Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1921

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (73)
1921.01.05
ItalyBishop Giovanni Carli († 76)

Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1921.01.05)

Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1921.01.05)

1921.01.10
ArgentinaBishop Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada († 70)

Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1900.12.07 – 1921.01.10)

1921.01.15
VietnamBishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Tonking (Vietnam) (1886.05.21 – 1910.06.02)

1921.01.18
PalestineCardinal Filippo Camassei († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1919.12.18 – 1921.01.18)

Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1906.12.06 – 1919.12.18)

1921.01.21
BoliviaBishop Celestino Loza († 56)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1920.06.20 – 1921.01.21)

1921.01.22
ArgentinaBishop Pablo Padilla y Bárcena († 72)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1898.01.16 – 1921.01.22)

1921.01.25
ItalyArchbishop Rodolfo Caroli († 51)

Bishop emeritus of Ceneda (Italy) (1913.06.18 – 1917.04.28)

1921.01.28
EnglandArchbishop Thomas Whiteside († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1911.10.28 – 1921.01.28)

1921.01.29
NicaraguaArchbishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón († 57)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (1902.07.30 – 1921.01.29)

1921.01.31
GermanyBishop Friedrich Justus Knecht († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1894.02.04 – 1921.01.31)

1921.02.02
ItalyBlessed Cardinal Andrea Carlo Ferrari († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1894.05.21 – 1921.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1894.05.21 – 1921.02.02)

1921.02.03
FranceBishop Félix-Auguste Béguinot († 84)

Bishop of Nîmes (France) ([1896.05.30] 1896.06.25 – 1921.02.03)

1921.02.06
AlgeriaArchbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) ([1898.07.08] 1898.11.28 – 1907.12.15)

1921.02.12
USABishop John Patrick Farrelly († 64)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1909.03.18 – 1921.02.12)

1921.02.15
ItalyBishop Pierre-André Viganò, M.E.M. († 62)

Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India) (1897.10.25 – 1909.05.11)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy) (1909.05.11 – 1917)

1921.02.17
Puerto RicoBishop William Ambrose Jones, O.E.S.A. († 55)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1907.01.15 – 1921.02.17)

1921.02.18
ItalyBishop Sabbatino Giani († 62)

Bishop of Livorno (Italy) (1900.12.17 – 1921.02.18)

1921.02.22
CzechiaBishop Giuseppe Doubrava († 68)

Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia) (1903.06.22 – 1921.02.22)

1921.03.06
ItalyPatriarch Domenico Marinangeli († 89)

Archbishop emeritus of Barletta (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trani (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08)

1921.03.19
FranceBishop Pierre-Marie Belmont († 83)

Bishop of Clermont (France) ([1893.01.03] 1893.01.19 – 1921.03.19)

1921.03.19
SpainBishop Timoteo Hernández Mulas († 64)

Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1907.12.19 – 1921.03.19)

1921.03.21
VietnamBishop Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P. († 50)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam) (1911.08.24 – 1921.03.21)

1921.03.21
GermanyBishop Joseph Müller († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1903.04.30 – 1921.03.21)

1921.03.24
USACardinal James Gibbons († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1887.03.17 – 1921.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1877.10.03 – 1921.03.24)

1921.04.01
CroatiaBishop Vincenzo Palunko († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop of Split (Croatia) (1904.06.16 – 1921.04.01)

1921.04.08
ItalyBishop Pietro Berruti († 80)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1898.11.28 – 1921.04.08)

1921.04.09
IrelandArchbishop William Joseph Walsh († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1885.07.03 – 1921.04.09)

1921.04.15
GermanyBishop Georg Heinrich Kirstein († 62)

Bishop of Mainz (Germany) ([1903.11.30] 1904.02.08 – 1921.04.15)

1921.04.16
FranceArchbishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. († 67)

Bishop emeritus of Metz (France) ([1901.09.08] 1901.09.21 – 1919.07.10)

1921.04.23
USABishop Henry Gabriels († 82)

Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1891.12.20 – 1921.04.23)

1921.05.09
VenezuelaBishop Felipe Neri Sendra († 76)

Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1891.09.25 – 1921.05.09)

1921.05.17
CroatiaBishop Georg Caric († 54)

Bishop of Split (Croatia) (1918.06.08 – 1921.05.17)

Bishop of Makarska (Croatia) (1918.06.08 – 1921.05.17)

1921.05.18
EgyptPatriarch Cyrillus Macaire (Coptic Rite) († 54)

Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1899.06.19 – 1908.05.18)

1921.05.21
ChileBishop Miguel Claro Vásquez († 60)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1908.06.01 – 1921.05.21)

1921.05.22
DominicaBishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R. († 70)

Bishop of Roseau (Dominica) (1902.05.25 – 1921.05.22)

