Deceased Bishops in the year 1959

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (75)
1959	Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Ze-pu (Wang Tse-pu) (王澤浦) († 87) Bishop emeritus of Wanxian 萬縣 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1947.07.03)
1959.01.06	Archbishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa († 54) Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil) (1943.07.31 – 1953.07.03) Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1953.07.03 – 1959.01.06)
1959.01.13	Bishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie († 57) Bishop of Angers (France) (1950.05.30 – 1959.01.13)
1959.01.16	Bishop Michele Fontevecchia († 72) Bishop emeritus of Sora (Italy) (1936.06.15 – 1952.04.19) Bishop emeritus of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1936.06.15 – 1952.04.19) Bishop emeritus of Aquino (Italy) (1936.06.15 – 1952.04.19)
1959.01.18	Archbishop Theodor Buddenbrock (濮登博), S.V.D. († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanzhou 蘭州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1959.01.18)
1959.01.28	Archbishop José María González Valencia († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1924.03.24 – 1959.01.28)
1959.01.28	Bishop Mario Bondini († 67) Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (1950.03.16 – 1959.01.28)
1959.02.10	Bishop Giovanni Piccioni († 82) Bishop emeritus of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1924.12.18 – 1933)
1959.02.10	Bishop George Weld, S.J. († 75) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of British Guiana (Guyana) (1932.01.12 – 1954.07.18)
1959.02.18	Archbishop Jeremiah Kinane († 74) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) (1946.09.11 – 1959.02.18)
1959.02.22	Bishop Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P. († 76) Bishop of Beihai 北海 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1959.02.22)
1959.02.28	Archbishop Angelo Bartolomasi († 89) Archbishop Military Vicar emeritus of Italy (Italy) (1929.04.23 – 1944.10.28)
1959.03.03	Bishop Joseph Clement Willging († 74) Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (1941.12.06 – 1959.03.03)
1959.03.05	Archbishop Dionisio Pietro Hindié (Syriac Rite) († 62) Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1949.08.05 – 1959.03.05)
1959.03.13	Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. († 77) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rabat (Morocco) (1936.05.25 – 1946.05.07)
1959.04.02	Blessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite) († 74) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1939 – 1944)
1959.04.08	Archbishop Marius Macrionitis, S.J. († 45) Archbishop of Athens (Greece) (1953.03.11 – 1959.04.08)
1959.04.18	Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho († 82) Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1935.08.16 – 1959.04.18)
1959.04.18	Bishop Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. († 67) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1945.05.02 – 1951)
1959.04.19	Bishop André Sorin, M.S.C. († 55) Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) (1946.06.13 – 1959.04.19)
1959.04.26	Bishop Joseph Patrick Donahue († 88) Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1945.01.27 – 1959.04.26)
1959.04.30	Bishop Édouard Ranaivo († 64) Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) (1958.06.24 – 1959.04.30)
1959.05.05	Cardinal Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente († 87) Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.05) Archbishop-Bishop of Le Mans (France) (1943.03 – 1959.05.05)
1959.05.07	Cardinal Crisanto Luque Sánchez († 70) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.07) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07) Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)
1959.05.07	Bishop Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé († 64) Bishop emeritus of Laval (France) (1936.08.20 – 1938.07.10)
1959.05.21	Bishop Jan Remiger († 80) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Praha (Czechia) (1929.12.16 – 1941)
1959.05.27	Bishop José María García Graín, O.P. († 75) Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru) (1949.03.10 – 1959.05.27)
1959.05.28	Bishop Jan Stepa († 66) Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1946.03.04 – 1959.05.28)
1959.05.31	Bishop Jules Lecouvet († 79) Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium) (1949.07.09 – 1959.05.31)
1959.06.01	Archbishop Angelo Ficarra († 73) Bishop emeritus of Patti (Italy) (1936.10.12 – 1957.08.02)
1959.06.01	Bishop William Theodore Mulloy († 66) Bishop of Covington (USA) (1944.11.18 – 1959.06.01)
1959.06.06	Archbishop Carlo Falcinelli († 75) Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy) (1934.09.06 – 1952.11.06)
1959.06.10	Bishop Giobbe Chen Chi-ming (陳啓明), C.M. († 67) Bishop of Zhengding 正定 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1959.06.10)
1959.06.28	Archbishop Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1959.06.28)
1959.06.28	Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. († 64) Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1956.05.29 – 1959.06.28)
1959.08.04	Blessed Bishop Ioan Bălan (Romanian Rite) († 79) Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1936.08.29 – 1959.08.04)
1959.08.07	Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA) (1922.06.27 – 1935.09.23)
