Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1917

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (60)
1917.01.06
IndiaArchbishop Charles Joseph Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1898.08.27 – 1917.01.06)

1917.01.09
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Vinati († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Bosa (Italy) (1906.01.16 – 1916.07.31)

1917.01.13
AustraliaArchbishop Robert Dunne († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1887.05.10 – 1917.01.13)

1917.01.29
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Della Cioppa († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1917.01.29)

1917.02.01
MexicoArchbishop José Ramón Ibarra y González († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1903.08.11 – 1917.02.01)

1917.02.02
ItalyArchbishop Antonino Sardi († 67)

Bishop emeritus of Anagni (Italy) (1894.05.18 – 1912.07.08)

1917.02.04
ChinaBishop Jules-Auguste Coqset (順其衡), C.M. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li 直隸西南 (China) (1907.05.03 – 1917.02.04)

1917.02.08
ItalyCardinal Diomede Falconio, O.F.M. († 74)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1914.05.25 – 1917.02.08)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1916.02.26 – 1917.02.08)

1917.02.09
HungaryCardinal Károly Hornig († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1914.05.28 – 1917.02.09)

Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1888.07.01 – 1917.02.09)

1917.02.19
ItalyBishop Giacomo Bellucci († 84)

Bishop of Pienza (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1917.02.19)

Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1917.02.19)

1917.02.21
BrazilBishop Antônio Xisto Albano († 56)

Bishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14)

1917.02.23
BelarusArchbishop Wincenty Kluczynski († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mohilev (Belarus) (1910.04.07 – 1914.09.22)

1917.02.27
CroatiaBishop Antun Gjivojc († 66)

Bishop of Split (Croatia) (1911.07.11 – 1917.02.27)

Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) (1911.07.11 – 1917.02.27)

1917.02.27
HungaryBishop Janos Jung († 75)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1893.01.19 – 1917.02.27)

1917.03.09
ChileBishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz († 64)

Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1909.08.31 – 1917.03.09)

1917.03.12
ItalyPatriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli († 70)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1903.06.22 – 1917.03.12)

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1899.07.24 – 1917.03.12)

1917.03.28
ItalyArchbishop Bartolomeo Mirra († 81)

Archbishop-Bishop of Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1908.08.22 – 1917.03.28)

1917.03.30
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Struffolini († 63)

Bishop emeritus of Cerignola (Italy) (1901.04.15 – 1914.07.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) (1901.04.15 – 1914.07.01)

1917.04.12
GermanyCardinal Franziskus von Bettinger († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1914.05.28 – 1917.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1909.06.06 – 1917.04.12)

1917.04.12
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Aversa († 55)

Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1906.05.25 – 1917.04.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (1916.12.04 – 1917.04.12)

1917.04.14
PortugalArchbishop José Alves de Mattos († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1903.06.25 – 1917.04.14)

1917.04.20
USAArchbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M. († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1906.04.20 – 1917.04.20)

1917.04.22
LebanonArchbishop Joseph Sakr (Maronite Rite)

Titular Archbishop of Hemesa of the Maronites (1911.02.10 – 1917.04.22)

1917.05.06
AustraliaArchbishop Thomas Joseph Carr († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1886.09.29 – 1917.05.06)

1917.05.07
JapanBishop Jules-Auguste Chatron (ジェル・オーグスト・シャトロン), M.E.P. († 73)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1896.07.22 – 1917.05.07)

1917.05.18
AlgeriaBishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Constantine (Algeria) ([1896.10.13] 1896.12.03 – 1913.05.22)

1917.05.27
IraqArchbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D. († 58)

Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq) (1902.11.07 – 1917.05.27)

1917.05.30
LebanonArchbishop Pietro Scebli (Maronite Rite) († 45)

Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1908.02.11 – 1917.05.30)

1917.06.13
VietnamBishop Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Cochin (Vietnam) (1880.03.23 – 1907.07.18)

1917.06.14
SpainBishop José María Rancés y Villanueva († 75)

Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1898.11.28 – 1917.06.14)

1917.06.16
USABishop James Augustine McFaul († 67)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1894.07.20 – 1917.06.16)

1917.06.21
IrelandBishop James Browne († 74)

Bishop of Ferns (Ireland) (1884.07.06 – 1917.06.21)

1917.07.01
IrelandBishop John Mangan († 64)

Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland) (1904.10.16 – 1917.07.01)

1917.07.08
BrazilArchbishop Joaquim José Vieira († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Ceará (Brazil) (1883.08.09 – 1912.09.14)

1917.07.09
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Giustiniani († 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1917.07.09)

1917.07.10
PhilippinesBishop Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.E.S.A. († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1887.11.25 – 1903.07.20)

1917.07.18
IraqArchbishop Teodoro Messaieh (Chaldean Rite) († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1904.09.13 – 1917.07.18)

1917.07.18
VenezuelaBishop Antonio María Durán († 78)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1891.09.25 – 1917.07.18)

1917.07.29
North MacedoniaArchbishop Pasquale Trosksi († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Skopje (North Macedonia) (1893.01.10 – 1908.04.29)

1917.08.06
FranceBishop Léon-Adophe Lenfant († 59)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1915.06.01 – 1917.08.06)

1917.08.07
ChileBishop Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas († 56)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1906.01.26 – 1917.08.07)

1917.08.09
USABishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz († 67)

Bishop of Denver (USA) (1889.07.10 – 1917.08.09)

1917.08.12
ItalyBishop Antonio Lamberti († 58)

Bishop of Conversano (Italy) (1897.04.19 – 1917.08.12)

1917.08.19
IrelandBishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer († 75)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) (1886.05.18 – 1917.08.19)

1917.08.25
USABishop Alphonse Joseph Glorieux († 73)

Bishop of Boise City (USA) (1893.08.25 – 1917.08.25)

1917.08.28
USAArchbishop Thomas Francis Kennedy († 59)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1901 – 1917.08.28)

1917.09.05
ItalyBishop Pasquale Picone († 81)

Bishop of Terlizzi (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1917.09.05)

1917.09.05
SpainBishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo († 83)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1917.09.05)

1917.09.10
PeruArchbishop Pietro Emmanuele García Naranjó († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1907.12.19 – 1917.09.10)

1917.09.20
ChinaBishop Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P. († 38)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1914.07.20 – 1917.09.20)

1917.10.02
CroatiaBishop Giordano Zaninovic, O.P. († 77)

Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) (1903.02.10 – 1917.10.02)

1917.10.09
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Taccone-Gallucci († 65)

Bishop emeritus of Tropea (Italy) (1889.12.14 – 1908.07.21)

Bishop emeritus of Nicotera (Italy) (1889.12.14 – 1908.07.21)

1917.10.26
ChinaBishop Giovanni Antonio Hofman (賀廣才), O.F.M. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Shanxi 山西南境 (China) (1891.04.24 – 1901.07.20)

1917.11.03
SpainBishop Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio († 79)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1898.03.24 – 1917.11.03)

1917.11.30
TanzaniaBishop Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania) (1891.06.19 – 1917.11.30)

1917.12.03
PalestineBishop Luigi Piccardo († 72)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1902.03.13 – 1917.12.03)

1917.12.05
EcuadorArchbishop Federico González y Suárez († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1905.12.14 – 1917.12.05)

1917.12.18
IndiaBishop Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. († 74)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1904.08.25 – 1917.12.18)

1917.12.18
ItalyBishop Pacifico Monza, O.F.M. († 72)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1915.08.20 – 1917.12.18)

1917.12.31
ItalyBishop Michele Izzi († 44)

Bishop of Alatri (Italy) (1915.07.01 – 1917.12.31)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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