 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 |  |
Date of Death | Deceased Bishops (68) |
| 1947.01.06 |  Bishop Manuel Prat Pujoldevall (馬守仁), O.P. († 73) |
| 1947.01.17 |  Cardinal Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. († 63)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1933.03.16 – 1947.01.17) Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1931.12.11 – 1947.01.17) |
| 1947.01.17 |  Blessed Bishop Hryhorii Khomyshyn (Григорій Xомишин) (Ukrainian Rite) († 79)Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1904.05.06 – 1947.01.17) |
| 1947.01.28 |  Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. († 64) |
| 1947.01.30 |  Bishop Joseph Martin Nathan († 79)Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1943.04.17 – 1947.01.30) |
| 1947.02.01 |  Archbishop Filippo Cortesi († 70)Titular Archbishop of Siraces (1921.06.13 – 1947.02.01) Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1936.12.24 – 1947.02.01) |
| 1947.02.03 |  Archbishop Pierre-Marie Durieux († 62)Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) (1937.02.01 – 1947.02.03) |
| 1947.02.04 |  Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. († 58)Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia) (1942.11.10 – 1947.02.04) |
| 1947.02.05 |  Archbishop Michele Akras (Maronite Rite) († 75)Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria) (1913.02.24 – 1945.10.27) |
| 1947.02.05 |  Bishop Antonius Hilfrich († 73) |
| 1947.02.12 | Archbishop Tito Trocchi († 82) Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1939.11.22 – 1947.02.12) |
| 1947.02.13 |  Bishop Juan Villar y Sanz († 74) |
| 1947.03.02 | Archbishop Leopold Prečan († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1923.11.10 – 1947.03.02) |
| 1947.03.09 |  Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas († 86)Bishop emeritus of Corumbá (Brazil) (1911.03.13 – 1918.02.08) |
| 1947.03.17 |  Bishop Thomas Henry McLaughlin († 65) |
| 1947.03.22 | Bishop Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite († 70) Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1916.06.07 – 1947.03.22) |
| 1947.03.22 |  Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. († 72)Bishop of Vizagapatam (India) (1926.06.18 – 1947.03.22) |
| 1947.04.01 | Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida († 78) |
| 1947.04.03 | Bishop Ferdinando Ricca († 66) |
| 1947.04.07 | Bishop Aristides de Araújo Porto († 64) Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1943.07.20 – 1947.04.07) |
| 1947.04.30 |  Bishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. († 63)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tanganyika (Tanzania) (1920.04.22 – 1936.04.22) Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (1936.04.22 – 1947.04.30) |
| 1947.05.06 | Archbishop Peter Joseph Monahan († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada) (1935.06.26 – 1947.05.06) |
| 1947.05.16 | Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA) (1939.07.22 – 1947.05.16) |
| 1947.05.16 |  Bishop Francis Wall († 80)Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1931.01.23 – 1947.05.16) |
| 1947.06.06 | Archbishop Giuseppe Cogoni († 61) Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1938.11.04 – 1947.06.06) |
| 1947.06.10 | Bishop Pierre Marceillac († 83) |
| 1947.06.13 | Bishop Francis Joseph Magner († 60) |
| 1947.06.16 | Archbishop Francesco Petronelli († 66) Archbishop of Barletta (Italy) (1939.05.25 – 1947.06.16) Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy) (1939.05.25 – 1947.06.16) |
| 1947.06.29 |  Bishop Pavol Jantausch († 77)Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Trnava (Slovakia) (1922.05.29 – 1947.06.08) |
| 1947.07.02 | Archbishop Gabriele Vettori († 77) Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1932.02.06 – 1947.07.02) |
| 1947.07.03 | Bishop Henry J. Althoff († 73) Bishop of Belleville (USA) (1913.12.04 – 1947.07.03) |
| 1947.07.03 |  Bishop Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R. († 77)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Casanare (Colombia) (1920.04.22 – 1933.11.13) |
| 1947.07.07 |  Bishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller († 66) |
| 1947.07.07 | Bishop Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś) († 91) Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – 1947.07.07) |
| 1947.07.19 | Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. († 63) |
