Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1949

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (59)
1949
IndiaBishop Marcellino Aramburu y Arandía, O.C.D. († 37)

Bishop of Vijayapuram (India) (1948.05.13 – 1949)

1949?
North KoreaBishop Francis Hong Yong-ho (홍용호 프란치스코 / 洪龍浩) († 43)

Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea) (1944.03.24 – 1949?)

1949.01.03
BrazilArchbishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque († 82)

Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1949.01.03)

1949.01.22
SudanBishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan) (1924.10.29 – 1930.07)

1949.01.25
SpainBishop Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin († 51)

Titular Bishop of Messene (1945.11.25 – 1949.01.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Real (Spain) (1945.11.25 – 1949.01.25)

1949.01.27
United Arab EmiratesBishop Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1937.07.02 – 1949.01.27)

1949.01.31
SpainArchbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1948.10.09 – 1949.01.31)

1949.02.05
LebanonArchbishop Abdallah Khoury (Maronite Rite) († 76)

Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia of the Maronites (1911.02.10 – 1949.02.05)

1949.02.05
IndiaBishop Ubagaraswani Bernadotte († 49)

Bishop of Coimbatore (India) (1940.04.09 – 1949.02.05)

1949.02.09
GermanyBishop Joseph Kumpfmüller († 79)

Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1930.09.17 – 1949.02.09)

1949.02.15
South AfricaBishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. († 79)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Natal (South Africa) (1903.12.19 – 1946.04.04)

1949.02.17
IraqArchbishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian (Syriac Rite) († 65)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1929.08.06 – 1949.02.17)

1949.02.18
ItalyArchbishop Ernesto Maria Piovella († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1920.03.08 – 1949.02.18)

1949.02.22
VietnamBishop François Chaize, M.E.P. († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1935.02.07 – 1949.02.22)

1949.02.24
FranceBishop Gabriel Brunhes († 74)

Bishop of Montpellier (France) (1932.05.20 – 1949.02.24)

1949.02.25
ParaguayArchbishop Sinforiano Bogarín († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1929.05.01 – 1949.02.25)

1949.02.27
AustriaBishop Giovanni Giuseppe Tomazic († 72)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1933.06.27 – 1949.02.27)

1949.03.04
GermanyBishop Johannes Baptista Sproll († 78)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1927.03.02] 1927.03.29 – 1949.03.04)

1949.03.19
AlbaniaBlessed Archbishop Nikollë Vinçens Prenushi, O.F.M. († 63)

Archbishop of Durrës (Albania) (1940.06.26 – 1949.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania) (1946 – 1949.03.19)

1949.03.20
FranceBishop François-Jean-Marie Serrand († 74)

Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1923.06.04 – 1949.03.20)

1949.03.23
ChinaBishop Paul-Albert Faveau (田法服), C.M. († 89)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hangzhou 杭州 (China) (1910.05.10 – 1937.02.18)

1949.03.23
HondurasBishop Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1924.04.15 – 1949.03.23)

1949.04.10
SpainBishop Francisco Cavero y Tormo († 66)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1944.12.09 – 1949.04.10)

1949.04.20
HungaryBishop Ladislao Bánáss († 60)

Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1946.09.04 – 1949.04.20)

1949.04.27
IrelandBishop Patrick Lyons († 73)

Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1937.08.06 – 1949.04.27)

1949.04.29
SyriaArchbishop Dionisio Habib Naassani (Syriac Rite) († 60)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1932.03.05] 1933.03.13 – 1949.04.29)

1949.05.02
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Angelucci († 81)

Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy) (1910.08.29 – 1949.05.02)

1949.05.08
AustraliaBishop John Carroll († 83)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1909.12.02 – 1949.05.08)

1949.05.09
ItalyBishop Vittorio D’Alessi († 64)

Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1945.10.10 – 1949.05.09)

1949.05.11
MexicoBishop Maximino Ruiz y Flores († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Chiapas (Mexico) (1913.07.08 – 1920.03.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1920.03.08 – 1949.05.11)

1949.05.26
KenyaBishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kisumu (Kenya) (1936.03.09 – 1946)

1949.05.26
Congo-KinshasaBishop Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C. († 76)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1932.03.15 – 1946)

1949.05.30
FranceCardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1935.12.19 – 1949.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1940.05.11 – 1949.05.30)

1949.05.31
ScotlandBishop John Toner († 92)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1914.09.08 – 1949.05.31)

1949.06.03
EnglandBishop Ambrose James Moriarty († 78)

Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) (1934.12.17 – 1949.06.03)

1949.06.30
MexicoBishop José Amador Velasco y Peña († 93)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (1903.07.17 – 1949.06.30)

1949.07.02
GuineaBishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea) (1949.05.12 – 1949.07.02)

1949.07.06
PortugalBishop Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P. († 82)

Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1920.12.07 – 1949.07.06)

1949.07.11
VietnamBishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng († 80)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1935.09.03 – 1945.06.08)

1949.07.12
EnglandArchbishop Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. († 46)

Titular Archbishop of Aprus (1947.08.23 – 1949.07.12)

Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt (1947.08.23 – 1949.07.12)

1949.08.09
BrazilBishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. († 62)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1926.11.14 – 1928)

1949.08.10
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhang Run-bo (張潤波) († 50)

Bishop emeritus of Xuanhua 宣化 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.11.20)

1949.08.16
FranceBishop Marcel Fleury († 64)

Bishop of Nancy (France) (1934.12.24 – 1949.08.16)

1949.09.07
CanadaArchbishop Thomas John Flynn († 57)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1945.04.07 – 1949.09.07)

1949.09.16
Burkina FasoBishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (1921.07.08 – 1949.09.16)

1949.09.30
BoliviaBishop Riccardo Chavez Alcazar († 56)

Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia) (1938.01.27 – 1949.09.30)

1949.10.01
EnglandArchbishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo († 85)

Bishop of Southwark (England) (1904.03.12 – 1949.10.01)

Archbishop ad personam (1937.12.18 – 1949.10.01)

1949.10.01
UkraineBlessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка) (Ukrainian Rite) († 72)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1912.07.15 – 1928.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1928 – 1949.10.01)

1949.10.04
ChinaBishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M. († 57)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1949.10.04)

1949.10.10
USABishop Thomas Mary O’Leary († 74)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1921.06.16 – 1949.10.10)

1949.10.13
PhilippinesArchbishop Michael James O’Doherty († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1916.09.06 – 1949.10.13)

1949.10.27
IndiaBishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery) (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 57)

Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1927.10.24 – 1949.10.27)

1949.11.03
ItalyCardinal Francesco Marmaggi († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1936.01.04 – 1949.11.03)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1939.03.14 – 1949.11.03)

1949.11.07
SpainBishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara († 64)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1935.01.28 – 1949.11.07)

1949.11.13
UgandaBishop Angelo Negri, F.S.C.I. († 59)

Vicar Apostolic of Equatorial Nile (Uganda) (1934.12.10 – 1949.11.13)

1949.12.04
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1934.02.26 – 1949.12.04)

1949.12.09
BahamasBishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands (Bahamas) (1941.01.15 – 1949.12.09)

1949.12.19
MauritiusArchbishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp. († 61)

Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1926.04.16 – 1949.12.19)

Archbishop ad personam (1933.08.01 – 1949.12.19)

1949.12.31
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Rossino († 69)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities (1945 – 1949.12.31)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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