Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1920

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (76)
1920
HungaryBishop Giuseppe Németh († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád (Hungary) (1874.01.16 – 1920)

1920.01.06
SpainBishop Ramón Peris Mencheta († 68)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1920.01.06)

1920.01.12
SenegalBishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. († 60)

Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) (1909.02.13 – 1920.01.12)

Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal) (1909.02.13 – 1920.01.12)

1920.01.19
CanadaBishop Thomas Francis Barry († 78)

Bishop of Chatham (Canada) (1902.08.07 – 1920.01.19)

1920.01.21
EnglandBishop Bernard Nicholas Ward († 62)

Bishop of Brentwood (England) (1917.07.20 – 1920.01.21)

1920.01.23
TurkiyeBishop Giuseppe Melchisedechian (Armenian Rite) († 71)

Bishop of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1911.10.01 – 1920.01.23)

1920.01.26
ItalyBishop Giacomo Ghezzi da Castelmadama, O.F.M. Obs. († 77)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

1920.01.26
ItalyBishop Angelo Michele Jannachino († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Telese (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1918.01.12)

1920.01.31
SpainBishop Laureano Vérez de Acevedo, S.J. († 75)

Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1908.08.22 – 1920.01.31)

1920.02.01
BrazilBishop João Batista Corrêa Nery († 56)

Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

1920.02.06
CzechiaBishop Giuseppe Antonio Hulka († 68)

Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1907.12.16 – 1920.02.06)

1920.02.10
SwitzerlandBishop Placide Colliard († 44)

Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland) (1915.12.09 – 1920.02.10)

1920.02.10
ItalyBishop Giorgio Giovanni Elli († 39)

Bishop of Squillace (Italy) (1918.02.23 – 1920.02.10)

1920.02.11
ItalyCardinal Aristide Rinaldini († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1907.12.19 – 1920.02.11)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1912.12.02 – 1914.05.25)

1920.02.11
VietnamBishop Lucien-Emile Mossard, M.E.P. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin (Vietnam) (1899.02.11 – 1920.02.11)

1920.02.21
ItalyBishop Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D. († 67)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1902.06.18 – 1920.02.21)

1920.02.22
GermanyBishop Heinrich Joeppen († 66)

Military Vicar emeritus of Germany (Germany) (1913.10.27 – 1918.11.09)

1920.03.01
FranceArchbishop René-François Renou († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tours (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1913.08.02)

1920.03.06
CanadaBishop Michael Fintan Power († 43)

Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada) (1911.05.12 – 1920.03.06)

1920.03.10
CanadaArchbishop Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Edmonton (Canada) (1912.11.30 – 1920.03.10)

1920.03.13
SyriaArchbishop Dionisio Efrem Naccàsché (Syriac Rite) († 70)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1903.04.05 – 1920.03.13)

1920.03.17
ItalyCardinal Filippo Giustini († 67)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1914.05.28 – 1920.03.17)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments (1914.10.14 – 1920.03.17)

1920.03.19
ChileBishop Eduardo Solar Vicuña († 58)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1914.09.08 – 1920.03.19)

1920.03.23
LebanonArchbishop Joseph Darian (Maronite Rite) († 58)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Maronites (1896.03.22 – 1920.03.23)

1920.03.27
HungaryBishop Lajos Rajner († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1906.06.14 – 1920.03.27)

1920.03.29
IrelandBishop Nicolas Donnelly († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1883.10.03 – 1920.03.29)

1920.04.06
ItalyBishop Carlo Taccetti († 58)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1917.03.22 – 1920.04.06)

1920.04.11
FranceBishop Louis-Jean Déchelette († 71)

Bishop of Évreux (France) (1913.02.07 – 1920.04.11)

1920.04.13
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Dallepiane († 59)

Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1911.09.22 – 1920.04.13)

1920.04.16
SpainBishop Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver († 59)

Bishop of Gerona (Spain) (1915.04.10 – 1920.04.16)

1920.04.20
FranceArchbishop François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1901.04.05] 1901.04.18 – 1920.04.20)

1920.05.08
MozambiqueBishop Francisco Ferreira da Silva († 68)

Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1904.11.14 – 1920.05.08)

1920.05.08
CubaBishop Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. († 59)

Bishop emeritus of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1904.04.05 – 1916.01.19)

1920.05.15
ItalyCardinal Giulio Boschi († 82)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1919.07.03 – 1920.05.15)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1920.03.08 – 1920.05.15)

1920.05.15
ItalyBishop Nicolo Zimarino († 73)

Bishop of Irsina (Italy) (1906.12.01 – 1920.05.15)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1906.12.01 – 1920.05.15)

1920.05.27
FranceBishop Pierre-Louis Péchenard († 77)

Bishop of Soissons (France) (1906.12.22 – 1920.05.27)

1920.06.04
AlgeriaBishop Alexandre Piquemal († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1909.02.26 – 1920.06.04)

1920.06.18
USABishop John Edmund Fitzmaurice († 81)

Bishop of Erie (USA) (1899.09.15 – 1920.06.18)

