Deceased Bishops in the year 1950

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (79)
1950.01.01	Bishop William Aloysius Griffin († 64) Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1940.05.21 – 1950.01.01)
1950.01.08	Bishop Nicolás Corona y Corona († 72) Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (1922.12.11 – 1950.01.08)
1950.01.08	Bishop Andrej Škrábik († 67) Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1943.08.21 – 1950.01.08)
1950.01.18	Archbishop Elia Scedid (Maronite Rite) († 77) Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites ([1926.04.24] 1926.06.21 – 1950.01.18)
1950.01.18	Bishop Alfonso Camillo De Romanis, O.E.S.A. († 64) Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1937.08.20 – 1950.01.18)
1950.01.31	Bishop Francesco Gardini († 70) Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (1931.05.09 – 1950.01.31)
1950.02.05	Bishop James Thomas O’Dowd († 42) Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1948.05.22 – 1950.02.05)
1950.02.07	Bishop William Francis Murphy († 64) Bishop of Saginaw (USA) (1938.02.26 – 1950.02.07)
1950.02.07	Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B. († 73) Abbot Ordinary of Tŏkugen (North Korea) (1940.01.12 – 1950.02.07)
1950.02.09	Bishop Franz Justus Rarkowski († 76) Military Vicar emeritus of Germany (Germany) (1938.01.07 – 1945.02.01)
1950.02.10	Bishop Adolf Peter Szelazek († 84) Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine) (1925.12.14 – 1950.02.10)
1950.02.14	Archbishop Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. († 81) Archbishop emeritus of Matera (Italy) (1907.09.06 – 1945.04.10) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Acerenza (Italy) (1907.09.06 – 1945.04.10)
1950.02.14	Bishop Jean-Camille Costes († 76) Bishop of Angers (France) (1940.02.09 – 1950.02.14)
1950.02.16	Bishop Jacob Naughton († 86) Bishop of Killala (Ireland) (1911.11.27 – 1950.02.16)
1950.02.19	Bishop Henry John Poskitt († 61) Bishop of Leeds (England) (1936.08.19 – 1950.02.19)
1950.02.25	Bishop Luigi Cammarata († 64) Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (1946.12.04 – 1950.02.25)
1950.02.26	Bishop Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M. († 64) Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (1937.04.13 – 1950.02.26)
1950.02.28	Archbishop José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz († 54) Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1945.07.28 – 1950.02.28)
1950.03.10	Archbishop Marco Sigala († 67) Archbishop of Athens (Greece) (1947.05.29 – 1950.03.10)
1950.03.14	Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1915.11.10 – 1941.05.24)
1950.03.17	Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. († 89) Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1934.12.15)
1950.03.23	Bishop Jules Girard, S.M.A. († 86) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Delta del Nilo (Egypt) (1921.07.08 – 1946.07.30)
1950.04.01	Bishop Christopher Edward Byrne († 82) Bishop of Galveston (USA) (1918.07.18 – 1950.04.01)
1950.04.01	Bishop Leo Fabiano Fahey († 51) Coadjutor Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1948.03.13 – 1950.04.01)
1950.04.05	Bishop Edward Doorly († 81) Bishop of Elphin (Ireland) (1926.07.17 – 1950.04.05)
1950.04.08	Bishop Théophile-Marie Louvard († 91) Bishop of Coutances (France) (1924.10.31 – 1950.04.08)
1950.04.11	Archbishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1950.04.11)
1950.04.12	Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath († 79) Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1918.12.21 – 1950.04.12)
1950.04.12	Bishop Joseph Sweens, M. Afr. († 91) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza (Tanzania) (1915 – 1928.11.15)
1950.04.13	Archbishop James Morrison († 88) Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1912.05.25 – 1950.04.13) Archbishop ad personam (1944.02.26 – 1950.04.13)
1950.04.14	Bishop José Alves Martins († 76) Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1910.03.10 – 1935.11.15)
1950.04.14	Bishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M. († 73) Bishop emeritus of Rehe 熱河 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1948.01.09)
1950.04.14	Bishop Joannes van Cauwenbergh († 71) Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1930.12.19 – 1950.04.14)
1950.04.22	Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. († 72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1925.07.08 – 1950.04.22)
1950.04.25	Archbishop João Irineu Joffily († 71) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)
1950.04.26	Archbishop Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon († 84) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Les Cayes (Haiti) ([1919.04.24] 1919.12.18 – 1941.09.01)
1950.05.10	Blessed Bishop Vasile Aftenie (Romanian Rite) († 50) Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1940.04.12 – 1950.05.10)
1950.05.18	Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M. († 62) Bishop of Seattle (USA) (1933.07.01 – 1950.05.18)
1950.05.22	Archbishop Andrew Thomas McDonald, O.S.B. († 79) Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1929.07.19 – 1950.05.22)
1950.05.22	Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. († 72) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bethlehem (South Africa) (1948.02.12 – 1950.03.12)
1950.05.25	Bishop Marcu Glaser († 70) Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1947.10.30 – 1950.05.25)
