Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1962

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (72)
1962.01.01
ItalyArchbishop Agostino Mancinelli († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) (1936.04.15 – 1962.01.01)

1962.01.01
ItalyBishop Federico Emmanuel, S.D.B. († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1936.11.12 – 1952.03.29)

1962.01.06
AustraliaBishop John Joseph Rafferty († 49)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1955.06.12 – 1962.01.06)

1962.01.07
ChinaBishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P. († 81)

Bishop of Kangding 康定 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1962.01.07)

1962.01.09
ChinaBishop Paul-Leon-Cornelius Montaigne (滿德胎), C.M. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beijing 北京 (China) (1933.01.27 – 1946.04.11)

1962.01.17
Northern IrelandBishop Daniel Mageean († 79)

Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland) (1929.05.29 – 1962.01.17)

1962.01.18
SwitzerlandBishop Christianus Caminada († 86)

Bishop of Chur (Switzerland) ([1941.09.23] 1941.10.17 – 1962.01.18)

1962.01.21
PortugalBishop Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes († 67)

Bishop of Aveiro (Portugal) (1958.08.11 – 1962.01.21)

1962.01.22
BoliviaBishop Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (1931.06.08 – 1942.11.21)

1962.02.05
ItalyCardinal Gaetano Cicognani († 80)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1959.12.14 – 1962.02.05)

Pro-Prefect emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1954.11.18 – 1959.11.14)

1962.02.06
MozambiqueCardinal Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1946.02.22 – 1962.02.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1940.09.04 – 1962.02.06)

1962.02.08
IndiaArchbishop Vivian Anthony Dyer († 55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (1960.08.12 – 1962.02.08)

1962.02.12
ArgentinaArchbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1962.02.12)

1962.02.13
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R. († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1930.06.30 – 1962.02.13)

1962.02.15
USACardinal Aloisius Joseph Muench († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1959.12.17 – 1962.02.15)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Fargo (USA) (1950.10.28 – 1959.12.09)

1962.02.19
USAArchbishop William David O’Brien († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1934.02.10 – 1962.02.19)

1962.02.19
ItalyArchbishop Agostino Saba († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1961.03.16 – 1962.02.19)

1962.02.27
BrazilBishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. († 68)

Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil) (1961.08.05 – 1962.02.27)

1962.03.04
ItalyBishop Domenico Fiori († 87)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1943.06.19 – 1948.08.04)

1962.03.11
SlovakiaBishop Józef Čársky († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Rožňava (Slovakia) (1925.03.30 – 1925.10.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Košice na Slovensku (Slovakia) (1939.07.19 – 1962.03.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Košice (Slovakia) (1925.11.12 – 1962.03.11)

1962.03.29
CanadaBishop James Michael Hill († 62)

Bishop of Victoria (Canada) (1946.06.22 – 1962.03.29)

1962.04.02
USABishop Joseph Michael Gilmore († 69)

Bishop of Helena (USA) (1935.12.09 – 1962.04.02)

1962.04.03
VietnamBishop Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P. († 74)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) (1933.02.18 – 1952)

1962.04.05
RwandaBishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. († 77)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (1952.02.14 – 1955.04.15)

1962.04.05
AustraliaBishop Alfred Joseph Gummer († 63)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1942.02.24 – 1962.04.05)

1962.04.06
FranceBishop Aimable Chassaigne († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Tulle (France) (1940.02.06 – 1962.01.23)

1962.04.09
ArgentinaBishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo († 62)

Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina) (1961.06.14 – 1962.04.09)

1962.04.13
BrazilBishop Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M. († 59)

Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1958.04.26 – 1962.04.13)

1962.04.17
SyriaArchbishop Gregorio Hindié (Armenian Rite) († 71)

Archbishop emeritus of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1933.08.10 – 1952.05.10)

1962.04.24
BrazilArchbishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho († 49)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1962.04.24)

1962.04.29
PhilippinesArchbishop Joseph Petrelli († 89)

Bishop emeritus of Lipa (Philippines) (1910.04.12 – 1915.03.30)

1962.05.01
ItalyBishop Giovanni Lucato, S.D.B. († 69)

Bishop of Venafro (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1962.05.01)

Bishop of Isernia (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1962.05.01)

1962.05.03
ArgentinaBishop Vicente Alfredo Aducci († 45)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina) (1960.05.28 – 1962.05.03)

1962.05.09
IndiaArchbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India) (1937.08.21 – 1956)

1962.05.15
ItalyBishop Nicola Canino († 66)

Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy) (1936.12.30 – 1951.04.11)

