Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1943

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (79)
1943.01.02
FranceArchbishop Louis-Joseph Fillon († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) (1934.12.24 – 1943.01.02)

1943.01.10
SwitzerlandBishop Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A. († 68)

Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) ([1914.08.13] 1914.10.15 – 1931.01.18)

Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune (1914.10.15 – 1931.01.18)

1943.01.12
ItalyBishop Ferdinando Rodolfi († 76)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1911.02.14 – 1943.01.12)

1943.01.19
ChinaBishop Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud (賁德馨), M.E.P. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beihai 北海 (China) (1929.12.16 – 1940.02)

1943.01.23
GermanyArchbishop Johann Jacobus von Hauck († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) ([1912.05.04] 1912.06.18 – 1943.01.23)

1943.01.26
PolandBlessed Bishop Michał Kozal († 49)

Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) (1939.06.10 – 1943.01.26)

1943.01.28
HungaryArchbishop Ludovít Szmrecsányi († 91)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1912.08.20 – 1943.01.28)

1943.01.29
PolandBishop Antoni Jacek Zimniak († 65)

Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland) (1936.08.14 – 1943.01.29)

1943.01.31
ItalyArchbishop Enrico Montalbetti († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1938.06.09 – 1943.01.31)

Bishop of Bova (Italy) (1941 – 1943.01.31)

1943.02.18
MexicoBishop Vicente Camacho y Moya († 56)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (1930.02.14 – 1943.02.18)

1943.02.21
ColombiaBishop Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. († 63)

Vicar Apostolic of Goajira (Colombia) (1931.12.15 – 1943.02.21)

1943.02.21
IndiaBishop Thomas Dioscoros (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 59)
1943.02.25
FranceArchbishop Pierre Chatelus († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Nevers (France) (1910.04.13 – 1932.04.22)

1943.02.27
TanzaniaBishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. († 101)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania) (1913.09.01 – 1930.03.08)

1943.03.02
USAArchbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken († 55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1933.06.02 – 1943.03.02)

1943.03.04
CameroonBishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1931.04.03 – 1943.03.04)

1943.03.07
ChinaBishop Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文) († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Jiading 嘉定 (China) (1938.02.09 – 1943.03.07)

1943.03.11
BrazilBishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello († 71)

Bishop emeritus of Caetité (Brazil) (1914.08.18 – 1923.07.30)

1943.03.11
ItalyBishop Angelo Soracco († 52)

Bishop of Fossano (Italy) (1934.12.12 – 1943.03.11)

1943.03.12
JapanBishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P. († 66)

Bishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1918.07.06 – 1940.12.03)

1943.03.16
GermanyBishop Hermann Joseph Sträter († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1931.10.16 – 1943.03.16)

1943.03.17
EnglandCardinal Arthur Hinsley († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1937.12.16 – 1943.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1935.04.01 – 1943.03.17)

1943.03.18
NetherlandsBishop Arnold Frans Diepen († 83)

Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1919.12.22 – 1943.03.18)

1943.03.19
ItalyBishop Paolo Castiglioni († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1937.01.12 – 1943.03.19)

1943.03.29
ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1937.12.16 – 1943.03.29)

1943.03.30
SwitzerlandBishop Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A. († 71)

Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland) ([1932.08.08] 1932.08.22 – 1943.03.30)

Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune (1932.08.22 – 1943.03.30)

1943.03.31
USABishop Joseph Casimir Plagens († 63)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1940.12.16 – 1943.03.31)

1943.04.02
SudanBishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan) (1913.05.30 – 1922.05)

1943.04.11
ItalyCardinal Federico Cattani Amadori († 86)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1935.12.19 – 1943.04.11)

Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.16)

1943.04.26
ChinaBishop Alberto Odorico Timmer (翟宇仁), O.F.M. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Luanfu 潞安府 (China) (1901.07.20 – 1926.08.20)

1943.05.14
ItalyArchbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo († 76)

Treasurer General of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1933 – 1943.05.14)

1943.05.19
ItalyBishop Luigi Maria Olivares, S.D.B. († 69)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1916.07.15 – 1943.05.19)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1916.07.15 – 1943.05.19)

1943.05.20
GermanyBishop Ludwig Sebastian († 80)

Bishop of Speyer (Germany) ([1917.05.28] 1917.07.31 – 1943.05.20)

1943.05.22
KiribatiBishop Joseph Bach, M.S.C. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) (1927.01.26 – 1933.12.27)

1943.05.27
FranceBishop Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1922.02.20 – 1943.05.27)

1943.05.29
MonacoArchbishop Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Monaco (Monaco) (1920.12.16 – 1924.02.13)

1943.05.29
VenezuelaBishop Sixto Sosa Díz († 72)

Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1923.06.16 – 1943.05.29)

1943.05.31
UkraineBishop Olexander Stojka (Ruthenian Rite) († 52)

Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1932.05.03 – 1943.05.31)

1943.06.08
EnglandBishop John Francis McNulty († 63)

Bishop of Nottingham (England) (1932.05.13 – 1943.06.08)