1920.06.19
ItalyBishop Roberto Calai-Marioni († 77)

Titular Bishop of Hesbon (1910.11.26 – 1920.06.19)

1920.06.30
ChinaBishop Fabiano Landi (畢世修), O.F.M. († 48)

Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh 湖北西北 (China) (1904.05.10 – 1920.06.30)

1920.07.02
MexicoArchbishop Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico) (1911.11.27 – 1920.07.02)

1920.07.11
PortugalArchbishop Augusto Eduardo Nunes († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1890.09.18 – 1920.07.11)

1920.07.12
CanadaBishop Albert Pascal, O.M.I. († 71)

Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada) (1907.12.02 – 1920.07.12)

1920.07.13
USABishop John Joseph Hennessy († 72)

Bishop of Wichita (USA) (1888.02.11 – 1920.07.13)

1920.07.14
SpainBishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Sigüenza (Spain) (1898.03.24 – 1916.08.22)

1920.07.24
SeychellesBishop Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap. († 70)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1916.04.13 – 1920.07.24)

1920.07.27
GermanyArchbishop Thomas Nörber († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ([1898.08.02] 1898.09.05 – 1920.07.27)

1920.08.09
PhilippinesBishop Pablo Singzon († 69)

Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines) (1910.04.12 – 1920.08.09)

1920.08.12
TurkiyeArchbishop Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli († 64)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Constantinopole (Turkiye) (1908.04.06 – 1914)

Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1916? – 1920.08.12)

1920.08.14
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Niola († 78)

Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy) (1891.12.14 – 1920.08.14)

1920.08.19
ItalyBishop Gaspare Bova († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy) (1896.09.30 – 1920.08.19)

1920.08.20
ThailandBishop Constant-Jean-Baptiste Prodhomme, M.E.P. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand) (1913.06.02 – 1920.08.20)

1920.08.29
FranceCardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1911.11.30 – 1920.08.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1908.01.28 – 1920.08.29)

1920.08.29
EgyptBishop Augustin Duret, S.M.A. († 74)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Delta del Nilo (Egypt) (1909.09.17 – 1914.09)

1920.09.02
SpainCardinal Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez († 68)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1914.09.08 – 1920.09.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1914.01.01 – 1920.09.02)

1920.09.12
GermanyBishop Theodor Kappenberg († 72)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1914.04.27 – 1920.09.12)

1920.09.18
SlovakiaBishop Ľudovít Baláž († 65)

Bishop of Rožňava (Slovakia) ([1905.10.17] 1905.12.11 – 1920.09.18)

1920.09.18
ItalyBishop Giovanni Maria Pellizzari († 69)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1905.09.12 – 1920.09.18)

1920.09.19
SpainBishop Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro († 79)

Bishop of Santander (Spain) (1884.03.27 – 1920.09.19)

1920.09.27
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Arista, C.O. († 57)

Bishop of Acireale (Italy) (1907.11.04 – 1920.09.27)

1920.10.05
USABishop Thomas Daniel Beaven († 69)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1892.08.09 – 1920.10.05)

1920.10.14
ScotlandArchbishop John Aloysius Maguire († 69)

Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1902.08.04 – 1920.10.14)

1920.10.22
USABishop Eugene Augustine Garvey († 75)

Bishop of Altoona (USA) (1901.05.31 – 1920.10.22)

1920.10.23
AustriaBishop Hermann Zschokke († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1910.11.17 – 1920.10.23)

1920.11.17
CanadaBishop William Andrew Macdonell († 66)

Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada) (1906.03.21 – 1920.11.17)

1920.11.25
ItalyBishop Pasquale de Siena († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) (1898.09.23 – 1920.11.25)

1920.11.26
ChinaBishop Marc Chatagnon (沙), M.E.P. († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan 四川南境 (China) (1887.01.25 – 1920.11.26)

1920.12.04
GermanyBishop Franz Löbmann († 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Meißen (Germany) (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04)

Prefect Apostolic of Lausitz (Germany) (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04)

1920.12.07
PortugalCardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc. († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1886.06.10 – 1920.12.07)

Patriarch emeritus of Lisboa (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1907.11)

1920.12.08
RomaniaBishop Demetriu Radu (Romanian Rite) († 58)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1920.12.08)

1920.12.09
SpainArchbishop José Meseguer y Costa († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1905.03.27 – 1920.12.09)

1920.12.12
Costa RicaBishop Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. († 64)

Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1904.06.01 – 1920.12.12)

1920.12.14
MexicoBishop Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1880.02.27 – 1896.10.03)

1920.12.25
ItalyArchbishop Francesco d’Albore († 92)

Bishop emeritus of Monopoli (Italy) (1886.06.07 – 1901.09.04)

1920.12.30
CroatiaBishop Antonio Mahnic († 70)

Bishop of Krk (Croatia) (1896.12.03 – 1920.12.30)

1920.12.31
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Sabatucci († 85)

Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1906.11.09 – 1920.12.31)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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