Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1946

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (68)
1946.01.01
ChinaBishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (法來善), O.F.M. Cap. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1922.03.28 – 1946.01.01)

1946.01.03
ItalyArchbishop Natale Gabriele Moriondo, O.P. († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Caserta (Italy) (1922.05.19 – 1943.06.01)

1946.01.06
ItalyBishop Angelo Cambiaso († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1946.01.06)

1946.01.06
South KoreaBishop Irenaeus Hayasaka (하야사카 이레네오) († 57)

Titular Bishop of Sufes (1942.11.10 – 1946.01.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea) (1942.11.10 – 1946.01.06)

1946.01.07
FranceBishop Charles-Marie-André Ginisty († 81)

Bishop of Verdun (France) (1914.03.11 – 1946.01.07)

1946.01.31
ItalyCardinal Pietro Boetto, S.J. († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1938.03.18 – 1946.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1938.03.17 – 1946.01.31)

1946.02.12
Sri LankaBishop Gaston Robichez, S.J. († 79)

Bishop of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) (1917.03.22 – 1946.02.12)

1946.02.15
EritreaArchbishop Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Eritrea (Eritrea) (1925.03.24 – 1936.03.03)

1946.02.26
ColombiaBishop Miguel Monconill y Viladot, O.F.M. Cap. († 54)

Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia) (1930.06.11 – 1946.02.26)

1946.02.28
BelizeBishop William Aloysius Rice, S.J. († 54)

Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize) (1938.11.19 – 1946.02.28)

1946.03.02
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Galati († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) (1927.07.01 – 1946.03.02)

Archbishop-Bishop of Crotone (Italy) (1928.06.02 – 1946.03.02)

1946.03.09
USACardinal John Joseph Glennon († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1946.02.22 – 1946.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1903.10.13 – 1946.03.09)

1946.03.14
FranceBishop Auguste Grumel († 83)

Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1924.02.03 – 1946.03.14)

1946.03.15
ItalyBishop Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. († 62)

Bishop of Cerignola (Italy) (1931.09.01 – 1946.03.15)

Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy) (1931.09.01 – 1946.03.15)

1946.03.15
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa) (1939.11.14 – 1946.03.15)

1946.03.22
GermanyBlessed Cardinal Clemens August von Galen († 68)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1946.02.22 – 1946.03.22)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1933.09.05 – 1946.03.22)

1946.04.01
ItalyArchbishop Cesare Orsenigo († 72)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya (1922.06.23 – 1946.04.01)

1946.04.01
EnglandArchbishop Thomas Leighton Williams († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England) (1929.06.23 – 1946.04.01)

1946.04.03
BrazilBishop Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1918.01.28 – 1933.07.28)

1946.04.11
ItalyBishop Giovanni Bargiggia († 69)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1937.07.06 – 1946.04.11)

1946.04.20
FranceBishop Georges-Eugène-Emile Choquet († 67)

Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France) (1938.02.11 – 1946.04.20)

1946.04.24
IraqBishop Jean Kurio (Chaldean Rite) († 71)

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1941.11.24 – 1946.04.24)

1946.04.26
WalesBishop Daniel Joseph Hannon († 61)

Bishop of Menevia (Wales) (1941.03.15 – 1946.04.26)

1946.05.05
BrazilBishop Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. († 60)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05)

1946.05.06
BelarusBishop Kazimierz Bukraba († 60)

Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus) (1932.07.10 – 1946.05.06)

1946.05.07
MoroccoBishop Henri Vielle, O.F.M. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco) (1927.06.08 – 1946.05.07)

1946.05.08
EnglandBishop James Dey († 76)

Military Vicar of Great Britain (England) (1935.04.13 – 1946.05.08)

1946.05.08
FranceBishop Adolphe-Yves-Marie Duparc († 89)

Bishop of Quimper (France) (1908.02.11 – 1946.05.08)

1946.05.13
VenezuelaArchbishop Felipe Rincón González († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1916.08.10 – 1946.05.13)

1946.05.18
ChinaArchbishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P. († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.05.18)

1946.05.18
MadagascarBishop Édouard Rostaing, M.S. († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar) (1942.02.24 – 1946.05.18)

1946.05.20
ItalyCardinal Enrico Gasparri († 74)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1933.10.16 – 1946.05.20)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1933.05.18 – 1946.05.20)

1946.05.25
AlbaniaArchbishop Gaspare Thaçi († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania) (1936.01.27 – 1946.05.25)

