Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1952

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (77)
1952.01.01
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. († 50)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1940.02.02 – 1952.01.01)

1952.01.05
CanadaBishop Joseph-Henri-Jean-Marie Prud’homme († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada) (1933.06.09 – 1937.01.29)

1952.01.06
NicaraguaArchbishop José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua) (1913.12.10 – 1952.01.06)

1952.01.08
VenezuelaBishop Arturo Celestino Alvarez († 81)

Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1921.05.09 – 1952.01.08)

1952.01.09
TurkiyeArchbishop Andrea Cassulo († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Matelica (Italy) (1914.04.15 – 1921.01.24)

Bishop emeritus of Fabriano (Italy) (1914.04.15 – 1921.01.24)

1952.01.15
SpainBishop Francisco Blanco Nájera († 62)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1944.08.08 – 1952.01.15)

1952.01.18
EgyptBishop Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral, O.F.M. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said (Egypt) (1929.03.18 – 1952.01.18)

1952.01.26
ChinaBishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P. († 70)

Bishop of Nanlong 南龍 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.01.26)

1952.01.30
ItalyBishop Luigi Ferri († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Ripatransone (Italy) (1924.12.18 – 1946.05.17)

Bishop emeritus of Montalto (Italy) (1911.11.27 – 1946.05.17)

1952.02.01
PortugalBishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso († 91)

Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1914.10.03 – 1952.02.01)

1952.02.01
ItalyBishop Felice Cribellati († 66)

Bishop of Tropea (Italy) (1921.06.09 – 1952.02.01)

Bishop of Nicotera (Italy) (1921.06.09 – 1952.02.01)

1952.02.02
ScotlandBishop William Henry Mellon († 75)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1943.12.24 – 1952.02.02)

1952.02.12
Sierra LeoneBishop Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. († 51)

Bishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone) (1950.04.18 – 1952.02.12)

1952.02.18
ChinaArchbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guangzhou 廣州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.12.11)

1952.02.19
ItalyBishop Francesco Giberti († 61)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1943.05.12 – 1952.02.19)

1952.02.21
PortugalBishop Agostino de Jesus e Souza († 74)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1942.05.16 – 1952.02.21)

1952.02.21
ChinaBishop Francis Xavier Ford (福爾德), M.M. († 60)

Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.02.21)

1952.02.29
FranceArchbishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart († 72)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1935.06.19 – 1952.02.29)

1952.02.29
ArgentinaBishop Augstín Barrere, F.M.I. († 86)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1930.01.16 – 1952.02.29)

1952.03.08
ChinaArchbishop Cyrill Rudolph Jarre (楊恩賚), O.F.M. († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.03.08)

1952.03.13
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1923.05.25 – 1952.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1921.11.21 – 1952.03.13)

1952.03.13
MexicoBishop Jenaro Méndez del Río († 85)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1933.03.17 – 1952.03.13)

1952.03.15
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Burger († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1924.09.01 – 1952.03.15)

1952.03.19
SwitzerlandBishop Viktor Bieler († 71)

Bishop of Sion (Switzerland) (1919.05.26 – 1952.03.19)

1952.03.20
ItalyBishop Albino Morera († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Civita–Tempio (Italy) (1922.12.14 – 1950.12.09)

Bishop emeritus of Ampurias (Italy) (1922.12.14 – 1950.12.09)

1952.03.25
RomaniaBlessed Bishop János Scheffler († 64)

Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania) (1942.03.26 – 1952.03.25)

1952.03.29
BeninBishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A. († 84)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Dahomey (Benin) (1906.05.20 – 1934.11.12)

1952.04.03
ItalyArchbishop Carmelo Patané († 82)

Archbishop of Catania (Italy) (1930.07.07 – 1952.04.03)

1952.04.06
GhanaBishop Oscar Morin, M. Afr. († 73)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Navrongo (Ghana) (1934.02.26 – 1948)

1952.04.08
AustriaArchbishop Franz Kamprath († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1929.02.15 – 1952.04.08)

1952.04.12
FranceBishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Quimper (France) (1933.06.23 – 1946.05.08)

1952.04.12
BangladeshBishop Arthur-Alfred Lepailleur, C.S.C. († 65)

Bishop emeritus of Chittagong (Bangladesh) (1927.06.18 – 1951.03.08)

1952.04.14
ThailandBishop Giacomo Luigi Cheng († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi (Thailand) (1944.05.11 – 1952.04.14)

1952.04.21
ItalyBishop Antonio Picconi († 67)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1946.06.13 – 1952.04.21)

1952.05.08
IndonesiaBishop Michel Thomas Verhoeks, C.M. († 59)

Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia) (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)

1952.05.10
BelgiumBishop Henri Lamiroy († 68)

Bishop of Brugge (Belgium) (1931.12.18 – 1952.05.10)

