Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1923

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (63)
1923.01.03
FranceArchbishop Jules Tiberghien († 55)

Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1921.11.21 – 1923.01.03)

1923.01.06
SpainPatriarch Jaime Cardona y Tur († 84)

Military Vicar of Spain (Spain) (1892.07.11 – 1923.01.06)

1923.01.09
FranceBishop Joseph-Marie Fabre († 78)

Bishop of Marseille (France) (1909.04.29 – 1923.01.09)

1923.01.09
FranceBishop Jules-Laurent-Benjamin Morelle († 73)

Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1906.07.13 – 1923.01.09)

1923.01.20
Sri LankaBishop Jules-André Brault, O.M.I. († 55)

Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) (1919.08.05 – 1923.01.20)

1923.01.27
ItalyBishop Emanuele Virgilio († 54)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1910.05.02 – 1923.01.27)

1923.01.29
PortugalArchbishop Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal) (1907.12.19 – 1919.12.15)

1923.01.31
SpainBishop José López Mendoza y García, O.E.S.A. († 74)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1899.12.14 – 1923.01.31)

1923.02.04
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1898.03.24 – 1923.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1923.02.04)

1923.02.04
USABishop Charles Joseph O’Reilly († 63)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1918.03.20 – 1923.02.04)

1923.02.14
ItalyCardinal Bartolomeo Bacilieri († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1901.04.18 – 1923.02.14)

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1900.04.01 – 1923.02.14)

1923.02.17
ChinaBishop Pierre-Marie-François Lalouyer (藍祿葉), M.E.P. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Manchuria 滿州北境 (China) (1898.05.16 – 1923.02.17)

1923.02.18
HungaryArchbishop Árpád Lipót Várady († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1914.05.25 – 1923.02.18)

1923.03.07
FranceBishop Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier († 78)

Bishop of La Rochelle (France) (1906.11.27 – 1923.03.07)

1923.03.17
USABishop Maurice Francis Burke († 77)

Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA) (1893.06.19 – 1923.03.17)

1923.03.17
FranceBishop Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel († 62)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1917.11.27 – 1923.03.17)

1923.03.20
UkraineSaint Archbishop Józef Bilczewski († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1900.12.17 – 1923.03.20)

1923.03.22
AustraliaBishop John Henry Norton († 67)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1906.08.18 – 1923.03.22)

1923.03.25
MexicoArchbishop Enrique Sánchez y Paredes († 46)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1919.01.24 – 1923.03.25)

1923.03.31
ColombiaArchbishop Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1907.04.18 – 1923.03.31)

1923.04.08
ArgentinaArchbishop Mariano Antonio Espinosa († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1900.08.24 – 1923.04.08)

1923.04.09
ItalyBishop Agostino Cattaneo († 70)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1910.03.15 – 1923.04.09)

1923.04.09
IrelandBishop Thomas O’Dea († 65)

Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) (1909.04.29 – 1923.04.09)

1923.04.19
BelizeBishop Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras (Belize) (1899.08.17 – 1923.04.19)

1923.05.02
IndonesiaBishop Edmundus Sybrandus Luypen, S.J. († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Batavia (Indonesia) (1898.05.20 – 1923.05.02)

1923.05.03
ChinaBishop Joseph-Claude Excoffier (田), M.E.P. († 61)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yunnan 雲南 (China) (1895.03.30 – 1907.01)

1923.05.21
FranceBishop Joseph-Michel-Frédéric Bonnet († 87)

Bishop of Viviers (France) ([1876.06.07] 1876.06.26 – 1923.05.21)

1923.05.23
VietnamBishop Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P. († 50)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1911.06.27 – 1923.05.23)

1923.06.02
TurkiyeArchbishop Souleyman Moussa Sabbagh (Chaldean Rite) († 58)

Archbishop-Bishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1897.06.06 – 1923.06.02)

1923.06.04
SpainCardinal Juan Soldevilla y Romero († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1920.04.22 – 1923.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1901.12.16 – 1923.06.04)

1923.06.08
MexicoBishop Rafael Amador y Hernández († 67)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1903.11.13 – 1923.06.08)