1946.05.27
IrelandBishop Patrick Morrisroe († 77)

Bishop of Achonry (Ireland) (1911.05.13 – 1946.05.27)

1946.06.02
FranceBishop Ernest-Victor Mennechet († 68)

Bishop of Soissons (France) (1928.03.02 – 1946.06.02)

1946.06.15
BrazilArchbishop João Batista Becker († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1912.08.01 – 1946.06.15)

1946.06.16
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Martinelli († 61)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1946.06.16)

1946.06.30
MexicoBishop Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta († 72)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (1922.04.21 – 1946.06.30)

1946.06.30
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M. († 75)

Bishop of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1912.12.14 – 1946.06.30)

1946.07.19
South SudanBishop Rodolfo Orler, M.C.C.J. († 53)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1933.12.11 – 1946.07.19)

1946.07.20
ItalyBishop Luciano Geraci († 69)

Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (1937.03.06 – 1946.07.20)

1946.07.23
ItalyArchbishop Pasquale Berardi († 85)

Archbishop emeritus of Gaeta (Italy) (1921.04.21 – 1925.05.03)

1946.08.06
BulgariaBishop Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. († 69)

Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1915.05.21 – 1946.08.06)

1946.08.09
IndiaBishop Guy-Léandre Le Floch, O.F.M. Cap. († 59)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1939.06.13 – 1946.08.09)

1946.08.09
CroatiaBishop Giovanni Simrak (Croatian Rite) († 63)

Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) (1942.05.09 – 1946.08.09)

1946.08.20
MexicoBishop Francisco María González y Arias († 72)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1931.01.30 – 1946.08.20)

1946.09.01
IrelandArchbishop John Mary Harty († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1913.12.02 – 1946.09.01)

1946.09.03
CanadaBishop Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1922.03.28 – 1938.01)

1946.09.17
ZambiaBishop Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. († 44)

Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa (Zambia) (1938.05.21 – 1946.09.17)

1946.09.22
FinlandBishop Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Finland (Finland) (1923.05.23 – 1933.07.26)

1946.09.23
ItalyBishop Ugo Giubbi († 60)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1928.07.13 – 1946.09.23)

1946.09.26
VietnamBishop François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam) (1937.02.04 – 1946.09.26)

1946.09.28
USABishop John Raphael Hagan († 56)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1946.04.27 – 1946.09.28)

1946.10.01
CzechiaPatriarch Pavel Huyn († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia) (1916.10.04 – 1919.09.06)

1946.10.08
SpainCardinal Agustín Parrado García († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1946.02.22 – 1946.10.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1934.04.04 – 1946.10.08)

1946.10.12
ChinaBishop Ignazio Canazei (耿其光), S.D.B. († 63)

Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1946.10.12)

1946.10.17
FranceBishop Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. († 69)

Titular Bishop of Citrus (1926.03.11 – 1946.10.17)

1946.10.22
USABishop John Baptist Morris († 80)

Bishop of Little Rock (USA) (1907.02.21 – 1946.10.22)

1946.11.02
EnglandBishop John Patrick Barrett († 68)

Bishop of Plymouth (England) (1929.06.07 – 1946.11.02)

1946.11.09
IraqArchbishop Athanase Ignace Nuri (Syriac Rite) († 88)

Archbishop emeritus of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1894.03.11 – 1908)

1946.11.12
ItalyCardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1935.12.19 – 1946.11.12)

Master of Papal Chamber emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1921.06.16 – 1935.12.16)

1946.11.16
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Lega († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1921.12.18 – 1946.11.16)

Bishop of Cervia (Italy) (1921.06.13 – 1946.11.16)

1946.11.19
SpainBishop Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R. († 72)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1935.05.01 – 1946.11.19)

1946.11.19
USABishop Christian Herman Winkelmann († 63)

Bishop of Wichita (USA) (1939.12.27 – 1946.11.19)

1946.11.26
USABishop Louis Francis Kelleher († 57)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1945.04.21 – 1946.11.26)

1946.12.09
EgyptBishop Giorgio Baraka (Coptic Rite) († 58)

Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt) (1938.07.08 – 1946.12.09)

1946.12.25
ArgentinaArchbishop Juan Pascual Chimento († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1938.10.16 – 1946.12.25)

1946.12.25
ScotlandBishop George Henry Bennett († 71)

Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland) (1918.06.18 – 1946.12.25)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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