1952.05.11
ItalyCardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S. († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1916.12.07 – 1952.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1924.03.07 – 1952.05.11)

1952.05.11
LebanonArchbishop Basilio Cattan (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1921.02.11 – 1933.08.05)

1952.05.22
FranceArchbishop Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Versailles (France) (1931.04.03 – 1952.04.12)

1952.05.22
JapanBishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan) (1929.03.18 – 1941)

1952.05.28
CanadaArchbishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada) (1951.03.02 – 1952.05.28)

1952.06.03
PhilippinesBishop Constace Jurgens, C.I.C.M. († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Tuguegarao (Philippines) (1928.01.27 – 1950.05.06)

1952.06.06
USAArchbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1937.12.10 – 1952.06.06)

1952.06.07
UgandaArchbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. († 88)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Uganda (Uganda) (1897.02.01 – 1933.06.02)

1952.06.08
Costa RicaArchbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1940.03.07 – 1952.06.08)

1952.06.11
ItalyBishop Pietro Calchi Novati († 83)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1927.07.08 – 1952.06.11)

1952.06.12
GermanyCardinal Michael von Faulhaber († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1921.03.10 – 1952.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) ([1917.07.24] 1917.07.24 – 1952.06.12)

1952.06.23
IndonesiaBishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Manado (Indonesia) (1937.04.13 – 1947.03)

1952.06.25
GreeceArchbishop Alessandro Guidati († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1929.07.15 – 1947.02.22)

1952.07.03
FranceBishop Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet († 65)

Bishop of Clermont (France) (1933.12.07 – 1952.07.03)

1952.07.04
ItalyArchbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian (Armenian Rite) († 84)

Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1933.06.13 – 1952.07.04)

1952.07.09
USABishop Thomas Francis Markham († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1950.07.18 – 1952.07.09)

1952.07.11
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu (Romanian Rite) († 77)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1922.02.25 – 1952.07.11)

1952.07.29
MexicoArchbishop Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1941.02.22 – 1952.07.29)

1952.08.06
ItalyBishop Umberto Rossi († 73)

Bishop of Asti (Italy) (1932.05.14 – 1952.08.06)

1952.08.24
IrelandBishop Daniel Cohalan († 94)

Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1916.08.29 – 1952.08.24)

1952.08.26
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Cazzani († 85)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1915.12.15 – 1952.08.26)

Archbishop ad personam (1944.05.25 – 1952.08.26)

1952.09.05
ItalyArchbishop Johannes Baptist Geisler († 70)

Bishop emeritus of Brixen (Italy) (1930.04.02 – 1952.04.23)

1952.09.27
MyanmarBishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar) (1931.04.10 – 1952.09.27)

1952.09.27
AustriaBishop Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1918.09.30 – 1952.09.27)

1952.10.01
LibyaBishop Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Benghazi (Libya) (1939.06.22 – 1950)

1952.10.04
IrelandBishop Michael O’Brien († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland) (1927.06.20 – 1952.02.10)

1952.10.10
PhilippinesArchbishop Gabriele Martelino Reyes († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1949.10.13 – 1952.10.10)

1952.10.15
ItalyArchbishop Stefano Corbini († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) (1918.06.18 – 1946.10.01)

1952.10.21
ChinaBishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais (高德惠), M.E.P. († 68)

Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.10.21)

1952.11.11
BulgariaBlessed Bishop Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P. († 51)

Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1947.07.26 – 1952.11.11)

1952.11.15
ItalyBishop Gennaro Fenizia († 63)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1948.07.21 – 1952.11.15)

Bishop of Cava (Italy) (1948.07.21 – 1952.11.15)

1952.11.16
USABishop James Augustine McFadden († 71)

Bishop of Youngstown (USA) (1943.06.02 – 1952.11.16)

1952.11.18
CanadaArchbishop John Thomas McNally († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – 1952.11.18)

1952.11.21
French PolynesiaBishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) (1920.12.30 – 1952.11.21)

1952.11.24
Congo-KinshasaBishop Hildon-Georges-Marie Six, C.I.C.M. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1934.02.26 – 1952.11.24)

1952.11.27
ThailandBishop René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bangkok (Thailand) (1924.12.03 – 1947.07.10)

1952.12.01
ChinaBishop Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), P.M.E. († 72)

Bishop of Siping 四平 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.12.01)

1952.12.02
FranceArchbishop Jean-Arthur Chollet († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) (1913.11.21 – 1952.12.02)

1952.12.15
USABishop Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA) (1921.04.30 – 1949.03.15)

1952.12.20
AlbaniaBishop Joseph Gionali († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Sapë (Albania) (1928.06.13 – 1935.10.30)

1952.12.28
ItalyPatriarch Carlo Agostini († 64)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1949.02.05 – 1952.12.28)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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