1962.05.18
Burkina FasoBishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) (1937.06.17 – 1941.05.15)

1962.05.19
RussiaBishop Paolo Meletijew († 81)

Titular Bishop of Heracleopolis magna (1946.10.26 – 1962.05.19)

1962.06.01
SamoaBishop Joseph Darnand, S.M. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa) (1919.08.04 – 1953.11.16)

1962.06.04
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Misuraca († 78)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia (1941.07.02 – 1962.06.04)

1962.06.06
PolandBishop Marian Jankowski († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland) (1948.01.19 – 1962.06.06)

1962.06.08
TongaBishop Joseph-Felix Blanc, S.M. († 90)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tonga Islands (Tonga) (1937.04.13 – 1952)

1962.06.15
PolandArchbishop Eugeniusz Baziak († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1944.11.22 – 1962.06.15)

1962.06.22
VenezuelaBishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1926.09.26 – 1947.11.17)

1962.07.01
ItalyArchbishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) (1951.03.13 – 1962.07.01)

Bishop of Ortona (Italy) (1951.03.13 – 1962.07.01)

1962.07.07
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Panico († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia (1962.05.24 – 1962.07.07)

1962.07.13
FranceBishop Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron († 74)

Bishop of Annecy (France) (1940.09.30 – 1962.07.13)

1962.07.13
AustriaBishop Johannes Baptist Filzer († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria) (1927.02.18 – 1962.07.13)

1962.07.25
USAArchbishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA) (1925.07.24 – 1960.03.02)

1962.07.29
SyriaCardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio (1962.03.22 – 1962.07.29)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1962.03.24 – 1962.07.29)

1962.08.01
ItalyBishop Guglielmo Bosetti († 61)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1961.03.29 – 1962.08.01)

1962.08.02
ItalyVenerable Bishop Giovanni Battista Pinardi († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy) (1916.01.24 – 1962.08.02)

1962.08.12
HondurasBishop Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1953.03.24 – 1962.08.12)

1962.08.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1930.07.14 – 1938)

1962.08.17
Congo-KinshasaBishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1937.12.02 – 1955.01.01)

1962.08.20
LithuaniaBlessed Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis († 89)

Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania) (1943.01.09 – 1962.08.20)

Archbishop ad personam (1962.02.09 – 1962.08.20)

1962.08.28
ChinaBishop Joseph Hu Jo-shan (胡若山), C.M. († 81)

Bishop of Linhai 臨海 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1962.08.28)

1962.08.29
PortugalBishop João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1922.12.11 – 1962.08.29)

1962.09.10
USABishop Thomas Francis Maloney († 59)

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA) (1960.01.02 – 1962.09.10)

1962.09.23
IndiaBishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. († 66)

Bishop of Bellary (India) (1949.03.10 – 1962.09.23)

1962.09.29
TurkiyeArchbishop Giacomo Testa († 53)

President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1959 – 1962.08.31)

1962.10.04
SeychellesBishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap. († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1934.01.09 – 1936.06.04)

1962.10.16
USABishop Joseph Aloysius Burke († 76)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1952.02.09 – 1962.10.16)

1962.10.21
ItalyBishop Edoardo Facchini († 76)

Bishop of Alatri (Italy) (1935.05.05 – 1962.10.21)

1962.10.21
CanadaBishop Charles-Omer Garant († 63)

Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada) (1948.04.27 – 1962.10.21)

1962.10.22
ItalyBishop Domenico Bernareggi († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1945.06.16 – 1962.10.22)

1962.10.24
ZimbabweArchbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salisbury (Zimbabwe) (1955.01.01 – 1956.11.23)

1962.11.03
PolandBishop Franciszek Korszynski († 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Poland) (1946.05.02 – 1962.11.03)

1962.11.14
ItalyBishop Gaetano De Cicco († 82)

Bishop emeritus of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1939.01.30 – 1962.03.22)

1962.11.23
USAArchbishop John Joseph Swint († 82)

Bishop of Wheeling (USA) (1922.12.11 – 1962.11.23)

Archbishop ad personam (1954.03.12 – 1962.11.23)

1962.12.14
ItalyArchbishop Carlo De Ferrari, C.S.S. († 77)

Archbishop of Trento (Italy) (1941.04.12 – 1962.12.14)

1962.12.14
ItalyBishop Pio Paschini († 84)

President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (1954 – 1962.08.20)

1962.12.31
BelgiumArchbishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Liège (Belgium) (1927.07.17 – 1961.12.07)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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