Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1953

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Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (59)
1953
ChinaBishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂) († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Yongnian 永年 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1951)

1953.01.02
PeruBishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B. († 72)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1941.01.27 – 1953.01.02)

1953.01.03
USABishop Philip George Scher († 72)

Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA) (1933.04.28 – 1953.01.03)

1953.01.08
BulgariaBishop Ivan Romanoff († 74)

Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) (1942.07.06 – 1953.01.08)

1953.01.13
ItalyBishop Fulvio Tessaroli († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Segni (Italy) (1933.12.04 – 1952.11.11)

1953.01.17
El SalvadorArchbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1914.07.03 – 1952.08.11)

1953.01.31
IndonesiaBishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) (1933.04.25 – 1950)

1953.02.14
SpainArchbishop Balbino Santos y Olivera († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1946.11.24 – 1953.02.14)

1953.02.18
ItalyBishop Pio Giardina († 68)

Bishop of Nicosia (Italy) (1942.08.08 – 1953.02.18)

1953.02.19
BangladeshBishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) (1929.02.07 – 1947.10.16)

1953.02.20
GermanyBishop Augustinus Philipp Baumann († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1932.10.28 – 1953.02.20)

1953.03.04
HungaryBlessed Bishop Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1937.09.22 – 1953.03.04)

1953.03.10
UkraineArchbishop Ignacy Maria Dubowski († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine) (1916.10.16 – 1925.06.01)

1953.03.30
CanadaArchbishop Alexandre Vachon († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1940.05.22 – 1953.03.30)

1953.04.12
IrelandBishop John Dignan († 72)

Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland) (1924.03.24 – 1953.04.12)

1953.04.15
USAArchbishop Moses Elias Kiley († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1940.01.01 – 1953.04.15)

1953.04.17
FranceArchbishop Henri-Édouard Dutoit († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Arras (France) (1930.12.23 – 1945.09.11)

1953.04.18
IndonesiaBishop Joannes Groen, M.S.F. († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia) (1949.03.10 – 1953.04.18)

1953.05.07
UruguayArchbishop Juan Francesco Aragone († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1919.07.03 – 1940.11.20)

1953.05.11
SudanBishop Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I. († 67)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan) (1930.11.20 – 1952)

1953.05.15
SpainArchbishop Antonio García y García († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1938.02.04 – 1953.05.15)

1953.05.15
TanzaniaBishop Henri Léonard, M. Afr. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tabora (Tanzania) (1925.05.31 – 1928.07.23)

1953.05.18
USABishop Patrick Joseph McCormick († 72)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1950.06.14 – 1953.05.18)

1953.05.18
ItalyBishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C. († 57)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1945.07.17 – 1953.05.18)

1953.05.25
ArgentinaBishop César Antonio Cáneva († 79)

Bishop of Azul (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1953.05.25)

1953.05.31
USABishop Joseph Francis Busch († 87)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1915.01.19 – 1953.05.31)

1953.06.16
EnglandArchbishop Richard Downey († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England) (1928.08.03 – 1953.06.16)

1953.06.17
CanadaBishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M. († 69)

Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1936.03.18 – 1953.06.17)

1953.06.20
TunisiaArchbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia) (1939.05.16 – 1953.06.20)

1953.06.27
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Ioan Suciu (Romanian Rite) († 45)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1940.05.25 – 1947)

1953.06.28
ItalyArchbishop Adriano Bernareggi († 68)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1936.04.14 – 1953.06.28)

Archbishop ad personam (1953 – 1953.06.28)

1953.06.28
IraqBishop Etienne Katcho (Chaldean Rite) († 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1947.02.22 – 1953.06.28)

1953.07.07
ItalyBishop Michele Rateni († 52)

Bishop of San Marco (Italy) (1945.06.06 – 1953.07.07)

Bishop of Bisignano (Italy) (1945.06.06 – 1953.07.07)

1953.07.15
IndiaVenerable Archbishop Geevarghese Ivanios Giorgio Tommaso Panickerveetil, O.I.C. (Syro-Malankara Rite) († 70)

Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1932.06.11 – 1953.07.15)

1953.07.18
IraqArchbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri (Chaldean Rite) († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1917.08.31 – 1953.07.18)

1953.07.19
USABishop John Joseph Boylan († 63)

Bishop of Rockford (USA) (1942.11.21 – 1953.07.19)

1953.08.05
AlgeriaArchbishop Auguste-Fernand Leynaud († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1917.01.02 – 1953.08.05)

1953.08.12
ChinaBishop Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia (富濟才), O.F.M. († 67)

Bishop of Yuci 榆次 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1953.08.12)

1953.08.14
IraqArchbishop Atanasio Paolo Hindo (Syriac Rite) († 53)

Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq) (1949.08.05 – 1953.08.14)

1953.08.19
RomaniaBishop Gyözö Simon Macalik († 63)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania) (1951 – 1953.08.19)

1953.08.24
LebanonArchbishop Elias Richa (Maronite Rite) († 83)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1937.10.10 – 1953.08.24)

1953.08.27
UkraineBlessed Bishop Petro Pavlo Oros (Ruthenian Rite) († 36)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (1944 – 1953.08.27)

1953.08.28
ChinaArchbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P. († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chongqing 重慶 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.10.24)

1953.08.29
USABishop Francis Joseph Haas († 64)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1943.09.26 – 1953.08.29)

1953.08.30
EthiopiaArchbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) (1937.03.25 – 1945.12.13)

1953.08.31
MadagascarBishop Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. († 54)

Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar) (1947.02.13 – 1953.08.31)

1953.09.18
CanadaBishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada) (1938.03.30 – 1953.09.18)

1953.09.19
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Debernardi († 69)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1933.03.13 – 1953.09.19)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1933.03.13 – 1953.09.19)

1953.10.02
ItalyBishop Umberto Ugliengo († 70)

Bishop of Susa (Italy) (1932.06.24 – 1953.10.02)

1953.10.03
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Szilárd István Bogdánffy († 42)

Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania) (1949 – 1953.10.03)

1953.10.06
IndonesiaBishop Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bandung (Indonesia) (1941.10.16 – 1951.03.03)

1953.10.10
ItalyPatriarch Roberto Vicentini († 75)

Patriarch of Antioch (1925.12.14 – 1953.10.10)

1953.10.13
ItalyBishop Bernardo Bertoglio († 78)

Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy) (1937.02.15 – 1953.10.13)

1953.10.13
IndiaBishop Dionigi Vismara († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India) (1909.05.11 – 1948.02.19)

1953.11.05
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Papua (Papua New Guinea) (1922.11.14 – 1946)

1953.11.08
LithuaniaArchbishop Mecislovas Reinys († 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1940.07.18 – 1953.11.08)

1953.11.30
EnglandArchbishop Joseph Masterson († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England) (1947.02.08 – 1953.11.30)

1953.12.15
ItalyBishop Bonaventura Porta († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Pesaro (Italy) (1917.03.22 – 1952.12.28)

1953.12.25
ColombiaArchbishop Leonida Medina († 99)

Bishop emeritus of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1928.01.19 – 1947.07.19)

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