Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1916

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (63)
1916
TurkiyeBishop Marutha Pierre Topal (Syriac Rite) († 90)

Titular Bishop of Martyropolis of the Syriacs (1888 – 1916)

1916.01.03
USABishop Thomas Francis Doran († 59)

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA) (1915.02.26 – 1916.01.03)

1916.01.08
USABishop Richard Scannell († 70)

Bishop of Omaha (USA) (1891.01.30 – 1916.01.08)

1916.01.12
SyriaPatriarch Cyrille VIII Géha [Jahâ] (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 75)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1902.06.28] 1903.06.22 – 1916.01.12)

1916.01.13
RomaniaBishop Vasile Hossu (Romanian Rite) († 49)

Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania) (1911.12.16 – 1916.01.13)

1916.01.15
SpainBishop Mariano Supervía y Lostalé († 80)

Bishop of Huesca (Spain) (1895.12.02 – 1916.01.15)

1916.01.17
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Maria Valensise († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Nicastro (Italy) (1891.03.07 – 1902.05.13)

1916.01.17
ItalyBishop Vito Antonio Fioni († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Larino (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1891.06.01)

1916.01.18
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Camassa († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Rapolla (Italy) (1881.08.04 – 1912.01.04)

Bishop emeritus of Melfi (Italy) (1881.08.04 – 1912.01.04)

1916.01.19
TurkiyeBishop Pasquale Giamgian (Armenian Rite) († 65)

Bishop of Prusa of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1886.06.01 – 1916.01.19)

1916.01.25
GreeceBishop Dionisio Nicolosi († 77)

Bishop of Chios (Greece) (1890.06.06 – 1916.01.25)

1916.01.25
ItalyBishop Raniero Sarnari († 70)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1902.06.09 – 1916.01.25)

Bishop of Tolentino (Italy) (1902.06.09 – 1916.01.25)

1916.02.06
ItalyBishop Michele Cardella, C.P. († 70)

Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) (1896.11.30 – 1916.02.06)

1916.02.07
SpainBishop José Torras y Bages († 69)

Bishop of Vic (Spain) (1899.06.19 – 1916.02.07)

1916.02.11
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste Desanti († 69)

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (1906.06.01 – 1916.02.11)

1916.02.15
GermanyBishop Peter Göbl († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1911.02.28 – 1916.02.15)

1916.02.16
LebanonArchbishop Basilio Haggiar, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 77)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1887 – 1916.02.16)

1916.02.19
USABishop John Walter Shanahan († 70)

Bishop of Harrisburg (USA) (1899.01.02 – 1916.02.19)

1916.03.03
PolandBishop Eduard Herrmann († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1901.08.30 – 1916.03.03)

1916.03.08
SpainArchbishop Valeriano Menéndez Conde y Álvarez († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1914.05.28 – 1916.03.08)

1916.03.14
ItalyBishop Bernhard Joseph Doebbing, O.F.M. († 60)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1900.04.01 – 1916.03.14)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1900.04.01 – 1916.03.14)

1916.03.19
ItalyCardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1895.12.02 – 1916.03.19)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1902.07.29 – 1916.03.19)

1916.03.20
CanadaBishop Thomas Francis Brennan († 60)

Bishop emeritus of Dallas (USA) (1891.01.09 – 1892.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1893.02.01 – 1905.10.07)

1916.03.22
ItalyArchbishop Giacomo Merizzi († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Vigevano (Italy) (1891.12.14 – 1898.11.28)

1916.03.23
BrazilBishop Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. († 49)

Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1901.08.21 – 1916.03.23)

1916.03.24
USABishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 50)

Ordinary of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA) (1907.02.28 – 1916.03.24)

1916.03.29
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Franceschini († 71)

Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1916.03.29)

1916.04.28
ItalyBishop Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. († 70)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1904.11.14 – 1916.04.28)

1916.05
TurkiyeArchbishop Leone Kecegian (Armenian Rite) († 55)

Archbishop of Sebaste of the Armenians (Turkiye) ([1907.06.20] 1908.05.20 – 1916.05)

1916.05.04
FranceCardinal Hector-Irénée Sévin († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1914.05.28 – 1916.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1912.12.12 – 1916.05.04)

