Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1958

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (69)
1958.01.03
LithuaniaBishop Kaziemiras Paltarokas († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Panevėžys (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – 1957.12.08)

1958.01.05
PortugalArchbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal († 83)

Archbishop-Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal) (1940.01.16 – 1958.01.05)

1958.01.07
PolandBishop Teodoro Bensch († 54)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1951.04.26 – 1958.01.07)

1958.01.11
ItalyBishop Francesco Potenza († 72)

Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy) (1931.09.01 – 1958.01.11)

1958.01.15
ItalyArchbishop Egidio Negrin († 50)

Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso (Italy) (1956.04.04 – 1958.01.15)

1958.01.23
ThailandBishop Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit († 52)

Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand) (1953.05.07 – 1958.01.23)

1958.02.02
EgyptPatriarch Marc II Khouzam (Coptic Rite) († 69)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1947.08.10 – 1958.02.02)

1958.02.02
ChileBishop Roberto Moreira Martínez († 61)

Bishop of Linares (Chile) (1941.03.22 – 1958.02.02)

1958.02.04
PolandBishop Stanisław Rospond († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1927.03.25 – 1958.02.04)

1958.02.06
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1932.03.22 – 1958.02.06)

1958.02.09
LebanonArchbishop Basile Ephrem Hykary (Syriac Rite) († 76)

Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1936.07.22 – 1958.02.09)

1958.02.12
PolandBishop Szczepan Sobalkowski († 56)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland) (1957.06.03 – 1958.02.12)

1958.02.25
MacauBishop João de Deus Ramalho (羅若望), S.J. († 68)

Bishop emeritus of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1942.09.24 – 1953.12.09)

1958.03.01
PeruBishop Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. († 79)

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1921.11.21 – 1958.03.01)

1958.03.02
PeruBishop Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B. († 70)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1958.03.02)

1958.03.02
EnglandBishop Joseph McCormack († 70)

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England) (1936.12.30 – 1958.03.02)

1958.03.02
HungaryBishop Ferenc Virág († 88)

Bishop of Pécs (Hungary) (1926.03.27 – 1958.03.02)

1958.03.03
GermanyArchbishop Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich († 55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ([1954.07.27] 1954.08.07 – 1958.03.03)

1958.03.05
ChileBishop Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1928.03.28 – 1958.03.05)

1958.03.06
USABishop Hubert James Cartwright († 57)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1956.08.03 – 1958.03.06)

1958.03.09
BrazilBishop Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. († 83)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1930.08.01 – 1958.03.08)

1958.03.13
EnglandBishop Joseph Halsall († 56)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England) (1945.08.11 – 1958.03.13)

1958.03.16
SerbiaBishop Lajlo Budanovic († 84)

Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia) (1927.02.28 – 1958.03.16)

1958.03.22
Congo-KinshasaBishop René van Heusden, S.D.B. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa) (1947.02.13 – 1958.03.22)

1958.03.26
IndiaBishop Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D. († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Vijayapuram (India) (1931.03.24 – 1946.06.14)

1958.03.27
IrelandBishop Patrick O’Neill († 67)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) (1945.12.15 – 1958.03.27)

1958.03.29
ItalyCardinal Alessandro Verde († 93)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin pro hac vice Title (1935.12.16 – 1958.03.29)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1939.10.11 – 1958.03.29)

1958.04.05
DenmarkBishop Josef Ludovico Brems, O. Praem. († 87)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Denmark (Denmark) (1922.10.10 – 1938.11)

1958.04.13
ChinaBishop Charles Vogel (荷敬謙), M.E.P. († 79)

Bishop of Shantou 汕頭 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1958.04.13)

1958.04.24
IndiaBishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres († 57)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1955.01.04 – 1958.04.24)

1958.04.27
USABishop Peter Leo Ireton († 75)

Bishop of Richmond (USA) (1945.04.14 – 1958.04.27)

1958.05.16
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe De Nicola († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) (1941.10.03 – 1958.05.16)

1958.05.19
LebanonArchbishop Ignazio Mobarak (Maronite Rite) († 81)

Archbishop emeritus of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1919.02.23 – 1952.01.20)

1958.05.26
USACardinal Samuel Alphonse Stritch († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1946.02.22 – 1958.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Chicago (USA) (1939.12.27 – 1958.03.01)

Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1958.03.01 – 1958.05.26)

1958.06.04
FranceBishop Étienne Bornet († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France) (1937.12.16 – 1958.06.04)

1958.06.09
BrazilBishop Justino José de Sant’Ana († 79)

Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1958.06.09)

