Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1954

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (57)
1954.01.07
RomaniaArchbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) (1924.12.12 – 1954.01.07)

1954.01.07
EcuadorBishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo († 81)

Bishop of Bolivar (Ecuador) (1930.12.05 – 1954.01.07)

1954.01.22
ItalyPatriarch Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. († 82)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1950.11.11 – 1954.01.22)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1935 – 1950.11.11)

1954.01.29
ItalyArchbishop Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Sezze (Italy) (1932.01.29 – 1951.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Priverno (Italy) (1932.01.29 – 1951.02.02)

Bishop emeritus of Terracina (Italy) (1932.01.29 – 1951.02.02)

1954.01.31
FranceArchbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) (1936.12.09 – 1954.01.31)

1954.01.31
BrazilBishop Juvéncio de Brito († 67)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)

1954.01.31
PeruBishop José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru) (1941.08.21 – 1954.01.31)

1954.02.03
BrazilArchbishop Rosalvo Costa Rêgo († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1946.03.30 – 1954.02.03)

1954.02.07
ChinaArchbishop Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy (沈士杰), M.E.P. († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanning 南寧 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1954.02.07)

1954.02.13
CanadaBishop Reginald Duprat, O.P. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Prince Albert (Canada) (1938.03.17 – 1952.06.29)

1954.02.14
ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo Cavalla († 51)

Archbishop of Matera (Italy) (1946.09.08 – 1954.02.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acerenza (Italy) (1946.09.08 – 1954.02.14)

1954.02.20
ItalyVenerable Archbishop Fortunato Maria Farina († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Foggia (Italy) (1924.12.18 – 1954.02.01)

1954.03.06
ItalyCardinal Massimo Massimi († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1946.02.18 – 1954.03.06)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law (1939.03.14 – 1954.03.06)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1946.05.29 – 1954.03.06)

1954.03.10
CanadaArchbishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I. († 86)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Mackenzie (Canada) (1901.07.31 – 1943.04.06)

1954.03.24
ChinaBishop Franz Hoowaarts (何方濟), S.V.D. († 75)

Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1954.03.24)

1954.04.05
MexicoBishop Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre († 95)

Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1904.12.09 – 1954.04.05)

1954.04.18
CanadaArchbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott († 77)

Archbishop emeritus of Winnipeg (Canada) (1915.12.04 – 1952.01.14)

1954.04.28
GermanyArchbishop Wendelin Rauch († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ([1948.07.27] 1948.08.27 – 1954.04.28)

1954.05.06
SyriaArchbishop Cirillo Riza (Syriac Rite) († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1927.05.01] 1927.06.20 – 1954.05.06)

1954.05.09
New ZealandArchbishop Thomas O’Shea, S.M. († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) (1935.01.03 – 1954.05.09)

1954.05.10
SerbiaArchbishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. († 83)

Archbishop emeritus of Beograd (Serbia) (1924.10.29 – 1936.11.28)

Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia) (1923.02.10 – 1936.11.28)

1954.05.12
USABishop William Joseph Hafey († 66)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1938.03.25 – 1954.05.12)

1954.05.13
ArgentinaArchbishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari († 55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1948.09.20 – 1954.05.13)

1954.05.19
GermanyBishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden († 62)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1943.09.07 – 1954.05.19)

1954.05.22
ItalyBishop Giovanni Giorgis († 67)

Bishop of Susa (Italy) (1953.12.31 – 1954.05.22 not possessed)

1954.06.03
CanadaBishop James Boyle († 68)

Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada) (1944.03.18 – 1954.06.03)

1954.06.09
ItalyArchbishop Ruggero Bovelli († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1929.10.04 – 1954.06.09)

1954.06.25
IndiaBishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. († 57)

Bishop of Vellore (India) (1953 – 1954.06.25)

