Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1944

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (66)
1944.01.03
GermanyBishop Josef Hammels († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1924.01.14 – 1944.01.03)

1944.01.06
VietnamBishop Paul-Marie Ramond, M.E.P. († 88)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hung Hoá (Vietnam) (1924.12.03 – 1938.05.21)

1944.01.08
ItalyBishop Giacinto Tamburini († 57)

Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1941.03.06 – 1944.01.08)

Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1941.03.06 – 1944.01.08)

1944.01.12
USABishop James Joseph Hartley († 90)

Bishop of Columbus (USA) (1903.12.10 – 1944.01.12)

1944.01.13
ChinaBishop Gaspare Schotte (石揚休), C.I.C.M. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China) (1931.12.21 – 1944.01.13)

1944.01.18
USABishop Francis William Howard († 76)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1923.03.26 – 1944.01.18)

1944.01.27
South AfricaBishop Thomas Spreiter, O.S.B. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Eshowe (South Africa) (1923.12.11 – 1943.05.14)

1944.01.28
ItalyArchbishop Raffaele Santi († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Montefeltro (Italy) (1912.04.22 – 1940.06.15)

1944.02.01
BrazilBishop Próspero Maria Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M. († 73)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil) (1926.12.10 – 1940)

1944.02.09
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Scozzoli († 85)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1900.12.17 – 1944.02.09)

1944.02.10
EcuadorBishop Guillermo José Harris y Morales († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Loja (Ecuador) (1920.05.07 – 1944)

1944.02.11
PolandBishop Paweł Franciszek Kubicki († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1918.07.29 – 1944.02.11)

1944.02.17
EcuadorBishop Emilio Cecco, C.S.I. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Napo (Ecuador) (1931.05.04 – 1937)

1944.02.19
ChinaBishop Paul-Marie Dumond (杜保祿), C.M. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1931.07.03 – 1944.02.19)

1944.02.22
ItalyBishop Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Amelia (Italy) (1907.08.31 – 1938.07.01)

1944.02.23
Papua New GuineaBishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D. († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) (1922.11.24 – 1944.02.23)

1944.02.29
PeruBishop Sabas Sarasola Esparza, O.P. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru) (1923.06.13 – 1944.02.29)

1944.03.02
LesothoBishop Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Basutoland (Lesotho) (1909.01.25 – 1930.05.24)

1944.03.03
ItalyBishop Giosuè Cattarossi († 80)

Bishop of Belluno (Italy) (1913.11.21 – 1944.03.03)

1944.03.15
USABishop John Bertram Peterson († 72)

Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1932.05.13 – 1944.03.15)

1944.03.18
USABishop William Richard Griffin († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse (USA) (1935.03.09 – 1944.03.18)

1944.03.30
ItalyArchbishop Nicola Monterisi († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1929.10.05 – 1944.03.30)

1944.04.08
GermanyBishop Albert Maria Fuchs († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1935.07.13 – 1944.04.08)

1944.04.14
KenyaBishop Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya) (1926.01.04 – 1930.10.18)

1944.04.17
ItalyBishop Teodoro Pallaroni († 59)

Bishop of Sarsina (Italy) (1931.04.17 – 1944.04.17)

1944.04.22
USACardinal William Henry O’Connell († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1911.11.30 – 1944.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1907.08.31 – 1944.04.22)

1944.05.01
PolandBishop Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski († 74)

Bishop of Chełmno (Poland) (1926.10.04 – 1944.05.01)

1944.05.06
ItalyArchbishop Giacomo Montanelli († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy) (1929.02.17 – 1944.05.06)

1944.05.07
EgyptArchbishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Canal of Suez (Egypt) (1927.03.11 – 1928.11.24)

1944.05.17
ItalyBishop Monalduzio Leopardi († 59)

Bishop of Osimo (Italy) (1926.12.20 – 1944.05.17)

Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) (1926.12.20 – 1944.05.17)

1944.05.19
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Jacuzio († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1917.07.09 – 1944.05.19)

1944.05.27
VietnamBishop Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng († 52)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1940.05.28 – 1944.05.27)

1944.06.03
USABishop Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. († 74)

Bishop emeritus of El Paso (USA) (1915.06.17 – 1942.11.29)