| 1947.07.21 |  Patriarch Yousef Emmanuel II Thoma [Toma] (Chaldean Rite) († 94)Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1900.07.09] 1900.12.17 – 1947.07.21) Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1900.07.09] 1900.12.17 – 1947.07.21) |
| 1947.07.28 |  Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. († 71)Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (1944.12.06 – 1947.07.28) |
| 1947.07.30 |  Bishop André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, M.E.P. († 83) |
| 1947.07.31 |  Archbishop Adriano Smets († 79)Titular Archbishop of Gangra (1922.08.02 – 1947.07.31) |
| 1947.08.01 | Bishop Alessandro Macchi († 69) |
| 1947.08.04 |  Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. († 62)Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic) (1940.05.28 – 1947.08.04) |
| 1947.08.05 |  Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr. († 89)Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1939.07.11 – 1941.09.22) |
| 1947.08.06 | Bishop Eugène Curien († 79) Bishop emeritus of La Rochelle (France) (1923.12.23 – 1937.11.08) |
| 1947.08.16 |  Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. († 73) |
| 1947.08.30 | Archbishop Mario Giardini, B. († 69) Archbishop emeritus of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1931.05.16 – 1940.02.05) |
| 1947.09.08 | Patriarch Cyrille IX Moghabghab [Moughabghab] (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 91) Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1925.12.08] 1926.06.21 – 1947.09.08) |
| 1947.09.20 | Bishop Luigi Noviello († 72) |
| 1947.09.27 |  Patriarch Luigi Barlassina († 75)Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1920.03.08 – 1947.09.27) |
| 1947.10.01 | Bishop Domenico Argnani († 67) |
| 1947.10.08 |  Bishop Miguel Antonio Mejía († 70)Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1923.06.19 – 1947.10.08) |
| 1947.10.10 | Bishop Francesco Emanuelli († 84) |
| 1947.10.24 | Cardinal Carlo Salotti († 77) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1939.12.11 – 1947.10.24) Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites (1938.09.14 – 1947.10.24) |
| 1947.10.30 | Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1936.07.11 – 1947.10.30) |
| 1947.11.01 |  Blessed Bishop Teodor Jurij Romża (Теодор Ю́рій Ро́мжа / Romzsa Tódor) (Ruthenian Rite) († 36)Titular Bishop of Appia (1944.09.08 – 1947.11.01) Apostolic Administrator of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1944.09.08 – 1947.11.01) |
| 1947.11.11 | Archbishop Giuseppe Venturi († 73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1931.02.18 – 1947.11.11) |
| 1947.11.17 |  Blessed Bishop Yosafat Kotsylovs’kyi (Йосафат Коциловський), O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 71)Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1917.01.29 – 1947.11.17) |
| 1947.11.23 | Archbishop James Hugh Ryan († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA) (1945.08.04 – 1947.11.23) |
| 1947.11.23 |  Bishop Jeronim Mileta, O.F.M. Conv. († 76) |
| 1947.12.02 | Archbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S. († 54) Coadjutor Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1933.07.25 – 1941) |
| 1947.12.10 | Cardinal Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville († 71) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1946.02.22 – 1947.12.10) Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1936.08.07 – 1947.12.10) |
| 1947.12.16 | Bishop Basile Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. († 68) Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa) (1935.01.28 – 1947.12.16) |
| 1947.12.19 | Bishop Eugenio Artaraz Emaldi, O.P. († 74) Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh (Vietnam) (1932.06.14 – 1947.12.19) |
| 1947.12.20 |  Bishop Honoré Joseph Coppieters († 73) |
| 1947.12.20 | Bishop Santino Margaria († 69) Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1930.10.09 – 1947.12.20) |
| 1947.12.21 | Bishop José Pereira Alves († 62) |
| 1947.12.22 | Archbishop Maurilio Silvani († 65) Titular Archbishop of Naupactus (1936.07.24 – 1947.12.22) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria (1946.11.04 – 1947.12.22) |
| 1947.12.22 |  Bishop John Aloysius Coleman († 60) |
| 1947.12.23 | Archbishop José Miralles y Sbert († 87) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Mallorca (Spain) (1930.03.13 – 1947.12.22) |
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