Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1980 – 1989

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (49)
1980.06.15ItalyCardinal Sergio Pignedoli († 70)

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)

1980.12.26ItalyCardinal Egidio Vagnozzi († 74)

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)

1981.05.28PolandBlessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński († 79)

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)

1981.12.30CroatiaCardinal Franjo Šeper († 76)

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)

1982.03.22ItalyCardinal Pericle Felici († 70)

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)

1982.04.25USACardinal John Patrick Cody († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1967.06.29 – 1982.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1965.06.14 – 1982.04.25)

1982.09.18BrazilCardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1964.04.18 – 1982.09.18)

1982.10.26ItalyCardinal Giovanni Benelli († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1977.06.27 – 1982.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1977.06.03 – 1982.10.26)

1983.02.03ItalyCardinal Antonio Samorè († 77)

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)

1983.06.02PhilippinesCardinal Julio Rosales y Ras († 76)

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)

1983.06.15GuatemalaCardinal Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. († 74)

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)

1983.06.26AustraliaCardinal James Robert Knox († 69)

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)

1983.09.07GermanyCardinal Joseph Schröffer († 80)

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)

1983.09.17USACardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1973.03.05 – 1983.09.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17)

1983.10.06USACardinal Terence James Cooke († 62)

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)

1983.10.08FranceCardinal Alexandre-Charles Renard († 77)

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)

1983.11.07ItalyCardinal Umberto Mozzoni († 79)

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)

1984.04.09FranceCardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. († 78)

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)

1984.07.08VenezuelaCardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra († 81)

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)

1984.08.26USACardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1965.02.25 – 1984.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (USA) (1961.12.08 – 1974.03.25)

1984.09.07UkraineCardinal Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj (Ukrainian Rite) († 92)

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)

1984.10.15ItalyCardinal Paolo Marella († 89)

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)

1985.09.24ItalyCardinal Antonio Poma († 75)

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)

1985.10.24CanadaCardinal Maurice Roy († 80)

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)

1985.12.08ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Florit († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum» (1965.02.25 – 1985.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Firenze (Italy) (1962.03.09 – 1977.06.03)

1986.03.15MexicoCardinal Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez († 90)

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)

1986.06.30HungaryCardinal László Lékai († 76)

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)

1986.08.01ItalyCardinal Carlo Confalonieri († 93)

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)

1986.10.10ItalyCardinal Michele Pellegrino († 83)

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)

1986.12.19BrazilCardinal Avelar Brandão Vilela († 74)

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)

1986.12.29ItalyCardinal Pietro Parente († 95)

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)

1987.01.15ColombiaCardinal Aníbal Muñoz Duque († 78)

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)

1987.02.20IndiaCardinal Joseph Parecattil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 74)

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)

1987.08.10USACardinal Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle († 91)

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)

1987.08.20SpainCardinal José María Bueno y Monreal († 82)

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)

1987.08.23EgyptCardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss (Coptic Rite) († 83)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1965.02.22 – 1987.08.23)

Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1958.05.10 – 1986.05.24)

1987.10.16GermanyCardinal Joseph Höffner († 80)

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)

1987.12.16NetherlandsCardinal Bernardus Johannes Alfrink († 87)

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)

1988.07.01GermanyCardinal Hermann Volk († 84)

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)

1988.08.01USACardinal John Francis Dearden († 80)

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)

1988.08.01FranceCardinal Louis-Jean Guyot († 83)

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)

1988.09.22BelgiumCardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg († 83)

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)

1988.10.29Sri LankaCardinal Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. († 86)

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)

1988.11.09ItalyCardinal Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano († 85)

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)

1989.05.02ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Siri († 82)

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)

1989.06.14Congo-KinshasaCardinal Joseph Albert Malula († 71)

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)

1989.06.23USACardinal Timothy Manning († 79)

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)

1989.08.22CanadaCardinal George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. († 83)

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)

1989.11.28ItalyCardinal Ernesto Civardi († 83)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1979.06.30 – 1989.11.28)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for Bishops (1967.05.17 – 1979.06.30)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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