ELA, Volume 16, pp. 216-231, August 2007, abstract. Spectrum of Infinite Block Matrices and pi-Triangular Operators M. I. Gil' The paper deals with infinite block matrices having compact off diagonal parts. Bounds for the spectrum are established and estimates for the norm of the resolvent are proposed. Applications to matrix integral operators are also discussed. The main tool is the pi-triangular operators defined in the paper.