1923.06.17
CanadaBishop Alexis-Xyste Bernard († 75)

Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1905.12.16 – 1923.06.17)

1923.07.02
IrelandBishop Denis Hallinan († 73)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) (1918.03.10 – 1923.07.02)

1923.07.02
USABishop James Ryan († 75)

Bishop of Alton (USA) (1888.02.28 – 1923.07.02)

1923.07.17
ItalyBishop Luigi Pugliese († 72)

Bishop of Ugento (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1923.07.17)

1923.07.22
GermanyBishop Alois Hartl († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1921.06.13 – 1923.07.22)

1923.07.27
ItalyCardinal Nicolò Marini († 79)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1916.12.07 – 1923.07.27)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1917.11.29 – 1922)

1923.07.28
MexicoArchbishop Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1909.08.07 – 1923.07.28)

1923.07.31
ChinaBishop Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China) (1901.02.21 – 1920.07.01)

1923.08.10
ItalyCardinal Agostino Richelmy († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1911.11.27 – 1923.08.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1897.09.18 – 1923.08.10)

1923.08.17
BulgariaArchbishop Michail Miroff (Bulgarian Rite) († 63)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis ante Apri of the Bulgarians ([1906.12.22] 1907.01.08 – 1923.08.17)

1923.08.21
PeruBishop Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru) (1898.08.25 – 1906)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1909.08.11 – 1923.08.21)

1923.08.27
FranceBishop Adrien-Alexis Fodéré († 84)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1906.02.21 – 1923.08.27)

1923.09.04
USABishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne († 82)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1894.05.10 – 1923.09.04)

1923.09.11
ItalyBishop Angelo Petrelli († 60)

Bishop of Venosa (Italy) (1913.05.20 – 1923.09.11)

1923.09.11
Sri LankaBishop Joseph van Reeth, S.J. († 80)

Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka) (1895.01.11 – 1923.09.11)

1923.09.20
ItalyBishop Domenico Pasi († 52)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1919.12.15 – 1923.09.20)

Bishop of Tolentino (Italy) (1919.12.15 – 1923.09.20)

1923.09.28
FranceBishop Joseph-Antoine-Augustin Giustiniani († 50)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (1922.02.17 – 1923.09.28)

1923.09.29
CzechiaArchbishop Antonín Cyril Stojan († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1921.03.10 – 1923.09.29)

1923.10.03
AlgeriaBishop Amiel-François Bessière († 53)

Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) (1917.01.02 – 1923.10.03)

1923.10.17
GermanyBishop Joseph Stoffels († 44)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1922.11.11 – 1923.10.17)

1923.10.19
BrazilBishop Lúcio Antunes de Souza († 60)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19)

1923.10.24
ItalyBishop Silvio Gasperini († 71)

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1912.12.02 – 1923.10.24)

1923.11.10
ItalyBishop Alfonso Andreoli († 73)

Bishop of Loreto (Italy) (1911.12.20 – 1923.11.10)

Bishop of Recanati (Italy) (1911.12.20 – 1923.11.10)

1923.11.24
SlovakiaArchbishop Vilmos Batthyány († 53)

Bishop emeritus of Nitra (Slovakia) (1911.03.18 – 1920.11.13)

1923.11.25
ItalyArchbishop Giosuè Signori († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1921.11.21 – 1923.11.25)

1923.11.26
AustraliaBishop John Gallagher († 77)

Bishop of Goulburn (Australia) (1900.06.13 – 1923.11.26)

1923.12.01
RomaniaBishop Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék († 55)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1911.04.20 – 1923.12.01)

1923.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Moràbito († 65)

Bishop emeritus of Mileto (Italy) (1898.12.15 – 1922.07.04)

1923.12.06
ItalyBishop Pietro Zanolini († 57)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1913.07.06 – 1923.12.06)

1923.12.18
USABishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria (USA) (1900.06.20 – 1923.12.18)

1923.12.19
ChinaBishop Graziano Génnaro (田瑞玉), O.F.M. († 60)

Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1909.07.24 – 1923.12.19)

1923.12.26
ItalyBishop Michele Angelo Baldetti († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Cortona (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1923.04.30)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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