Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1965

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (85)
1965.01.07
USABishop William Richard Arnold († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) (1945.05.05 – 1965.01.07)

1965.01.14
ItalyBishop Beniamino Ubaldi († 82)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1932.03.30 – 1965.01.14)

1965.01.16
ItalyBishop Beniamino Socche († 74)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1946.02.13 – 1965.01.16)

1965.01.17
FranceCardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1937.12.16 – 1965.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) (1937.07.30 – 1965.01.17)

1965.01.17
CanadaArchbishop John Hugh MacDonald († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Edmonton (Canada) (1938.03.05 – 1964.08.11)

1965.01.20
ItalyBishop Umberto Ravetta († 80)

Bishop of Senigallia (Italy) (1938.11.14 – 1965.01.20)

1965.01.22
ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Malchiodi († 87)

Apostolic Administrator emeritus of Loreto (Italy) (1935.01.25 – 1960.01.26)

1965.01.26
ChileBishop José Luis Castro Cabrera († 62)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1963.05.10 – 1965.01.26)

1965.01.27
IrelandBishop Daniel Cohalan († 80)

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland) (1943.01.30 – 1965.01.27)

1965.02.01
TurkiyeArchbishop Angelo Rotta († 92)

Titular Archbishop of Thebæ (1922.10.12 – 1965.02.01)

1965.02.03
ColombiaBishop Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia) (1941.01.15 – 1965.02.03)

1965.02.13
ItalyBishop Carlo Stoppa († 83)

Bishop of Alba (Italy) (1948.12.27 – 1965.02.13)

1965.02.20
MexicoBishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro († 80)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1959.05.23 – 1965.02.20)

1965.02.21
USABishop Mariano Simon Garriga († 78)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1949.03.15 – 1965.02.21)

1965.02.24
FranceBishop Felix Roeder († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Beauvais (France) (1937.08.14 – 1955.02.21)

1965.02.25
USABishop George Theodore Boileau, S.J. († 52)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks (USA) (1964.04.21 – 1965.02.25)

1965.03.01
PalestineArchbishop Gabriel Abou-Saada (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 57)

Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine) (1948 – 1965.03.01)

1965.03.01
CanadaArchbishop Joseph-Eugène Limoges († 85)

Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada) (1922.09.11 – 1965.03.01)

Archbishop ad personam (1957 – 1965.03.01)

1965.03.11
ItalyCardinal Clemente Micara († 85)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1946.06.13 – 1965.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva in commendum (1946.06.13 – 1965.03.11)

President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (1951 – 1965.03.11)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1951.01.26 – 1965.03.11)

1965.03.11
EgyptBishop Dionysios Kfoury, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 85)

Patriarchal Vicar emeritus of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) (1932 – 1954)

1965.03.16
JapanBishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎) († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1947.03.25 – 1951.07.05)

1965.03.22
EnglandArchbishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England) (1954.05.11 – 1965.03.22)

1965.03.23
EnglandArchbishop John Henry King († 84)

Bishop of Portsmouth (England) (1941.06.04 – 1965.03.23)

Archbishop ad personam (1954.06.06 – 1965.03.23)

1965.03.30
ItalyCardinal Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. († 88)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1933.03.16 – 1965.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1930.12.11 – 1965.03.30)

1965.04.05
SwedenArchbishop Johann Evangelist Müller († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Stockholm (Sweden) (1953.06.29 – 1957.08.01)

1965.04.06
PhilippinesArchbishop Pedro Paulo Santos Songco († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres (Philippines) (1951.06.29 – 1965.04.06)

1965.04.07
USACardinal Albert Gregory Meyer († 62)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1959.12.17 – 1965.04.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1958.09.19 – 1965.04.07)

1965.04.07
ItalyBishop Giovanni Capobianco († 85)

Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy) (1935.04.01 – 1965.04.07)

Bishop of Urbania (Italy) (1935.04.01 – 1965.04.07)

1965.04.10
AustraliaArchbishop James Duhig († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

1965.04.14
BoliviaBishop Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. († 58)

Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia) (1953.03.07 – 1965.04.14)

1965.04.17
PolandArchbishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Łódź (Poland) (1934.11.30 – 1946.12.12)

1965.04.20
TurkiyeArchbishop Paul Kiredjian (Armenian Rite) († 69)

Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1936.03.28 – 1965.04.20)

1965.04.23
ChinaBishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote (王德純), O.S.A. († 79)

Bishop of Changde 常德 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1965.04.23)

1965.04.23
FranceBishop Pierre-Marie Lacointe († 66)

Bishop of Beauvais (France) (1955.03.23 – 1965.04.23)

1965.04.29
ThailandBishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand) (1947.07.10 – 1965.04.29)

1965.05.06
ItalyCardinal Giulio Bevilacqua, C.O. († 83)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità (1965.02.25 – 1965.05.06)

1965.05.06
PolandBishop Henryk Strakowski († 55)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland) (1958.05.03 – 1965.05.06)

1965.05.09
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste Mégnin († 82)

Bishop of Angoulême (France) (1933.12.07 – 1965.05.09)

1965.05.16
TurkiyeArchbishop Serapione Uluhogian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite) († 75)

Abbot General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Venice (1960.07.22 – 1965.05.16)

