Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1901

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (59)
1901?
AlbaniaArchbishop Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. († 91)

Archbishop emeritus of Durrës (Albania) (1847.12.17 – 1893.07.14)

1901?
ItalyBishop Tommaso Bichi († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano (Italy) (1880.12.16 – 1901?)

1901?
VenezuelaBishop Gregorio Rodríguez y Obregón († 68)

Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1894.05.21 – 1901?)

1901.01.02
USABishop Ignatius Mrak († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1868.09.25 – 1879.04.28)

1901.01.05
USABishop Winand Michael Wigger († 59)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1881.07.11 – 1901.01.05)

1901.01.08
SpainBishop José Morgades y Gili († 74)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1899.06.19 – 1901.01.08)

1901.01.12
AustraliaBishop Joseph Patrick Byrne († 61)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1885.05.05 – 1901.01.12)

1901.01.15
South AfricaBishop Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. († 51)

Vicar Apostolic of Orange Free State (South Africa) (1886.06.08 – 1901.01.15)

1901.01.16
HungaryBishop Giovanni Zalka († 80)

Bishop of Győr (Hungary) (1867.03.27 – 1901.01.16)

1901.01.25
ItalyCardinal Sebastiano Galeati († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1890.06.26 – 1901.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1887.05.23 – 1901.01.25)

1901.01.28
ChinaBishop Clemente Coltelli (郭德禮), O.F.M. († 35)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) (1900.04.19 – 1901.01.28)

1901.01.29
ChinaBishop Pasquale Pagnucci (林奇愛), O.F.M. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) (1887.08.02 – 1901.01.29)

1901.02.16
SpainArchbishop Vicente Alda y Sancho († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1895.12.02 – 1901.02.16)

1901.02.23
GuadeloupeBishop Pierre-Marie Avon († 53)

Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) ([1899.02.04] 1899.06.22 – 1901.02.23)

1901.02.26
SwitzerlandBishop Adrian Jardinier († 92)

Bishop of Sion (Switzerland) ([1875.08.19] 1875.09.23 – 1901.02.26)

1901.02.28
FranceBishop Nicolas-Joseph Dabert († 89)

Bishop of Périgueux (France) ([1863.05.16] 1863.09.28 – 1901.02.28)

1901.03.25
CanadaBishop John Sweeny († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Saint John in America (Canada) (1859.11.09 – 1901.01)

1901.03.26
HondurasBishop Manuel Francisco Vélez († 61)

Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1887.05.23 – 1901.03.26)

1901.03.29
GermanyBishop Michael von Rampf († 75)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1889.12.08] 1889.12.30 – 1901.03.29)

1901.04.02
ItalyBishop Luigi Tesorieri († 76)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1901.04.02)

1901.04.04
MaliBishop Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M. Afr. († 40)

Vicar Apostolic of Sahara and Sudan (Mali) (1898.01.19 – 1901.04.04)

1901.04.20
ItalyArchbishop Alessandro de Risio, C.SS.R. († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Severina (Italy) (1872.05.06 – 1896.11.30)

1901.04.29
UkraineArchbishop Isacco Isakowicz (Armenian Rite) († 76)

Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (1882.07.03 – 1901.04.29)

1901.05.03
PolandBishop Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz († 75)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1883.03.15 – 1901.05.03)

1901.05.14
MexicoBishop Miguel Mariano Luque y Ayerdi († 62)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1884.11.13 – 1901.05.14)

1901.05.24
CanadaBlessed Bishop Louis-Zéphirin Moreau († 77)

Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1875.11.19 – 1901.05.24)

1901.06.03
PakistanBishop Paolo Tosi, O.F.M. Cap. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Punjab (Pakistan) (1880.09.27 – 1886?)

