Deceased Bishops in the year 1939

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (82)
1939.01.05	Bishop Bernard O’Kane († 72) Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland) (1926.06.21 – 1939.01.05)
1939.01.10	Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)
1939.01.20	Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Leo († 74) Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) (1920.01.17 – 1939.01.20) Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) (1920.01.17 – 1939.01.20)
1939.01.20	Bishop Juan Torres Ribas († 94) Bishop of Menorca (Spain) (1902.06.09 – 1939.01.20)
1939.01.27	Bishop Matteo Angelo Filipello († 79) Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1939.01.27)
1939.02.03	Bishop Giovanni Francesco Gnidovec, C.M. († 65) Bishop of Skopje (North Macedonia) (1924.10.29 – 1939.02.03)
1939.02.07	Blessed Bishop Anselmo Polanco y Fonteche, O.E.S.A. († 57) Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1935.06.21 – 1939.02.07)
1939.02.07	Bishop Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi (石道琪), O.F.M. († 53) Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China) (1933.03.09 – 1939.02.07)
1939.02.10	Pope Pius XI († 81) Supreme Pontiff (1922.02.06 [1922.02.12] – 1939.02.10) Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10) Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10) Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities (1937 – 1939.02.10) Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10)
1939.02.10	Bishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B. († 58) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1926.01.29 – 1938)
1939.02.10	Bishop Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E. († 78) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Toungoo (Myanmar) (1908.05.10 – 1936)
1939.02.23	Archbishop Eugène-Jacques Grellier († 89) Bishop emeritus of Laval (France) (1906.02.21 – 1936.06.15)
1939.02.24	Bishop Vincenzo Migliorelli († 65) Bishop emeritus of San Severino (Italy) (1927.08.10 – 1930.02.27) Bishop emeritus of Treia (Italy) (1927.08.10 – 1930.02.27)
1939.03.03	Archbishop Joseph-Lucien Giray († 74) Bishop emeritus of Cahors (France) (1918.02.15 – 1936.02.13)
1939.03.03	Bishop Auguste-Maurice Clément († 73) Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco) (1924.04.25 – 1936.03.02)
1939.03.03	Bishop Nándor Rott († 69) Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1917.07.12 – 1939.03.03)
1939.03.04	Archbishop Nicola Piccirilli († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) (1917.09.25 – 1939.03.04)
1939.03.05	Bishop Amando Agostino Bahlmann, O.F.M. († 76) Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1907.01.10 – 1939.03.05)
1939.03.05	Bishop Filippo Mantini († 57) Bishop of Pergola (Italy) (1931.06.22 – 1939.03.05) Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1931.06.22 – 1939.03.05)
1939.03.11	Archbishop Cleto Cassani († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy) (1917.01.05 – 1929.07.01)
1939.03.13	Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J. († 69) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India) (1919.12.15 – 1926.10.01)
1939.03.20	Bishop Joseph Henry Conroy († 80) Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1921.11.21 – 1939.03.20)
1939.03.20	Bishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney († 63) Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1922.05.24 – 1939.03.20)
1939.04.01	Cardinal Donato Sbarretti († 82) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1928.12.17 – 1939.04.01) Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1930.07.04 – 1939.04.01)
1939.04.02	Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez († 68) Bishop emeritus of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1921.08.26 – 1932.02.02)
1939.04.10	Bishop Joseph Damian Schmitt († 80) Bishop of Fulda (Germany) ([1906.12.29] 1907.02.23 – 1939.04.10)
1939.04.18	Archbishop José Américo Orzali († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1934.04.20 – 1939.04.18)
1939.04.23	Cardinal Domenico Mariani († 76) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (1935.12.19 – 1939.04.23) Vice-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1935.12.21 – 1939.04.23)
1939.04.26	Bishop Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. († 76) Bishop emeritus of Crete (Greece) (1910.06.22 – 1926.03.15)
1939.05.06	Bishop Tihamér Tóth († 50) Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1939.03.03 – 1939.05.06)
1939.05.09	Bishop Henryk Ignazio Przezdziecki († 66) Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1925.10.28 – 1939.05.09)
1939.05.12	Bishop Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. († 82) Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu) (1904.03.22 – 1939.05.12)
1939.05.16	Archbishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr. († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia) (1922.02.20 – 1939.05.16)
1939.05.16	Bishop Luis Calixto Leiva Charry († 48) Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia) (1933.11.21 – 1939.05.16)
1939.05.17	Bishop Antonio Laubitz († 77) Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1924.11.08 – 1939.05.17)
1939.05.18	Bishop Emile Barthès († 56) Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (France) (1932.08.16 – 1939.05.18)
1939.06.04	Bishop Francis Lisowski († 62) Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1933.01.27 – 1939.06.04)
1939.06.05	Bishop Firmin Lamy († 50) Bishop of Langres (France) (1938.07.27 – 1939.06.05)
1939.06.28	Archbishop Andrew Killian († 66) Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) (1934.11.05 – 1939.06.28)
1939.07.01	Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos († 69) Bishop of Chios (Greece) (1917.01.03 – 1939.07.01)
1939.07.09	Archbishop Pietro Gjura († 64) Archbishop of Durrës (Albania) (1929.05.15 – 1939.07.09)