1965.05.21
EswatiniBishop Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. († 72)

Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini) (1961.11.07 – 1965.05.21)

1965.05.26
ItalyBishop Bartolomeo Mangino († 81)

Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1965.05.26)

1965.05.29
MyanmarArchbishop John Joseph U Win († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1959.12.19 – 1965.05.29)

1965.05.31
Burkina FasoBishop Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. († 68)

Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) (1958.07.04 – 1965.05.31)

1965.07.02
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. († 54)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1965.07.02)

1965.07.04
PolandBishop Stanisław Czajka († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland) (1944.08.05 – 1965.07.04)

1965.07.08
BelarusBishop Karol Niemira († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus) (1933.05.26 – 1946)

1965.07.15
IraqBishop Thomas Reis (Chaldean Rite) († 66)

Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1957.03.02 – 1965.07.15)

1965.08.02
IndiaArchbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1952.11.13 – 1965.08.02)

1965.08.03
ArgentinaArchbishop Audino Rodríguez y Olmos († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1939.11.03 – 1965.08.03)

1965.08.04
SlovakiaBishop Ján Vojtassák († 87)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1920.11.13 – 1965.08.04)

1965.08.05
PolandBishop Tomas Wilczynski († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Lublin (Poland) (1952.06.12 – 1957)

1965.08.10
HondurasBishop José García Villas, C.M. († 55)

Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1963.07.06 – 1965.08.10)

1965.08.11
LatviaBishop Antonijs Urbšs († 85)

Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia) (1938.04.29 – 1965.08.11)

1965.08.12
LebanonBishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 71)

Bishop emeritus of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1931.11.22] 1933.03.13 – 1947)

1965.08.18
South AfricaBishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. († 67)

Bishop emeritus of Keimoes (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1962.09.12)

1965.08.23
ItalyArchbishop Ottavio De Liva († 54)

Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia (1962.04.18 – 1965.08.23)

Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia (1962.04.18 – 1965.08.23)

1965.08.24
ChinaBishop Theodore Schu (舒德祿), S.V.D. († 73)

Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1965.08.24)

1965.09.20
PortugalArchbishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro († 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1955.05.20 – 1965.09.20)

1965.09.22
USABishop Francis Joseph Tief († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Concordia (USA) (1920.12.16 – 1938.06.11)

1965.09.23
GermanyBishop Joseph Ferche († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1947.03.27 – 1965.09.23)

1965.09.26
ItalyArchbishop Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1951.11.28 – 1962.03.19)

1965.09.27
AustraliaArchbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy († 64)

Archbishop emeritus of Hobart (Australia) (1942.12.17 – 1955.09.20)

1965.10.02
UkraineBishop Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite) († 56)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1945 – 1965.10.02)

1965.10.02
USABishop James Johnston Navagh († 64)

Bishop of Paterson (USA) (1963.02.12 – 1965.10.02)

1965.10.03
TanzaniaBishop Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. († 64)

Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1965.10.03)

1965.10.03
ItalyBishop Agostino Rousset († 77)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1933.01.30 – 1965.10.03)

1965.10.05
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Rossini († 75)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1947.03.10 – 1965.10.05)

1965.10.11
HungaryBishop Bertalan Badalik, O.P. († 74)

Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1949.06.10 – 1965.10.11)

1965.10.16
PeruArchbishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1957.06.15 – 1965.10.16)

1965.10.24
PortugalBishop José del Patrocinio Dias († 81)

Bishop of Beja (Portugal) (1920.12.16 – 1965.10.24)

1965.10.27
NigeriaArchbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lagos (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1965.07.06)

1965.11.01
USABishop Adolph Marx († 50)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1965.07.09 – 1965.11.01)

1965.11.04
EgyptBishop Pietro Dib (Maronite Rite) († 84)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (1946.07.30 – 1965.11.04)

1965.11.05
ColombiaBishop Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. († 56)

Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia) (1961.02.07 – 1965.11.05)

1965.11.05
ItalyBishop Francesco Niccoli († 79)

Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1932.05.12 – 1965.11.05)

1965.11.07
SpainBishop Alfonso Ródenas García († 69)

Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1947.04.24 – 1965.11.07)

1965.11.10
PolandBishop Michał Blecharczyk († 60)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1958.07.06 – 1965.11.10)

1965.11.13
HungaryBishop István Zadravecz, O.F.M. († 81)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Hungary (Hungary) (1920.03.23 – 1926)

1965.11.15
CanadaBishop Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse (Canada) (1944.01.14 – 1965.11.15)

1965.11.17
ItalyArchbishop Egidio Lari († 83)

Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1931.06.01 – 1965.11.17)

1965.11.21
ChileBishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle († 57)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)

1965.12.01
USABishop Joseph Henry Albers († 74)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1937.08.04 – 1965.12.01)

1965.12.15
USABishop Jerome Daniel Hannan († 69)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1954.08.17 – 1965.12.15)

1965.12.21
ColombiaBishop Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap. († 49)

Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha (Colombia) (1954.02.21 – 1965.12.21)

1965.12.24
BrazilBishop Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. († 87)

Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1915.03.13 – 1954.04.27)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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