1959.08.08	Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte († 70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1959.03.25 – 1959.08.08) Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina) (1957.07.08 – 1959.08.08)
1959.08.20	Archbishop Alessandro Evreinoff († 82) Titular Archbishop of Parium (1947.03.19 – 1959.08.20)
1959.08.24	Archbishop Nicola Giannattasio († 88) Bishop emeritus of Nardò (Italy) (1908.11.30 – 1926.06.24)
1959.08.27	Bishop Joseph John Annabring († 59) Bishop of Superior (USA) (1954.01.27 – 1959.08.27)
1959.08.28	Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera († 57) Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1952.10.30 – 1959.08.28)
1959.09.03	Bishop Peter Wang Mu-duo (王木鐸) († 55) Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China) (1948.01.08 – 1959.09.03)
1959.09.07	Archbishop Alberto Vassallo-Torregrossa († 93) Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1913.12.03 – 1959.09.07)
1959.09.07	Bishop Kenneth Grant († 59) Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) (1945.12.15 – 1959.09.07)
1959.09.09	Bishop Thomas Anthony Welch († 74) Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1925.12.17 – 1959.09.09)
1959.09.19	Archbishop Paul Akl (Maronite Rite) († 76) Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Maronites (1919.02.22 – 1959.09.19)
1959.09.21	Bishop Matthew Francis Brady († 66) Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1959.09.21)
1959.09.25	Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota († 77) Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1924.03.10 – 1959.09.25)
1959.09.30	Archbishop Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco († 53) Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1955.09.18 – 1959.09.30)
1959.10.01	Bishop José Humberto Paparoni († 39) Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1954.10.04 – 1959.10.01)
1959.10.07	Bishop Antonio Akšmovic († 84) Bishop emeritus of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia) (1920.04.22 – 1942.03.28)
1959.10.09	Bishop Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. († 45) Titular Bishop of Bita (1952.11.27 – 1959.10.09) Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pando (Bolivia) (1948.06.15 – 1959.10.09)
1959.10.17	Bishop Pranciskus Ramanauskas († 65) Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania) (1944.02.28 – 1959.10.17)
1959.10.26	Bishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (ヤヌアリオ早坂久之助) († 76) Bishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1927.07.16 – 1937.02.05)
1959.10.29	Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda († 78) Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29)
1959.11.02	Cardinal Federico Tedeschini († 86) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1951.04.28 – 1959.11.02) Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1938.02.25 – 1959.11.02) Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1939.03.14 – 1959.11.02)
1959.11.05	Bishop Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. († 83) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Shiré (Malawi) (1910.05.09 – 1949)
1959.11.06	Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1947.05.29 – 1959.11.06)
1959.11.08	Bishop Alfonso Marie de Sanctis († 76) Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1933.08.10 – 1959.11.08)
1959.11.16	Bishop Gregorij Rožman († 76) Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1930.05.17 – 1959.11.16)
1959.11.18	Bishop Henri-Marius Bernard († 74) Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1933.12.07 – 1959.11.18)
1959.11.19	Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau († 67) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Montréal (Canada) (1940.08.31 – 1950.02.09)
1959.11.22	Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. († 85) Bishop emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1935.11.15 – 1940.05.05)
1959.11.26	Bishop Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. († 70) Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1959.11.26)
1959.11.27	Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. († 64) Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1957.01.17 – 1959.11.27)
1959.11.29	Bishop Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. († 71) Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1959.11.29)
1959.12.03	Archbishop Juozapas Skvireckas († 86) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaunas (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – 1959.12.03)
1959.12.05	Bishop Henry Gray Graham († 85) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1917.08.30 – 1930)
1959.12.08	Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb († 69) Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1951.05.28 – 1959.12.08)
1959.12.08	Bishop Paolo Rostagno († 76) Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1939.05.05 – 1959.12.08)
1959.12.10	Archbishop Johann Baptist Dietz († 80) Bishop emeritus of Fulda (Germany) (1939.04.10 – 1958.10.24)
1959.12.18	Bishop John Roderick MacDonald († 68) Bishop of Antigonish (Canada) (1950.04.13 – 1959.12.18)
1959.12.26	Bishop Justin Joseph McCarthy († 59) Bishop of Camden (USA) (1957.01.27 – 1959.12.26)
1959.12.29	Bishop Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier († 57) Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen (France) (1947.08.09 – 1959.12.29)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1959

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