Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1905

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (70)
1905
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Addessi († 75)

Bishop of Diano–Teggiano (Italy) (1884.03.24 – 1905)

1905
ItalyBishop Raffaele Bianchi († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Pienza (Italy) (1872.07.20 – 1889.12.30)

Bishop emeritus of Chiusi (Italy) (1872.07.20 – 1889.12.30)

1905
CroatiaBishop Stefano Benedetto Paulovic-Lucich († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia) (1880.12.13 – 1905)

1905.01.01
FranceCardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1887.03.17 – 1905.01.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1874.12.21 – 1905.01.01)

1905.01.07
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Bucchi-Accica († 78)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1905.01.07)

Archbishop ad personam (1903.10.18 – 1905.01.07)

1905.01.17
SpainPatriarch José Moreno y Mazón († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1885.03.27 – 1905.01.17)

1905.01.23
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Fegatelli († 62)

Bishop emeritus of Rimini (Italy) (1891.06.01 – 1900.12.17)

1905.01.24
PalestinePatriarch Luigi Piavi, O.F.M. († 71)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1889.08.28 – 1905.01.24)

Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1889.08.28 – 1905.01.24)

1905.01.25
GermanyArchbishop Joseph von Schork († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1890.08.26] 1891.05.06 – 1905.01.25)

1905.01.26
AustriaBishop Johann Baptist Schneider († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1896.06.25 – 1905.01.26)

1905.02.09
EnglandBishop Richard Preston († 48)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England) (1900.03.21 – 1905.02.09)

1905.02.11
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Bertagna († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy) (1884.03.24 – 1905.02.11)

1905.02.23
FranceBishop Charles-Evariste-Joseph Coeuret-Varin († 66)

Bishop of Agen (France) ([1884.12.31] 1885.03.27 – 1905.02.23)

1905.03.10
ItalyBishop Francesco Tavani († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1873.03.21 – 1905.03.10)

1905.03.13
TurkiyeArchbishop Nilo Isworoff (Bulgarian Rite) († 81)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinople of the Bulgarians (Turkiye) (1880 – 1895.07)

Archbishop ad personam (1883.04.10 – 1905.03.13)

1905.03.14
RomaniaBishop Giulio Meszlényi († 73)

Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania) (1887.11.25 – 1905.03.14)

1905.03.18
GermanyBishop Joseph Georg von Ehrler († 71)

Bishop of Speyer (Germany) ([1878.06.09] 1878.07.15 – 1905.03.18)

1905.03.22
ChinaBishop Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M. († 46)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) (1902.01.23 – 1905.03.22)

1905.04.04
ChinaBishop Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (樊國樑), C.M. († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li 直隸北境 (China) (1899.04.13 – 1905.04.04)

1905.04.21
MyanmarBishop Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P. († 44)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Burma (Myanmar) (1893.12.22 – 1899)

1905.04.22
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs. († 69)

Minister General emeritus of Order of Observant Friars Minor (1889 – 1897)

1905.04.28
ItalyCardinal Andrea Aiuti († 55)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1903.11.12 – 1905.04.28)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.07.24 – 1893.06.07)

1905.05.08
CroatiaBishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer († 90)

Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia) (1849.11.18 – 1905.05.08)

1905.05.11
ItalyBishop Francesco Saverio Mangeruva († 82)

Bishop of Gerace (Italy) (1872.05.06 – 1905.05.11)

1905.05.13
FranceArchbishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1905.05.13)

1905.05.17
HungaryBishop József Boltizár († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1875.08.24 – 1905.05.17)

1905.05.17
BrazilBishop João Antônio dos Santos († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Diamantina (Brazil) (1863.09.28 – 1905.05.05)

1905.05.30
CanadaBishop Alexander Macdonell († 71)

Bishop of Alexandria in America (Canada) (1890.07.18 – 1905.05.30)

1905.06.01
ItalySaint Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini († 65)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1875.12.13 – 1905.06.01)

Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) (1887 – 1905.06.01)

1905.06.03
RomaniaArchbishop Francesco Saverio de Hornstein († 65)

Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) (1896.03.31 – 1905.06.03)

1905.06.03
PeruBishop José María Carpenter Aponte († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1891.06.04 – 1905.06.03)

1905.06.05
BrazilBishop José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar († 57)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05)

1905.06.06
GermanyBishop Ludwig Wahl († 73)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Meißen (Germany) (1890.07.11 – 1900)

Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Lausitz (Germany) (1890.07.11 – 1900)

1905.06.09
EnglandBishop Edmund Knight († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Shrewsbury (England) (1882.04.25 – 1895.05.28)