1916.06.07
USABishop Henry Pinckney Northrop († 74)

Bishop of Charleston (USA) (1883.01.27 – 1916.06.07)

1916.06.09
ItalyBishop Felice Gianfelice († 75)

Bishop of Boiano (Italy) (1897.04.19 – 1916.06.09)

1916.06.14
IrelandBishop Thomas O’Callaghan, O.P. († 77)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1886.12.03 – 1916.06.14)

1916.06.27
EnglandBishop Robert Brindle († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Nottingham (England) (1901.12.06 – 1915.06.01)

1916.06.29
SurinameBishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname) (1907.03.03 – 1911.09.05)

1916.07.17
CroatiaBishop Giovanni Battista Krapàc († 73)

Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia) (1910.05.24 – 1916.07.17)

1916.07.26
CanadaBishop Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M. († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1905.09.12 – 1916.07.26)

1916.07.27
BulgariaArchbishop Henri Doulcet, C.P. († 59)

Bishop emeritus of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1895.01.07 – 1913.03.31)

1916.08
TurkiyeBishop Garabed Kiciurian (Armenian Rite) († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1890.09.23 – 1911.09)

1916.08.25
USAArchbishop John Lancaster Spalding († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Peoria (USA) (1876.11.27 – 1908.09.11)

1916.08.26
SpainBishop Valentín García y Barros († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain) (1907.04.18 – 1914.05.28)

1916.09.10
AlgeriaBishop Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière († 56)

Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) (1913.05.26 – 1916.09.10)

1916.09.14
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Maria Bonito († 63)

Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi (Italy) (1908.06.17 – 1910.08.05)

1916.09.18
AustraliaBishop Stephen Reville, O.E.S.A. († 72)

Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia) (1901.10.21 – 1916.09.18)

1916.09.27
BrazilBishop Modesto Augusto Vieira († 50)

Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1911.05.12 – 1914.01.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1914.01.12 – 1916.09.27)

1916.09.28
IndiaArchbishop Ermanno Jürgens, S.J. († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) (1907.05.28 – 1916.09.28)

1916.10.03
UkraineBishop Dmytro Yaremko (Ukrainian Rite) († 36)

Titular Bishop of Ostroh (1914 – 1916.10.03)

1916.10.09
SpainBishop Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave († 65)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1905.12.14 – 1916.10.09)

1916.10.14
BulgariaArchbishop Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) (1885.05.05 – 1916.10.14)

1916.10.15
FranceBishop Charles Marbach († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France) (1891.06.04 – 1901.09)

1916.11.05
ItalyCardinal Francesco Salesio Della Volpe († 71)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1901.04.18 – 1916.11.05)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1911.01.26 – 1916.11.05)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1914.05.25 – 1916.11.05)

1916.11.09
BelgiumBishop Antoon Stillemans († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Gent (Belgium) (1889.12.30 – 1916)

1916.11.11
PeruArchbishop Ismael Puyrredón († 61)

Bishop emeritus of Puno (Peru) (1889.02.14 – 1907.08.28)

1916.11.12
LebanonBishop Paul Daniel Cyrille (Syriac Rite) († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1893.10.16 – 1916.11.12)

1916.12.01
FranceBishop Henri Monnier († 96)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France) (1872.02.23 – 1916.12.01)

1916.12.05
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Scotti († 84)

Bishop of Osimo (Italy) (1894.05.18 – 1916.12.05)

Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) (1894.05.18 – 1916.12.05)

1916.12.15
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone († 76)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1899.06.16 – 1916.12.15)

1916.12.17
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P. († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1909.12.04 – 1916.12.17)

1916.12.22
ItalyArchbishop Emilio Parodi, C.M. († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1905.10.10 – 1916.12.22)

1916.12.23
PortugalArchbishop Antonio Ayres de Gouvea, I.C. († 88)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1904.11.14 – 1916.12.23)

1916.12.24
FranceBishop Emile-Louis-Cornil Lobbedey († 60)

Bishop of Arras (France) (1911.05.05 – 1916.12.24)

1916.12.26
USABishop Henry Joseph Richter († 78)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1883.01.30 – 1916.12.26)

1916.12.29
AustraliaBishop John Dunne († 70)

Bishop of Wilcannia (Australia) (1887.05.13 – 1916.12.29)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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