1958.06.16
MexicoBishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla († 76)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1941.10.03 – 1958.06.16)

1958.06.25
NetherlandsBishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen († 51)

Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) (1957.12.31 – 1958.06.25)

1958.07.02
USABishop Laurence Julius FitzSimon († 63)

Bishop of Amarillo (USA) (1941.08.02 – 1958.07.02)

1958.07.04
SyriaArchbishop Clément Michel Bakhache (Syriac Rite) († 92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1900.07.03] 1900.09.24 – 1922.08.03)

1958.07.06
ItalyBishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E. († 81)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) (1924.12.03 – 1925)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1926 – 1929)

1958.07.08
IraqPatriarch Yousef VII Ghanima (Chaldean Rite) († 77)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1947.09.17] 1948.06.21 – 1958.07.08)

Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1947 – 1958.07.08)

1958.07.12
PeruBishop Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo († 82)

Bishop of Ica (Peru) (1946.11.24 – 1958.07.12)

1958.07.24
GermanyBishop Franz Joseph Fischer († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1929.12.19 – 1958.07.24)

1958.07.25
PhilippinesBishop Michele Acebedo y Flores († 56)

Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines) (1937.12.16 – 1958.07.25)

1958.08.04
ChinaArchbishop Mario Zanin (蔡寧) († 68)

Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China) (1934.01.07 – 1946)

1958.08.08
BrazilBishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela († 71)

Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil) (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)

1958.08.11
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Carlo Celik († 64)

Titular Bishop of Dionysias (1951.12.15 – 1958.08.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Banjaluka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1951.12.15 – 1958.08.11)

1958.08.12
South AfricaBishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Johannesburg (South Africa) (1925.05.13 – 1950.11.25)

1958.08.13
SpainBishop Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P. († 77)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1946.02.18 – 1958.08.13)

1958.08.17
AngolaBishop Antonio Ildefonse dos Santos Silva, O.S.B. († 64)

Bishop of Silva Porto (Angola) (1941.11.03 – 1958.08.17)

1958.09.01
ColombiaArchbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M. († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Medellín (Colombia) (1942.05.14 – 1957.11.28)

1958.09.08
GermanyBishop Artur Michael Landgraf († 63)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1943.10.17 – 1958.09.08)

1958.09.24
ColombiaBishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. († 74)

Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1948.02.23 – 1958.09.24)

1958.10.01
LatviaArchbishop Antonijs Springovičs († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) (1937.05.08 – 1958.10.01)

1958.10.09
ItalyPope Pius XII († 82)

Supreme Pontiff (1939.03.02 [1939.03.12] – 1958.10.09)

Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1939.03.02 – 1958.10.09)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1939.03.02 – 1958.10.09)

Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1939.03.02 – 1958.10.09)

1958.10.12
ItalyArchbishop Settimio Peroni († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Norcia (Italy) (1928.12.17 – 1951.02.01)

1958.10.17
ItalyCardinal Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (剛恆毅) († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1958.06.09 – 1958.10.17)

Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1954.05.22 – 1958.10.17)

1958.10.18
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Della Cioppa († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Alife (Italy) (1947.12.02 – 1953.04.01)

1958.10.25
USACardinal Edward Aloysius Mooney († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1946.02.22 – 1958.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) (1937.05.26 – 1958.10.25)

1958.10.26
ChileBishop Rafael Lira Infante († 79)

Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile) (1938.03.18 – 1958.10.26)

1958.11.03
USABishop Edmund Joseph Reilly († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1955.03.15 – 1958.11.03)

1958.11.22
CanadaBishop Ralph Hubert Dignan († 67)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (1934.12.22 – 1958.11.22)

1958.11.27
CanadaBishop Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada) (1943.04.06 – 1958.11.27)

1958.11.30
FranceBishop Joseph-Jean Heintz († 72)

Bishop of Metz (France) ([1938.02.15] 1938.03.04 – 1958.11.30)

1958.12.04
ChileCardinal José María Caro Rodríguez († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1946.05.17 – 1958.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) (1939.08.28 – 1958.12.04)

1958.12.05
MonacoArchbishop Albert Levame († 77)

Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia (1933.12.21 – 1958.12.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1954.06.16 – 1958.12.05)

1958.12.20
FranceBishop Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin († 84)

Bishop of Digne (France) (1923.12.23 – 1958.12.20)

1958.12.30
USABishop Charles Hubert Le Blond († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Joseph (USA) (1933.07.21 – 1956.08.24)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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