1905.06.11
GibraltarBishop James Bellord († 59)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1899.02.05 – 1901.07.29)

1905.06.14
MexicoBishop Ignacio Díaz y Macedo († 52)

Bishop of Tepic (Mexico) (1893.01.19 – 1905.06.14)

1905.06.17
FranceBishop Aloys-Joseph-Eugène Arnaud († 70)

Bishop of Fréjus (France) ([1899.12.07] 1899.12.14 – 1905.06.17)

1905.06.17
FranceBishop Jean Hazera († 67)

Bishop of Digne (France) ([1897.04.14] 1897.04.19 – 1905.06.17)

1905.06.27
Sri LankaArchbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1893.04.15 – 1905.06.27)

1905.06.27
SpainBishop Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez († 71)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1889.12.30 – 1905.06.27)

1905.07.07
CanadaBishop Maxime Decelles († 56)

Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1901.05.24 – 1905.07.07)

1905.07.07
MexicoBishop Filemón Fierro y Terán († 45)

Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1897.03.14 – 1905.07.07)

1905.07.13
ItalyBishop Lorenzo Antonelli († 62)

Bishop of Venosa (Italy) (1891.06.01 – 1905.07.13)

1905.08.03
USAArchbishop Francisco Mora y Borrell († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA) (1878.05.12 – 1896.02.01)

1905.08.03
BeninBishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A. († 44)

Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin) (1901.05.25 – 1905.08.03)

1905.08.07
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.PP.S. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1905.08.07)

Bishop of Ostuni (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1905.08.07)

1905.08.07
BelarusArchbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1903.11.09 – 1905.08.07)

1905.08.07
FranceBishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy († 81)

Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) ([1876.10.10] 1876.12.18 – 1905.08.07)

1905.08.09
USAArchbishop Placide Louis Chapelle († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1897.12.01 – 1905.08.09)

1905.08.11
FranceBishop Étienne-Marie Potron († 68)

Titular Bishop of Hiericho (1889.06.25 – 1905.08.11)

1905.08.14
TanzaniaBishop Cassian Spiß, O.S.B. († 39)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania) (1902.09.15 – 1905.08.14)

1905.08.16
IndiaBishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. († 61)

Bishop of Quilon (India) (1886.09.01 – 1905.08.16)

1905.09.01
New CaledoniaBishop Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S.M. († 63)

Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia) (1880.03.14 – 1905.09.01)

1905.09.05
GermanyBishop Franz Leopold von Leonrod († 78)

Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) ([1866.11.13] 1867.02.22 – 1905.09.05)

1905.09.07
ItalyCardinal Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1896.12.03 – 1905.09.07)

Master of the Sacred Palace emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1887.06.25 – 1896.11.30)

1905.09.18
CyprusArchbishop Nematalla Seluan (Maronite Rite) († 59)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1892.06.12 – 1905.09.18)

1905.09.24
ChinaBishop Géraud Bray (白振鐸), C.M. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangxi 江西北境 (China) (1879.08.19 – 1905.09.24)

1905.09.25
FranceBishop Charles-Pierre-François Cotton († 79)

Bishop of Valence (France) ([1875.01.16] 1875.03.15 – 1905.09.25)

1905.10.04
ItalyArchbishop Andreas Jordán († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1902.06.09 – 1905.10.04)

1905.10.09
ChileBishop Plácido Labarca Olivares († 66)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1890.06.26 – 1905.10.09)

1905.10.10
ItalyArchbishop Diego Marongiu Delrio († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1871.11.25 – 1905.10.10)

1905.10.14
EcuadorBishop Arsenio Andrade († 80)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1884.11.13 – 1905.10.14)

1905.10.19
ItalyBishop Giuliano Cabras († 65)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sassari (Italy) (1900.12.17 – 1905.10.19)

1905.10.22
IndiaBishop Francesco Pozzi, M.E.M. († 77)

Bishop of Krishnagar (India) (1886.09.01 – 1905.10.22)

1905.11.20
GhanaBishop Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. († 41)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1904.03.04 – 1905.11.20)

1905.12.09
FranceBishop Louis-Eugène Francqueville († 60)

Bishop of Rodez (France) ([1899.12.07] 1899.12.14 – 1905.12.09)

1905.12.18
GermanyBishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk († 84)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1871.04.13] 1871.10.27 – 1905.12.18)

1905.12.20
AustraliaBishop James Maher († 62)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1896 – 1905.12.20)

1905.12.24
CzechiaBishop Jan Nepomuk Weinlich († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1904.11.14 – 1905.12.24)

1905.12.28
GermanyBishop Georg Wuschanski († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany) (1904.02.13 – 1905.12.28)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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