1901.06.29
ItalyBishop Domenico Cumino († 63)

Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1886.01.15 – 1901.06.29)

1901.07.04
IndiaArchbishop Paul-François-Marie Goethals, S.J. († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (1886.09.01 – 1901.07.04)

1901.07.09
CroatiaArchbishop Fulgenzio Czarev, O.F.M. († 75)

Archbishop-Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) (1888.06.01 – 1901.07.09)

1901.07.27
SpainCardinal Antonio María Cascajares y Azara († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1898.03.24 – 1901.07.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1901.04.18 – 1901.07.27)

1901.07.30
USABishop John Moore († 66)

Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) (1877.02.16 – 1901.07.30)

1901.08.03
FranceBishop Louis-Romain-Ernest Isoard († 81)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1879.05.09] 1879.05.15 – 1901.08.03)

1901.08.04
ColombiaBishop José María Villalba

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1900.09.25 – 1901.08.04)

1901.08.20
ItalyBishop Pietro Cappellari († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Concordia (Italy) (1872.05.06 – 1881.05.06)

1901.08.20
BelgiumBishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux († 64)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1879.08.26 – 1901.08.20)

1901.08.30
ChinaBishop Pietro Paolo de Marchi (馬天恩), O.F.M. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China) (1889.02.13 – 1901.08.30)

1901.09.09
ChinaBishop Félix Biet (畢天榮), M.E.P. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet 西藏 (China) (1878.08.27 – 1901.09.09)

1901.09.09
Costa RicaBishop Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman († 51)

Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1880.02.27 – 1901.09.09)

1901.09.11
ItalyBishop Luigi Maria Canestrari († 58)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (Italy) (1886.01.15 – 1901.09.11)

1901.09.17
ItalyBishop Evangelista di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. († 59)

Bishop of Lecce (Italy) (1898.11.15 – 1901.09.17)

1901.09.17
HungaryBishop Francesco Lichtensteiger († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1881.05.13 – 1901.09.17)

1901.09.17
SloveniaBishop Andrea Maria Sterk († 74)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1896.06.25 – 1901.09.17)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1896.06.25 – 1901.09.17)

1901.10.02
GuyanaBishop Anthony Butler, S.J. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana) (1878.05.31 – 1901.10.02)

1901.10.20
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Manicardi († 76)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1901.10.20)

1901.10.21
MexicoBishop Rómulo Betancourt y Torres († 43)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1900.08.31 – 1901.10.21)

1901.10.21
AustraliaBishop Martin Crane, O.E.S.A. († 83)

Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia) (1874 – 1901.10.21)

1901.11.07
PalestineBishop Pasquale Appodia († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1891.02.13 – 1901.11.07)

1901.11.09
EnglandBishop William Robert Brownlow († 71)

Bishop of Clifton (England) (1894.03.20 – 1901.11.09)

1901.11.09
VietnamBishop Désiré-François-Xavier Van Camelbeke, M.E.P. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam) (1884.01.15 – 1901.11.09)

1901.11.11
MonacoBishop Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret († 79)

Bishop of Monaco (Monaco) (1887.03.15 – 1901.11.11)

1901.11.22
ItalyBlessed Archbishop Tommaso Reggio († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1892.07.11 – 1901.11.22)

1901.12.03
FranceBishop Paul-Félix-Arséne Billard († 72)

Bishop of Carcassonne (France) ([1881.02.17] 1881.05.13 – 1901.12.03)

1901.12.03
PortugalBishop Antonio Tomas da Silva Leitão e Castro († 53)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1895.12.06 – 1901.12.03)

1901.12.04
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni († 71)

Bishop emeritus of Caltagirone (Italy) (1879.09.22 – 1887.03.14)

1901.12.12
MoldovaBishop Franz Xaver von Zottman († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Tiraspol (Moldova) (1872.02.23 – 1889.12)

1901.12.15
USABishop Thomas Mathias Lenihan († 58)

Bishop of Cheyenne (USA) (1896.11.30 – 1901.12.15)

1901.12.19
ItalyArchbishop Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M. Cap. († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chieti (Italy) (1887.05.23 – 1901.02.11)

1901.12.27
SpainBishop Ramón Ríu y Cabanas († 49)

Bishop of Urgell (Spain) (1901.04.18 – 1901.12.27)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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