1943.06.16
IrelandBishop Thomas Mulvany († 75)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1929.04.12 – 1943.06.16)

1943.06.27
PolandBishop Eduard Graf O’Rourke († 66)

Bishop emeritus of Gdańsk (Poland) (1925.12.30 – 1938.06.13)

1943.07.08
LithuaniaBishop Justinas Staugaitis († 76)

Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – 1943.07.08)

1943.07.12
ChinaBishop Fortunato Antonio Spruit (苗其秀), O.F.M. († 63)

Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China) (1927.11.22 – 1943.07.12)

1943.07.20
BrazilBishop João Antônio Pimenta († 83)

Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1911.03.07 – 1943.07.20)

1943.07.28
SyriaArchbishop Pierre-Macario Saba (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1919.06.25 – 1943.07.28)

1943.07.29
JamaicaBishop Joseph Nicholas Dinand, S.J. († 73)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jamaica (Jamaica) (1927.07.12 – 1930)

1943.08.12
Northern IrelandBishop Edward Mulhern († 80)

Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland) (1916.01.31 – 1943.08.12)

1943.08.19
USAArchbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan († 88)

Bishop emeritus of Great Falls (USA) (1904.08.26 – 1930.01.18)

1943.08.21
SlovakiaBishop Marián Blaha († 74)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1920.11.13 – 1943.08.21)

1943.08.21
BelgiumBishop Eugenio van Rechem († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium) (1914.03.26 – 1943.08.21)

1943.08.24
ArgentinaBishop Leandro Bautista Astelarra († 59)

Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1943.08.24)

1943.08.27
BrazilArchbishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva († 42)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1939.07.29 – 1943.08.27)

1943.08.30
HungaryArchbishop Gyula Glattfelder († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1942.09.24 – 1943.05.07)

1943.08.30
CanadaArchbishop Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1938.02.23 – 1943.08.30)

1943.09.12
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Castelli († 71)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1924.10.21 – 1943.09.12)

1943.09.13
SpainCardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1921.06.16 – 1943.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1919.05.07 – 1943.09.13)

1943.09.28
PanamaArchbishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. († 65)

Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1933.02.24 – 1943.09.28)

1943.09.29
PolandBishop Edward Komar († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1921.06.16 – 1943.09.29)

1943.10.11
ItalyBishop Secondo Bologna († 45)

Bishop of Boiano–Campobasso (Italy) (1940.01.08 – 1943.10.11)

1943.10.11
New ZealandBishop Matthew Joseph Brodie († 79)

Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) (1915.11.27 – 1943.10.11)

1943.10.27
ItalyBishop Paolo Albera († 72)

Bishop of Mileto (Italy) (1924.05.09 – 1943.10.27)

1943.10.28
ChinaBishop Louis-Nestor Renault (唐靄鐸), M.E.P. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Suifu 敘府 (China) (1931.10.19 – 1943.10.28)

1943.10.31
ItalyBishop Domenico Ettorre († 61)

Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (1940.07.01 – 1943.10.31)

1943.11.04
ItalyCardinal Vincenzo La Puma († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1935.12.19 – 1943.11.04)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1935.12.31 – 1943.11.04)

1943.11.13
ColombiaArchbishop Pietro-Adamo Brioschi, P.I.M.E. († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1900.06.20 – 1943.11.13)

1943.11.17
ItalyBishop Eugenio Beccegato († 80)

Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) (1939.05.13 – 1943.11.17)

1943.11.18
SpainBishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza († 70)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1925.12.14 – 1943.11.18)

1943.11.18
CubaBishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick († 74)

Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of La Habana (Cuba) (1903.11.09 – 1905.03.01)

1943.11.21
VietnamBishop Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) (1938.05.21 – 1943.11.21)

1943.11.25
ItalyCardinal Carlo Cremonesi († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1935.12.19 – 1943.11.25)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) (1926.03.21 – 1927.12.19)

Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities (1921.12.29 – 1935.12.16)

1943.12.08
IndiaArchbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Simla (India) (1913.05.22 – 1936.01.13)

1943.12.08
ScotlandArchbishop Donald Mackintosh († 66)

Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1922.02.24 – 1943.12.08)

1943.12.10
FranceBishop Edmund Vansteenberghe († 62)

Bishop of Bayonne (France) (1939.10.06 – 1943.12.10)

1943.12.13
LebanonBishop Emanuele Phares (Maronite Rite) († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites ([1928.04.28] 1928.07.24 – 1943.12.13)

1943.12.17
MaltaArchbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. († 76)

Bishop of Malta (Malta) (1915.01.22 – 1943.12.17)

Archbishop ad personam (1928.03.29 – 1943.12.17)

1943.12.23
ChinaBishop Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) (1903.09.12 – 1920.12)

1943.12.24
ScotlandBishop James William McCarthy († 90)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1914.05.25 – 1943.12.24)

1943.12.25
NigeriaBishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1920.04.16 – 1931.05.21)

1943.12.29
SpainBishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz († 68)

Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1922.06.27 – 1943.12.29)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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