Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1908

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (69)
1908?
TurkiyeBishop Etienne Apikian (Armenian Rite) († 64)

Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1903.04.06 – 1908?)

1908
AlbaniaBishop Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania) (1893.01.10 – 1900.03.12)

1908.01
LebanonArchbishop Estephan Auad (Maronite Rite)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1878.12.15 – 1908.01)

1908.01
ItalyBishop Ruggero Catizone († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1895.07.11 – 1908.01)

1908.01.04
PolandBishop Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz († 65)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1902.09.17 – 1908.01.04)

1908.01.08
ItalyBishop Sigismondo Brandolini Rota († 84)

Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1885.03.27 – 1908.01.08)

1908.01.09
HungaryBishop Gábor Gzele († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary) (1888.06.01 – 1908.01.09)

1908.01.10
FranceBishop Adolphe-Josué-Frédéric Fiard († 86)

Bishop of Montauban (France) ([1881.09.01] 1881.11.18 – 1908.01.10)

1908.01.13
ItalyBishop Francesco Bacchini († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Terni (Italy) (1898.02.11 – 1905.12.11)

1908.01.25
IndiaPatriarch António Sebastião Valente († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa (India) (1881.08.04 – 1908.01.25)

1908.01.26
MyanmarBishop Rocco Tornatore, M.E.M. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma (Myanmar) (1889.11.18 – 1908.01.26)

1908.01.28
FranceCardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne († 88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1889.12.30 – 1908.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1886.07.08 – 1908.01.28)

1908.02.04
ItalyBishop Serafino Angelini († 59)

Bishop of Avellino (Italy) (1896.11.30 – 1908.02.04)

1908.02.05
PortugalBishop António Alves Martins, O.F.M. († 99)

Bishop emeritus of Viseu (Portugal) (1862.07 – 1882)

1908.02.08
CroatiaBishop Antonio Maurovic († 56)

Bishop of Senj–Modruš (Croatia) (1895.09.03 – 1908.02.08)

1908.02.10
ItalyArchbishop Alfonso Maria Giordano, C.SS.R. († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Teano (Italy) (1884.10.20 – 1907.12.16)

Bishop emeritus of Calvi (Italy) (1884.10.20 – 1907.12.16)

1908.02.16
TurkiyeBishop Giovanni Elia Mellus, O.S.H. (Chaldean Rite) († 76)

Bishop of Mardin of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1890.09.04 – 1908.02.16)

1908.02.19
South AfricaBishop John Leonard († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) (1872.10.01 – 1908.02.19)

1908.02.28
ItalyBishop Giocondo de Nittis, O.F.M. († 69)

Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1908.02.28)

1908.03.08
Northern IrelandBishop Henry Henry († 61)

Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1895.08.06 – 1908.03.08)

1908.03.16
USABishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) (1899.02.10 – 1908.03.16)

1908.03.17
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1899.06.22 – 1908.03.17)

Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople (1895.11.29 – 1899.06.19)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1901.04.15 – 1902.06.09)

1908.03.20
SenegalBishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. († 51)

Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) (1901.02.27 – 1908.03.20)

Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal) (1901.02.27 – 1908.03.20)

1908.03.22
ItalyBishop Raffaele Capone, C.SS.R. († 78)

Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1883.01.23 – 1908.03.22)

1908.03.29
ChinaBishop Athanasius Götte, O.F.M. († 50)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) (1905.09.26 – 1908.03.29)

1908.03.30
MexicoArchbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1891.12.17 – 1908.03.30)

1908.04.18
FranceBishop Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau († 75)

Bishop of Tulle (France) ([1878.10.15] 1879.02.28 – 1908.04.18)

1908.04.21
AlbaniaBishop Francesco Malczynski († 78)

Bishop of Lezhë (Albania) (1870.05.24 – 1908.04.21)

1908.04.25
ItalyCardinal Gennaro Portanova († 62)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1899.06.22 – 1908.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1888.03.16 – 1908.04.25)

1908.04.26
ItalyArchbishop Celestino del Frate († 70)

Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) (1894.05.21 – 1908.04.26)

Bishop of Treia (Italy) (1894.05.21 – 1908.04.26)

1908.05.02
LithuaniaBishop Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon) († 73)

Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania) (1883.03.15 – 1908.05.02)

1908.05.07
MauritiusArchbishop William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1871.12.22 – 1887.09.27)

1908.05.11
MexicoBishop Rafael Sabás Camacho y García († 81)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1885.03.27 – 1908.05.11)

1908.05.13
EnglandBishop Samuel Webster Allen († 64)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1897.04.19 – 1908.05.13)

