Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1919

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (47)
1919
TurkiyeBishop Andrea Elia Celebian (Armenian Rite) († 71)

Bishop of Amida of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1899.02.06 – 1919)

1919.01.04
Solomon IslandsBishop Jean-Ephrem Bertreux, S.M. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands) (1912.06.01 – 1919.01.04)

1919.01.18
ItalyArchbishop Biagio Pisani († 68)

Titular Archbishop of Naupactus (1901.06.07 – 1919.01.18)

1919.01.23
CanadaBishop André-Albert Blais († 76)

Bishop of Saint-Germain de Rimouski (Canada) (1891.02.06 – 1919.01.23)

1919.02.01
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. († 92)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Viterbo (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1913.12.30)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Tuscania (Italy) (1911 – 1913.12.30)

1919.02.08
Sri LankaBishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. († 66)

Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) (1893.07.20 – 1919.02.08)

1919.02.15
ItalyArchbishop Gennaro Costagliola, C.M. († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1901.02.11 – 1919.02.15)

1919.02.16
HungaryBishop Károly Emmánuel de Csáky († 66)

Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1900.04.19 – 1919.02.16)

1919.02.17
GreeceArchbishop Domenico Darmanin († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece) (1912.03.04 – 1919.02.17)

1919.03
SyriaArchbishop Paolo Massad (Maronite Rite) († 60)

Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria) (1892.06.12 – 1919.03)

1919.03.23
ItalyCardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta († 77)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1911.11.27 – 1919.03.23)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1914.02.10 – 1919.03.23)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1914.01.03 – 1919.03.23)

1919.03.24
SlovakiaBishop Alexander Párvy († 70)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1904.04.06 – 1919.03.24)

1919.04.02
AlgeriaBishop Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1889.05.12 – 1903)

1919.04.06
LebanonArchbishop Attanasio Melegro Savoya, B.C. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 47)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1904.12 – 1919.04.06)

1919.04.21
GuadeloupeArchbishop Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) ([1876.10.10] 1876.12.18 – 1880.11.30)

1919.06.10
ItalyBishop Antonio Scotti († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Alife (Italy) (1886.01.15 – 1898.03.24)

1919.06.19
SpainBishop Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia († 71)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1909.04.29 – 1919.06.19)

1919.06.23
USABishop John Francis Cunningham († 76)

Bishop of Concordia (USA) (1898.05.14 – 1919.06.23)

1919.07.03
BoliviaBishop Dionisio Avila († 43)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1916.01.27 – 1919.07.03)

1919.07.31
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Gaspare Lancia di Brolo, O.S.B. († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy) (1884.03.24 – 1919.07.31)

1919.08.06
ChinaBishop Efrem Giesen (申永福), O.F.M. († 50)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China) (1902.07.18 – 1919.08.06)

1919.08.07
PhilippinesBishop Maurice Patrick Foley († 52)

Bishop of Jaro (Philippines) (1916.09.06 – 1919.08.07)

1919.08.14
ItalyBishop Romolo Molaroni († 61)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1916.09.30 – 1919.08.14)

Bishop of Tolentino (Italy) (1916.09.30 – 1919.08.14)

1919.08.17
ArgentinaBishop José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez († 56)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1914.10.29 – 1919.08.17)

1919.08.22
AustraliaBishop John Mary Dunne († 76)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1901.09.08 – 1919.08.22)

1919.08.24
ItalyBishop Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. († 69)

Bishop of Aosta (Italy) (1908.02.17 – 1919.08.24)

1919.09.04
SpainArchbishop José María Salvador y Barrera († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1916.12.04 – 1919.09.04)

1919.09.07
FranceArchbishop Adolf Fritzen († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France) ([1891.01.24] 1891.06.01 – 1919.07.31)

1919.09.11
MexicoBishop Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1895.03.18 – 1919.08.01)

1919.09.16
PolandBishop Karl Augustin († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1910.03.10 – 1919.09.16)

1919.10.08
ScotlandArchbishop Donald Louis Mackintosh († 74)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1912.06.11 – 1919.10.08)

1919.10.14
USABishop Philip Joseph Garrigan († 79)

Bishop of Sioux City (USA) (1902.03.21 – 1919.10.14)

1919.11.11
GermanyCardinal Felix von Hartmann († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1914.05.28 – 1919.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1912.12.02 – 1919.11.11)

1919.11.14
FranceBishop Pierre-Joseph Geay († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Laval (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1904.08.30)

1919.11.19
GreeceBishop Giovanni Privilegio († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1905.04.12 – 1914.08)

1919.11.24
FranceBishop Paul-Gaston Laperrine d’Hautpoul († 71)

Titular Bishop of Carystus (1915.06.14 – 1919.11.24)

1919.12.03
MexicoBishop Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría († 63)

Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1902.02.20 – 1919.12.03)

1919.12.09
IndiaBishop Aloysius Pareparambil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

1919.12.13
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. († 48)

Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) (1915.01.13 – 1919.12.13)

1919.12.17
SpainCardinal José María Justo Cos y Macho († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1912.12.02 – 1919.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1901.04.18 – 1919.12.17)

1919.12.19
IndiaBishop John Menachery (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.19)

1919.12.22
NetherlandsBishop Wilhelmus van de Ven († 85)

Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1892.05.04 – 1919.12.22)

1919.12.23
ChinaBishop Henri Maquet (馬澤軒), S.J. († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China) (1901.07.20 – 1919.12.23)

1919.12.26
RéunionBishop Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre († 82)

Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) ([1892.11.26] 1893.01.19 – 1919.12.26)

1919.12.26
SpainBishop Juan Muñoz y Herrera († 84)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1895.12.02 – 1919.12.26)

1919.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Bignami († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy) (1905.12.11 – 1919.12.27)

1919.12.28
FranceBishop Emmanuel-Marie-Joseph-Anthelme Martin de Gibergues († 64)

Bishop of Valence (France) (1912.02.07 – 1919.12.28)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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