1954.06.27
PhilippinesBishop Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines) (1916.09.06 – 1951.02.25)

1954.07.02
Congo-KinshasaBishop Enrico van Schingen, S.J. († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.12.17 – 1954.07.02)

1954.08.02
EcuadorBishop Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J. († 73)

Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1937.12.16 – 1954.08.02)

1954.08.06
ChinaBishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry (包明揚), M.E.P. († 66)

Bishop of Ningyuan 寧遠 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1954.08.06)

1954.08.11
TanzaniaBishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. († 58)

Bishop emeritus of Morogoro (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1953.12.12)

1954.08.12
JapanBishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P. († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan) (1931.06.09 – 1941.01.16)

1954.08.19
USABishop Joseph Patrick Lynch († 81)

Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA) (1953.10.20 – 1954.08.19)

1954.08.25
ItalyBishop Pietro Ossola († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Ripatransone (Italy) (1946.09.01 – 1951.12.01)

Bishop emeritus of Montalto (Italy) (1946.09.01 – 1951.12.01)

1954.08.26
ItalyArchbishop Filippo Bernardini († 69)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1953.01.15 – 1954.08.26)

1954.08.30
ItalyBlessed Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas. († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1929.07.18 – 1954.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1929.06.26 – 1954.08.30)

1954.08.30
Papua New GuineaBishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1923.02.16 – 1938)

1954.09.14
ItalyBishop Guglielmo Grassi († 86)

Titular Bishop of Tamiathis (1937.01.13 – 1954.09.14)

1954.09.20
MadagascarBishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Majunga (Madagascar) (1923.03.16 – 1940.05.10)

1954.10.01
TanzaniaBishop Burcardo Huwiler, M. Afr. († 86)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bubuka (Tanzania) (1929.03.18 – 1946.03.20)

1954.10.04
ItalyCardinal Francesco Borgongini Duca († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1953.01.15 – 1954.10.04)

Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto (1934.03.25 – 1954.10.04?)

Pontifical Administrator of the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls (1933.04.01 – 1954.10.04?)

1954.10.18
FranceBishop Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët († 80)

Bishop of Chartres (France) (1926.06.21 – 1954.10.18)

1954.10.21
ItalyCardinal Domenico Jorio († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1946.02.18 – 1954.10.21)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline (1935.12.20 – 1954.10.21)

1954.10.25
MozambiqueBishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Nampula (Mozambique) (1941.05.12 – 1951.02.17)

1954.11.04
RomaniaBishop Augustin Pacha († 83)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania) (1930.06.05 – 1954.11.04)

1954.11.07
BrazilBishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral († 56)

Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1948.03.20 – 1954.11.07)

1954.11.09
ItalyArchbishop Federico Lunardi († 73)

Titular Archbishop of Side (1936.11.16 – 1954.11.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay (1949 – 1954.11.09)

1954.11.10
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Bruno († 79)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1946.02.22 – 1954.11.10)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law (1954.03.20 – 1954.11.10)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1954.03.20 – 1954.11.10)

1954.11.15
FranceBishop Amédée-Marie-Alexis Maisonobe († 71)

Bishop of Belley (France) (1935.05.29 – 1954.11.15)

1954.11.27
PeruCardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1946.02.28 – 1954.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1945.12.16 – 1954.11.27)

1954.11.30
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Gili († 68)

Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1946.03.22 – 1954.11.30)

1954.12.14
South KoreaBishop John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (최덕홍 요한) († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea) (1948.12.09 – 1954.12.14)

1954.12.25
SenegalArchbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. († 76)

Prefect Apostolic emeritus of Sénégal (Senegal) (1920.06.26 – 1926.07.26)

Superior General emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers) (1926.07.26 – 1950.07.26)

1954.12.25
SpainBishop Emeterio Echeverria Barrena († 74)

Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain) (1942.12.29 – 1954.12.25)

1954.12.26
ItalyBishop Girolamo Cardinale († 79)

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1923.05.25 – 1954.12.26)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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