1908.05.13
USABishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann († 67)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1891.12.14 – 1908.05.13)

1908.05.14
ItalyBishop Annibale Lupi († 52)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1906.07.14 – 1908.05.14)

1908.05.15
ColombiaBishop Manuel Antonio López de Mesa († 61)

Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia) (1902.05.30 – 1908.05.15)

1908.05.16
ChileArchbishop Mariano Casanova y Casanova († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) (1886.11.29 – 1908.05.16)

1908.05.17
USAArchbishop Peter Bourgade († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1899.01.07 – 1908.05.17)

1908.05.18
ItalyBishop Antonio Polin († 82)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1882.09.25 – 1908.05.18)

1908.06.17
ItalyArchbishop Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) († 80)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1894.05.21 – 1908.06.17)

1908.06.18
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Ricciardi († 68)

Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1908.06.18)

1908.07.11
USABishop Alfred Allen Paul Curtis († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA) (1886.08.03 – 1896.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1897 – 1908.07.11)

1908.07.17
PolandBishop Andreas Thiel († 81)

Bishop of Warmia (Poland) ([1884.12.15] 1885.02.12 – 1908.07.17)

1908.07.22
ItalyCardinal Carlo Nocella († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1903.06.25 – 1908.07.22)

Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople (1901.04.18 – 1903.06.22)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1892.03.21 – 1903.06.22)

1908.07.28
BelgiumBishop Joseph van der Stappen († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1893.06.15 – 1908.07.28)

1908.08.08
RomaniaBishop Pavol Szmrecsányi († 62)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1908.08.08)

1908.08.17
SpainBishop José Cueto y Díez de la Maza, O.P. († 68)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1891.06.01 – 1908.08.17)

1908.08.18
ItalyBishop Marcello Mazzanti († 77)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1885.03.27 – 1908.08.18)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1885.03.27 – 1908.08.18)

1908.08.23
MartiniqueArchbishop Julien-François-Pierre Carmené († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Pierre (Martinique) ([1875.08.24] 1876.01.28 – 1897.08.30)

1908.08.31
TurkiyeBishop Giacomo Matteo Ahmndahño (Syriac Rite) († 74)

Bishop of Gazireh of the Syriacs (Turkiye) (1888.10.10 – 1908.08.31)

1908.09.04
ItalyArchbishop Benedetto Tommasi († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1892.06.11 – 1908.09.04)

1908.09.24
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Maria Santarelli († 45)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy) (1904 – 1908.09.24)

1908.09.26
UruguayArchbishop Mariano Soler († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1897.04.14 – 1908.09.26)

1908.09.27
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Caputo († 64)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Altamura (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) (1902 – 1904.01.14)

1908.09.27
ItalyBishop Iader Bertini († 69)

Bishop of Montalcino (Italy) (1899.09.11 – 1908.09.27)

1908.10.05
USABishop Michael Tierney († 69)

Bishop of Hartford (USA) (1893.12.02 – 1908.10.05)

1908.10.07
ItalyBishop Federico Foschi († 70)

Bishop of Cervia (Italy) (1877.03.20 – 1908.10.07)

1908.10.15
ItalyBishop Giovanni Gigante († 65)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lecce (Italy) (1898.02.05 – 1908.10.15)

1908.10.26
FranceCardinal François-Désiré Mathieu († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1899.06.22 – 1908.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France) (1896.06.25 – 1899.11.27)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1905.03.27 – 1906)

1908.10.27
SpainCardinal Salvador Casañas y Pagés († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta (1896.06.25 – 1908.10.27)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1901.04.18 – 1908.10.27)

1908.11
TurkiyeArchbishop Isaac Hagian (Armenian Rite) († 71)

Archbishop emeritus of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1892.04.08 – 1905.05.06)

1908.11.05
GermanyBishop Maximilian Gereon Graf von Galen († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1895.07.16 – 1908.11.05)

1908.11.14
SpainBishop Antonio Ruiz-Cabal y Rodríguez († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain) (1889.07.17 – 1899.12.13)

1908.11.19
FranceBishop Jean-Pierre Pagis († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Verdun (France) ([1887.05.17] 1887.05.26 – 1901.03.29)

1908.11.21
ItalyBishop Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. († 88)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1877.09.21 – 1908.11.21)

1908.12.02
AustriaBishop Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer († 63)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1888.12.17] 1889.02.11 – 1908.12.02)

1908.12.19
FranceCardinal Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1894.05.21 – 1908.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) (1890.06.26 – 1908.12.19)

1908.12.22
USABishop John Stephen Michaud († 65)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1899.11.03 – 1908.12.22)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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