978.11.10 – 1984.04.09) |
| 1984.07.08 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1961.01.19 – 1984.07.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela) (1960.08.31 – 1980.05.24) |
| 1984.08.26 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1965.02.25 – 1984.08.26) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1961.12.08 – 1974.03.25) |
| 1984.09.07 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio (1965.02.25 – 1984.09.07) Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963.12.23 – 1984.09.07) Apostolic Exarch of Velyka Ukraina (Ukraine) (1939.09.17 – 1984.09.07) |
| 1984.10.15 | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1972.03.15 – 1984.10.15) President emeritus of Reverend Fabric of Saint Peter (1967 – 1983.02.08) Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1961.08.14 – 1983.02.08) |
| 1985.09.24 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina (1969.04.30 – 1985.09.24) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1968.02.12 – 1983.02.11) |
| 1985.10.24 | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (1965.02.25 – 1985.10.24) Military Vicar emeritus of Canada (Canada) (1946.06.08 – 1982.03.12) |
| 1985.12.08 | Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum» (1965.02.25 – 1985.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1962.03.09 – 1977.06.03) |
| 1986.03.15 | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1969.04.30 – 1986.03.15) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of México (Mexico) (1956.06.28 – 1977.07.19) |
| 1986.06.30 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (1976.05.24 – 1986.06.30) Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1976.02.12 – 1986.06.30) |
| 1986.08.01 | Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1977.12.12 – 1986.08.01) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1972.03.15 – 1986.08.01) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1959.11.16 – 1986.08.01) |
| 1986.10.10 | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1986.10.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy) (1965.09.18 – 1977.08.01) |
| 1986.12.19 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1973.03.05 – 1986.12.19) Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1971.03.25 – 1986.12.19) |
| 1986.12.29 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1967.06.29 – 1986.12.29) Archbishop emeritus of Perugia (Italy) (1955.09.15 – 1959.10.23) Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1965.12.07 – 1967.06.26) |
| 1987.01.15 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1973.03.05 – 1987.01.15) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) (1972.07.29 – 1984.06.25) Military Vicar emeritus of Colombia (Colombia) (1972.07.30 – 1984.06.25) |
| 1987.02.20 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1969.04.30 – 1987.02.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30) President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law (1972 – 1987) |
| 1987.08.10 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1987.08.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA) (1965.10.12 – 1973.03.03) |
| 1987.08.20 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title (1959.03.12 – 1987.08.20) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla (Spain) (1957.04.08 – 1982.05.22) |
| 1987.08.23 | Cardinal-Patriarch (1965.02.22 – 1987.08.23) Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1958.05.10 – 1986.05.24) |
| 1987.10.16 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle (1969.04.30 – 1987.10.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Köln (Germany) (1969.02.24 – 1987.09.14) |
| 1987.12.16 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello (1960.03.31 – 1987.12.16) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1955.10.31 – 1975.12.06) Military Vicar emeritus of Netherlands (Netherlands) (1957.04.16 – 1975.12.06) |
| 1988.07.01 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (1973.03.05 – 1988.07.01) Bishop emeritus of Mainz (Germany) (1962.03.25 – 1982.12.27) |
| 1988.08.01 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina (1969.04.30 – 1988.08.01) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Detroit (USA) (1958.12.18 – 1980.07.15) |
| 1988.08.01 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1973.03.05 – 1988.08.01) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) (1966.04.28 – 1978.11.16) |
| 1988.09.22 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1988.09.22) Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1972.03 – 1988.09.22) |
| 1988.10.29 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1965.02.25 – 1988.10.29) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1972.05.22 – 1976.09.02) |
| 1988.11.09 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato pro hac vice Title (1979.06.30 – 1988.11.09) Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces (1967.04.01 – 1969.04.09) |
| 1989.05.02 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1953.01.15 – 1989.05.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova–Bobbio (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1987.07.06) |
| 1989.06.14 | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (1969.04.30 – 1989.06.14) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.30 – 1989.06.14) |
| 1989.06.23 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi (1973.03.05 – 1989.06.23) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Los Angeles (USA) (1970.01.21 – 1985.07.12) |
| 1989.08.22 | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle (1969.04.30 – 1989.08.22) Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada) (1961.03.10 – 1982.03.31) |
| 1989.11.28 | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1979.06.30 – 1989.11.28) Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Bishops (1967.05.17 – 1979.06.30) |
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