1939.07.17	Bishop Henri-Jean Houbaut († 59) Bishop of Bayonne (France) (1934.12.24 – 1939.07.17)
1939.07.19	Archbishop Domenico Spolverini († 68) Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia (1933.05.22 – 1939.07.19)
1939.07.20	Bishop Timothy J. Corbett († 81) Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA) (1910.04.09 – 1938.06.25)
1939.07.20	Bishop Augustin Henninghaus (韓寧鎬), S.V.D. († 76) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Yanzhoufu 兗州府 (China) (1904.08.07 – 1935.06)
1939.07.24	Bishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. († 67) Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1931.01.30 – 1939.07.24)
1939.07.25	Archbishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus) (1917.07.25 – 1939.07.25)
1939.07.28	Bishop José Santiago Irala, O.F.M. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1904.06.04 – 1909)
1939.07.30	Archbishop Orazio Mazzella († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy) (1917.04.14 – 1934.11.01)
1939.08.08	Archbishop Isaac-Jesu-Yab Khoudabache (Chaldean Rite) († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1930.10.06] 1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08) Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) ([1930.10.06] 1930.10.25 – 1939.08.08)
1939.08.17	Bishop Henri Lécroart (劉欽明), S.J. († 74) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Xianxian 獻縣 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1936.12.02)
1939.09.11	Bishop Pablo Alegría Iriarte, O.A.R. († 63) Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia) (1934.07.09 – 1939.09.11)
1939.09.13	Cardinal Angelo Maria Dolci († 72) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1936.06.15 – 1939.09.13) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1933.05.22 – 1939.09.13)
1939.09.19	Bishop Luigi Zaffarami († 74) Bishop emeritus of Todi (Italy) (1915.12.09 – 1933.02.10)
1939.09.20	Archbishop Paul Bruchési († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada) (1897.06.25 – 1939.09.20)
1939.09.29	Bishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot († 65) Bishop emeritus of Les Gonaïves (Haiti) (1928.10.09 – 1936.01.13)
1939.10.01	Bishop François Daoud (Chaldean Rite) († 68) Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1910.01.25 – 1939.10.01)
1939.10.02	Cardinal George William Mundelein († 67) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1924.03.27 – 1939.10.02) Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1915.12.09 – 1939.10.02)
1939.10.02	Bishop Norbert-Georges-Pierre Rousseau († 68) Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France) (1925.05.15 – 1939.10.02)
1939.10.02	Bishop Augustus John Schwertner († 68) Bishop of Wichita (USA) (1921.03.10 – 1939.10.02)
1939.10.07	Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé († 64) Bishop emeritus of Hearst (Canada) (1938.12.03 – 1939.06.22)
1939.10.08	Bishop Jean Castel († 71) Bishop of Tulle (France) (1918.08.03 – 1939.10.08)
1939.10.11	Bishop Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer († 69) Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1918.03.14 – 1939.10.11)
1939.10.14	Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland) (1918.07.10 – 1939.10.14)
1939.10.14	Bishop Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S. († 63) Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa) (1932.11.21 – 1939.10.14)
1939.10.14	Bishop Alberto Romita († 59) Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy) (1927.06.29 – 1939.10.14)
1939.10.25	Archbishop Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. († 78) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Aleppo (Syria) (1905.01.16 – 1936.02.12) Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1936.02.12 – 1939.10.25)
1939.10.25	Archbishop Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales) (1921.03.07 – 1939.10.25)
1939.10.28	Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M. († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1924.11.11 – 1939.10.28)
1939.11.01	Archbishop René-Pierre Mignen († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1931.07.21 – 1939.11.01)
1939.11.05	Bishop Eli-Antoine Durand († 51) Bishop of Montauban (France) (1935.05.29 – 1939.11.05)
1939.11.14	Bishop Laurence William Youens († 65) Bishop of Northampton (England) (1933.06.16 – 1939.11.14)
1939.11.23	Bishop Auguste De Clercq, C.I.C.M. († 69) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa) (1918.08.24 – 1938.10.29)
1939.11.23	Bishop Gaston Antoine Rasneur († 65) Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) (1924.01.30 – 1939.11.23)
1939.11.25	Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. († 81) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Belize (Belize) (1925.12.15 – 1938)
1939.11.30	Bishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres († 65) Bishop emeritus of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1920.12.23 – 1933.04.18)
1939.12.02	Archbishop Carlo Sica († 79) Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20)
1939.12.04	Bishop Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta (Chaldean Rite) († 54) Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1938.10.15 – 1939.12.04)
1939.12.07	Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P. († 82) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1924.12.03 – 1935.09.03)
1939.12.12	Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy) (1926.05.07 – 1939.12.12) Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy) (1926.05.07 – 1939.12.12)
1939.12.14	Archbishop Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez († 62) Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1921.03.10 – 1939.12.14)
1939.12.19	Bishop Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. († 70) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bamako (Mali) (1921.07.08 – 1928.04.06)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1939

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