Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1903

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (63)
1903.01.03
PortugalBishop Tommaso Gomes de Almeida († 66)

Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1903.01.03)

1903.01.04
USABishop Gulstan Francis Ropert, SS.CC. († 63)

Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands (USA) (1892.06.03 – 1903.01.04)

1903.01.15
ItalyCardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi († 69)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1896.11.30 – 1903.01.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum (1899.12.14 – 1903.01.15)

Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1899.12.14 – 1903.01.15)

Secretary of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1896 – 1903.01.15)

1903.01.16
SpainBishop Ramón Torrijos y Gómez († 61)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1903.01.16)

1903.01.22
ItalyArchbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs. († 61)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1901.08.08)

1903.01.30
BelgiumArchbishop Felix-Marie de Neckere († 78)

Titular Archbishop of Melitene (1875.09.17 – 1903.01.30)

1903.02.02
IraqArchbishop Giuseppe Elis Khayatt (Chaldean Rite) († 46)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1900.07.13 – 1903.02.02)

1903.02.07
IndiaBishop Étienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. († 68)

Bishop of Coimbatore (India) (1886.09.01 – 1903.02.07)

1903.02.09
ItalyBishop Mariano Palermo († 77)

Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy) (1887.03.18 – 1903.02.09)

1903.02.12
ItalyBishop Angelo Michele Onorati († 80)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1879.09.19 – 1903.02.12)

1903.02.14
ItalyBishop Giovanni Privitera († 58)

Bishop of Patti (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1903.02.14)

1903.02.24
BelarusArchbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1901.04.15 – 1903.02.24)

1903.03.05
EnglandBishop John Bilsborrow († 66)

Bishop of Salford (England) (1892.07.15 – 1903.03.05)

1903.03.12
ItalyBishop Alessandro Toti († 68)

Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1891.12.14 – 1903.03.12)

1903.03.13
ColombiaBishop Giuseppe Benigno Perilla († 71)

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1887.03.17 – 1903.03.13)

1903.03.15
GermanyBishop Franz Wilhelm Cramer († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1884.11.13 – 1903.03.15)

1903.03.21
ItalyArchbishop Ferdinando Capponi († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1883.03.08 – 1903.03.21)

1903.03.22
CanadaBishop James Rogers († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Chatham (Canada) (1860.05.08 – 1902.08.07)

1903.04.01
BrazilBishop Antônio Cândido Alvarenga († 66)

Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)

1903.04.11
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Masi (Italo-Albanese Rite) († 77)

Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1878.01.29 – 1903.04.11)

1903.04.13
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Maglione († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy) (1876.12.18 – 1900.12.17)

1903.04.17
PeruBishop Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC. († 63)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1901.02.27 – 1903.04.17)

1903.04.20
ItalyArchbishop Raffaele Sirolli († 62)

Bishop emeritus of Sora (Italy) (1887.03.14 – 1899.12.14)

Bishop emeritus of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1887.03.14 – 1899.12.14)

Bishop emeritus of Aquino (Italy) (1887.03.14 – 1899.12.14)

1903.04.25
CroatiaBishop Matteo Zannoni († 72)

Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia) (1895.03.18 – 1903.04.25)

1903.04.27
ItalyBishop Guglielmo Giustini († 57)

Bishop of Loreto (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1903.04.27)

Bishop of Recanati (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1903.04.27)

1903.04.27
PeruBishop Francesco Solano del Rísco, O.F.M. († 74)

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1865.03.27 – 1903.04.27)

1903.05.01
FranceArchbishop Alphonse-Martin Larue († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Langres (France) (1884.11.13 – 1899.12.14)

1903.05.01
PolandBishop Enrico Pietro Delega Kossowski († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Kujawy–Kaliska (Poland) (1884.03.24 – 1889.12.30)

1903.05.03
ItalyBlessed Bishop Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz († 73)

Bishop of Susa (Italy) (1877.12.31 – 1903.05.03)

1903.05.17
FranceBishop Louis Olivieri († 68)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) ([1899.12.07] 1899.12.14 – 1903.05.17)

1903.05.27
GermanyBishop Johann Baptist Assmann († 69)

Military Vicar of Germany (Germany) (1888.06.01 – 1903.05.27)