1950.06.02	Bishop John Thomas Kidd († 81) Bishop of London (Canada) (1931.07.03 – 1950.06.02)
1950.06.03	Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero († 78) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá in Colombia (Colombia) (1928.01.02 – 1950.06.03)
1950.06.03	Bishop Albert-Paul Droulers († 62) Bishop of Amiens (France) (1947.02.17 – 1950.06.03)
1950.06.19	Bishop Leo John Steck († 51) Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1948.03.13 – 1950.06.19)
1950.06.23	Archbishop Antonio Lanza († 45) Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy) (1943.05.12 – 1950.06.23) Bishop of Bova (Italy) (1943.05.12 – 1950.06.23)
1950.06.24	Bishop Francis Martin Kelly († 63) Bishop emeritus of Winona (USA) (1928.02.10 – 1949.10.17)
1950.07.05	Bishop John Alexander Matheson († 49) Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland) (1947.08.02 – 1950.07.05)
1950.07.21	Bishop Filippo Jacolino († 55) Bishop of Trapani (Italy) (1947.11.10 – 1950.07.21)
1950.07.31	Bishop Alfréd Erőss († 41)
1950.08.02	Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano († 76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1929.12.19 – 1950.08.02) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy) (1928.09.29 – 1944.12) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1945.05.14 – 1950.08.02)
1950.08.02	Bishop Alberto Costa († 77) Bishop of Lecce (Italy) (1928.12.07 – 1950.08.02)
1950.08.02	Bishop Giuseppe Rolla († 72) Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1932.11.25 – 1950.08.02)
1950.08.12	Bishop Vincenzo Bonaventura Medori († 54) Bishop of Teano (Italy) (1945.07.17 – 1950.08.12) Bishop of Calvi (Italy) (1945.07.17 – 1950.08.12)
1950.08.14	Bishop Angelo Simonetti († 89) Bishop of Pescia (Italy) (1907.12.16 – 1950.08.14)
1950.08.18	Bishop John McCarthy († 91) Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia) (1917.02.14 – 1950.08.18)
1950.08.26	Bishop Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. († 65) Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1934.02.01 – 1950.08.26)
1950.09.03	Bishop Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. († 60) Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi (Thailand) (1941.04.03 – 1950.09.03)
1950.09.18	Archbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. († 63) Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia (1936.03.07 – 1950.09.18) Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1947.05.18 – 1950.09.18)
1950.09.23	Archbishop Edward Patrick Roche († 76) Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (1915.02.26 – 1950.09.23)
1950.10.05	Bishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. († 77) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Jamaica (Jamaica) (1930.07.03 – 1949.04.08)
1950.10.20	Archbishop Liberato Tosti († 67) Titular Archbishop of Leucas (1946.09.05 – 1950.10.20)
1950.10.23	Archbishop Silvestro Patrizio Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. († 75) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Delhi and Simla (India) (1937.04.13 – 1950.08.16)
1950.11.02	Bishop Theodor Breher (白化東 / 브레허 白화동 주교), O.S.B. († 61) Bishop of Yanji 延吉 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.11.02)
1950.11.08	Bishop Albini Lafortune († 57) Bishop of Nicolet (Canada) (1938.05.17 – 1950.11.08)
1950.11.11	Bishop José de Jesús López y González († 78) Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1929.09.20 – 1950.11.11)
1950.11.12	Blessed Bishop Hryhorii Lakota (Григорій Лакота) (Ukrainian Rite) († 67) Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1926.02.10 – 1950.11.12)
1950.11.14	Archbishop Joseph-Georges-Alexandre Courchesne († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) (1946.02.09 – 1950.11.14)
1950.11.16	Archbishop Ercolano Marini († 83) Archbishop emeritus of Amalfi (Italy) (1915.06.02 – 1945.10.27)
1950.11.16	Bishop Marie-Joseph Cuaz, M.E.P. († 87) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Laos (Thailand) (1899.05.12 – 1912.04.26)
1950.11.18	Bishop Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels (顧學德), O.F.M. († 76) Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.11.18)
1950.11.20	Archbishop Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M. († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brindisi (Italy) (1910.04.22 – 1942.08.14) Bishop emeritus of Ostuni (Italy) (1910.04.22 – 1942.08.14)
1950.11.25	Bishop Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M. († 62) Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10)
1950.12.04	Bishop Johann Baptist Höcht († 80) Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1936.03.14 – 1950.12.04)
1950.12.13	Bishop George Joseph Donnelly († 61) Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1950.12.13)
1950.12.13	Bishop Luigi Mazzini († 78) Bishop emeritus of Anagni (Italy) (1923.11.09 – 1926.06.24)
1950.12.21	Cardinal Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos († 70) Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1946.02.22 – 1950.12.21) Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1935.07.05 – 1950.12.21)
1950.12.22	Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle († 77) Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1921.06.16 – 1950.12.22)
1950.12.25	Bishop Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. († 67) Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1936.03.09 – 1950.12.25)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1950

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