1944.06.28
CyprusArchbishop Paul Auad (Maronite Rite) († 89)

Archbishop emeritus of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1911.02.11 – 1941.01.30)

1944.07.10
USAArchbishop Edward Joseph Hanna († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA) (1915.06.01 – 1935.03.02)

1944.07.20
LebanonBishop Pierre Feghali (Maronite Rite) († 69)

Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria of the Maronites (1919.02.23 – 1944.07.20)

1944.07.27
ItalyBishop Pio Guizzardi († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1936.04.11 – 1944.07.27)

1944.07.28
CzechiaBishop Josef Schinzel († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1922.11.14 – 1944.07.28)

1944.08.10
ItalyBishop Alfredo Del Tomba († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Montalcino (Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1937.07.10)

1944.08.11
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Signore († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Telese (Italy) (1918.06.20 – 1928.12.01)

1944.08.22
ItalyCardinal Luigi Maglione († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1936.06.18 – 1944.08.22)

Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

1944.08.23
EnglandArchbishop Joseph Butt († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Westminster (England) (1911.01.14 – 1938.04.23)

1944.09.03
SpainArchbishop Manuel de Castro y Alonso († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1928.05.21 – 1944.09.03)

1944.09.04
ItalyBishop Antonio Micozzi († 63)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1927.12.23 – 1944.09.04)

1944.09.10
VenezuelaBishop Salvador Montes de Oca († 48)

Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Venezuela) (1927.06.20 – 1934.12.22)

1944.09.16
French GuianaBishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana) (1933.01.15 – 1944.09.16)

1944.09.27
USABishop John Aloysius Duffy († 59)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1937.01.05 – 1944.09.27)

1944.09.27
RomaniaBishop Mihai Robu († 60)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1925.05.07 – 1944.09.27)

1944.10.10
ScotlandBishop James Maguire († 62)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1939.10.05 – 1944.10.10)

1944.10.11
HaitiArchbishop Julien-Jean-Guillaume Conan († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port-au-Prince (Haiti) ([1903.09.16] 1903.10.22 – 1930.12.05)

1944.10.22
ChinaBishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1944.10.22)

1944.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe di Girolamo († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Lucera (Italy) (1920.04.21 – 1941.01.01)

1944.10.30
USABishop John Hubert Peschges († 63)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1938.08.30 – 1944.10.30)

1944.11.01
UkraineArchbishop Andriy Sheptytskyi (Andreas Alexander Szeptyckyj), O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 79)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1900.12.12 – 1944.11.01)

1944.11.04
ItalyBishop Luigi Drago († 66)

Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy) (1932.03.03 – 1944.11.04)

Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) (1932.03.03 – 1944.11.04)

1944.11.09
FranceBishop Georges-Marie-Eugène Audollent († 77)

Bishop of Blois (France) (1925.05.15 – 1944.11.09)

1944.11.11
FranceArchbishop Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard († 92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Auch (France) (1907.04.15 – 1934.09.18)

1944.11.22
UkraineArchbishop Bolesław Twardowski († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1923.08.03 – 1944.11.22)

1944.12.04
TurkiyeArchbishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye) (1921.01.24 – 1929.03.01)

Auditor General of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1939.12.09 – 1944.12.04)

1944.12.04
BrazilBishop Vicente Maria Bartholomeu Priante, S.D.B. († 61)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1933.05.13 – 1944.12.04)

1944.12.10
ChinaBishop Eugenio Massi (希賢), O.F.M. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Hankou 漢口 (China) (1927.01.26 – 1944.12.10)

1944.12.15
USABishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe († 69)

Bishop of Hartford (USA) (1934.04.23 – 1944.12.15)

1944.12.17
ItalyBishop Antonio Scarante († 71)

Bishop of Faenza (Italy) (1930.06.30 – 1944.12.17)

1944.12.19
HungaryBishop Győző Horváth († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1912.03.26 – 1944.12.19)

1944.12.20
Congo-KinshasaBishop Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.01.27 – 1944.12.20)

1944.12.22
NetherlandsArchbishop Bernard Gijlswijk, O.P. († 74)

Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ (1922.12.02 – 1944.12.22)

Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa (1922.12.02 – 1944.12.22)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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