1903.06.06
IndiaBishop Jean-Marie Crochet († 59)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1900.10.25 – 1903.06.06)

1903.06.08
ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Quattrocchi († 52)

Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1900.06.15 – 1903.04.01)

1903.06.19
EnglandCardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1893.01.19 – 1903.06.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1892.04.08 – 1903.06.19)

Superior General of Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill (1868 – 1903.06.19)

1903.07.05
SpainBishop Mariano Cidad y Olmos († 59)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1903.06.25 – 1903.07.05)

1903.07.09
CanadaBishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Athabaska (Canada) (1864.08.03 – 1903.07.09)

1903.07.20
ItalyPope Leo XIII († 93)

Supreme Pontiff (1878.02.20 [1878.03.03] – 1903.07.20)

1903.07.20
ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo di Giovanni († 70)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (1896.10.21 – 1901.03.04)

1903.07.20
USAArchbishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1891.01.30 – 1903.07.20)

1903.07.30
ColombiaBishop Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Antioquía (Colombia) (1892.01.30 – 1900?)

1903.08.15
ItalyBishop Marino Russo († 60)

Bishop of Marsi (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1903.08.15)

1903.08.22
United Arab EmiratesBishop Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap. († 64)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1889.06.28 – 1900.04)

1903.09.01
HungaryBishop Sámuel Hetyey († 57)

Bishop of Pécs (Hungary) (1897.12.14 – 1903.09.01)

1903.09.15
South AfricaBishop Charles-Constant Jolivet, O.M.I. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Natal (South Africa) (1874.09.15 – 1903.09.15)

1903.09.27
ItalyArchbishop Nicodario Vampa († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1903.09.27)

1903.09.30
NetherlandsBishop Gaspard Josephus Bottemanne († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Haarlem (Netherlands) (1883.08.14 – 1903.09.11)

1903.10.08
ChinaBishop Ezechias Banci (南熙), O.F.M. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China) (1879.09.30 – 1903.10.08)

1903.10.11
ItalyBishop Eugenio Carlo Valussi († 66)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) ([1886.04.24] 1886.06.06 – 1903.10.11)

1903.10.13
USAArchbishop John Joseph Kain († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1895.05.21 – 1903.10.13)

1903.10.13
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Cariati (Italy) (1877.03.12 – 1903.02.23)

1903.10.21
FranceBishop Amédée-Jean-Baptiste Latieule († 65)

Bishop of Vannes (France) ([1898.03.22] 1898.03.24 – 1903.10.21)

1903.11.02
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Maria de Lorenzo († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Mileto (Italy) (1889.02.11 – 1898.11.28)

1903.11.03
USABishop Jean-Baptiste Brondel († 62)

Bishop of Helena (USA) (1884.03.07 – 1903.11.03)

1903.11.05
GermanyBishop Heinrich Brück († 72)

Bishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1899.12.21] 1900.03.30 – 1903.11.05)

1903.11.12
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Apollonio († 74)

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) (1882.09.25 – 1903.11.12)

1903.11.16
FranceBishop Étienne-Antoine-Alfred Lelong († 68)

Bishop of Nevers (France) ([1877.08.21] 1877.09.21 – 1903.11.16)

1903.11.23
ItalyArchbishop Felice Gialdini († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Montepulciano (Italy) (1890.04.23 – 1898.11.28)

1903.11.24
ChinaBishop John Baptist von Anzer (安治泰), S.V.D. († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shandong 山東南境 (China) (1886.01.04 – 1903.11.24)

1903.12.05
ItalyBishop Federico Domenico Sala († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1903.01.23 – 1903.12.05)

1903.12.09
SpainCardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1903.08.27 – 1903.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1898.03.24 – 1903.12.09)

1903.12.13
CubaArchbishop Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago (Cuba) (1894.05.21 – 1899.04.27)

1903.12.13
USABishop Denis William Mary Bradley († 57)

Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1884.04.18 – 1903.12.13)

1903.12.15
GhanaBishop Maximilien Albert, S.M.A. († 37)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1901.05.25 – 1903.12.15)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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