1921.05.25
USABishop Matthew A. Harkins († 75)

Bishop of Providence (USA) (1887.02.11 – 1921.05.25)

1921.05.27
TurkiyeBishop Michele Petkoff (Bulgarian Rite) († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Tracia of the Bulgarians (Turkiye) (1883.04.10 – 1921.05.27)

1921.05.31
FranceBishop Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau († 76)

Bishop of Meaux (France) (1910.02.03 – 1921.05.31)

1921.06.06
USABishop James Schwebach († 73)

Bishop of La Crosse (USA) (1891.12.14 – 1921.06.06)

1921.06.18
ItalyBishop Anselmo Evangelista Sansoni, O.F.M. († 61)

Bishop of Cefalù (Italy) (1907.10.26 – 1921.06.18)

1921.06.24
USABishop Joseph Maria Koudelka († 68)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1913.08.06 – 1921.06.24)

1921.07.09
BrazilArchbishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1910.03.10 – 1921.07.09)

1921.07.12
IranArchbishop Hilarion-Joseph Montéty († 67)

Titular Archbishop of Beirut (1891.02.13 – 1921.07.12)

1921.07.14
ItalyBishop Massimiliano Novelli († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1903.06.22 – 1921.01.15)

1921.07.18
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Schinosi († 94)

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1901.02.20 – 1921.07.18)

1921.07.18
ItalyBishop Gaetano Pizzi († 67)

Bishop of San Severo (Italy) (1912.11.05 – 1921.07.18)

1921.08.08
USABishop Charles Edward McDonnell († 67)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1892.03.11 – 1921.08.08)

1921.08.11
HondurasArchbishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1916.02.02 – 1921.08.11)

1921.08.17
ItalyBishop Domenico Ambrosi († 75)

Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1899.12.19 – 1921.08.17)

Bishop of Priverno (Italy) (1899.12.19 – 1921.08.17)

Bishop of Terracina (Italy) (1899.12.19 – 1921.08.17)

1921.08.18
MexicoArchbishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón († 81)

Bishop emeritus of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1884.11.13 – 1920.12.16)

1921.08.22
FranceBishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron († 80)

Bishop of Annecy (France) ([1902.05.13] 1902.06.09 – 1921.08.22)

1921.08.22
CroatiaBishop Engelberto Vorsak († 76)

Titular Bishop of Zenopolis (1898.03.24 – 1921.08.22)

1921.08.24
ItalyCardinal Giorgio Gusmini († 65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1915.12.09 – 1921.08.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1914.09.08 – 1921.08.24)

1921.09.10
MexicoBishop Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas († 60)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1920.07.30 – 1921.09.10)

1921.09.18
USABishop Thomas O’Gorman († 78)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1896.01.24 – 1921.09.18)

1921.09.19
BrazilBishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva († 53)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1907.11.17 – 1921.09.19)

1921.09.22
FranceCardinal Auguste-René Dubourg († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1916.12.07 – 1921.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1906.08.06 – 1921.09.22)

1921.10.03
Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville) (1890.10.14 – 1921.10.03)

1921.10.17
IndiaArchbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India) (1892.01.02 – 1897.04.27)

1921.10.17
ItalyBishop Mario Palladino († 79)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1913.06.02 – 1921.10.17)

1921.10.22
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Massa Carrara (Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1917.01.07)

1921.10.28
ColombiaBishop Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos († 71)

Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1901.05.11 – 1921.10.28)

1921.11.08
SpainBishop Ramón Plaza y Blanco († 74)

Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1921.11.08)

1921.11.19
PeruBishop Ramón Zubieta y Les, O.P. († 57)

Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru) (1913.07.04 – 1921.11.19)

1921.11.25
EgyptArchbishop Etienne Soukkarie (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 53)

Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) (1920.04.25 – 1921.11.25)

1921.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Ignazio Ghiurekian (Armenian Rite) († 88)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis of the Armenians (1877.05.02 – 1921.12.03)

1921.12.04
GermanyBishop Michael Felix Korum († 81)

Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1881.08.12 – 1921.12.04)

1921.12.09
EcuadorBishop Santiago Costamagna, S.D.B. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Méndez y Gualaquiza (Ecuador) (1895.03.18 – 1919)

1921.12.15
USABishop James Trobec († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA) (1897.07.05 – 1914.04.15)

1921.12.18
ItalyArchbishop Pasquale Morganti († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1904.11.14 – 1921.12.18)

1921.12.21
FranceCardinal François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières († 91)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1911.11.30 – 1921.12.21)

Bishop of Montpellier (France) (1874.01.16 – 1921.12.21)

1921.12.26
AustraliaBishop William Bernard Kelly († 67)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1898.03.21 – 1921.12.26)

1921.12.27
USABishop Thomas Grace († 80)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1896.02.27 – 1921.12.27)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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