Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1966

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (78)
1966?
ChinaBishop Jia Fu-shan (賈福善) († 44)

Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China) (1958 – 1966?)

1966?
ChinaBishop Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露) († 57)

Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China) (1958 – 1966?)

1966
ChinaBishop Joseph Yao Guang-yu (姚光裕), C.M.

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) (1959 – 1966)

1966.01.04
ColombiaArchbishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Popayán (Colombia) (1942.06.20 – 1944.02.01)

1966.01.10
South AfricaArchbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1954.07.18 – 1966.01.10)

1966.01.12
SpainBishop Manuel Hurtado y García († 69)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1947.04.24 – 1966.01.12)

1966.01.17
CanadaBishop Armand Clabaut, O.M.I. († 65)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Baie d’Hudson (Canada) (1937.07.01 – 1940)

1966.01.25
BrazilBishop Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm. († 85)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Paracatu (Brazil) (1940.05.25 – 1962.04.14)

1966.01.27
PakistanBishop Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. († 56)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1960.04.13 – 1966.01.27)

1966.02.02
ChinaBishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E. († 75)

Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1966.02.02)

1966.02.03
ItalyBishop Pio A. Crivellari, O.F.M. († 60)

Bishop of Trivento (Italy) (1958.02.07 – 1966.02.03)

1966.02.10
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Burzio († 65)

Titular Archbishop of Gortyna (1946.05.08 – 1966.02.10)

1966.02.22
UgandaArchbishop Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr. († 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda) (1960.12.20 – 1966.02.22)

1966.02.24
ItalyArchbishop Dionigio Casaroli († 96)

Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy) (1926.08.14 – 1966.02.24)

1966.03.03
ItalyCardinal Alfonso Castaldo († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1958.12.18 – 1966.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1958.02.07 – 1966.03.03)

Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1958.08.05 – 1966.03.03)

1966.03.05
USABishop Charles Francis Buddy († 78)

Bishop of San Diego (USA) (1936.10.31 – 1966.03.05)

1966.03.09
NetherlandsBishop Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard († 52)

Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands) (1960.06.27 – 1966.03.09)

1966.03.10
PakistanArchbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. († 56)

Archbishop-Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1958.04.28 – 1966.03.10)

1966.03.10
ChinaBishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani (費樂理), O.F.M. († 74)

Bishop of Laohekou 老河口 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1966.03.10)

1966.03.14
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Lojali († 71)

Bishop of Amelia (Italy) (1938.08.17 – 1966.03.14)

1966.03.20
TanzaniaBishop John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Zanzibar (Tanzania) (1932.03.15 – 1946)

1966.04.07
FranceBishop Louis-Paul Rastouil († 81)

Bishop of Limoges (France) (1938.10.21 – 1966.04.07)

1966.04.17
ItalyBishop Antonio Bergamaschi († 72)

Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy) (1949.12.12 – 1966.04.17)

1966.04.21
GermanyBishop Johannes Lenhardt († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) (1959.06.13 – 1966.04.21)

1966.04.21
EgyptBishop Igino Nuti, O.F.M. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Egypt (Egypt) (1921.12.20 – 1949.03)

1966.04.24
IrelandBishop James Joseph MacNamee († 89)

Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland) (1927.06.20 – 1966.04.24)

1966.05.09
NetherlandsBishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers († 58)

Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1960.06.27 – 1966.05.09)

1966.05.14
PhilippinesBishop Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines) (1951.07.02 – 1966.05.14)

1966.05.16
Congo-KinshasaBishop Robert Costanzo Lagae, O.P. († 83)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1924.12.18 – 1948)

1966.05.20
SpainBishop Miguel Nóvoa Fuente († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1956.04.09 – 1966.05.20)

1966.05.21
ItalyBishop Faustino Baldini († 80)

Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1933.08.09 – 1966.05.21)

1966.05.21
LithuaniaBishop Petras Mazelis († 71)

Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania) (1964.02.14 – 1966.05.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania) (1949.12.20 – 1966.05.21)

1966.05.23
USABishop Martin Dewey McNamara († 70)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1948.12.17 – 1966.05.23)

1966.06.02
SyriaArchbishop François Ayoub (Maronite Rite) († 66)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria) (1954.04.16 – 1966.06.02)

1966.06.07
FranceBishop Armand Coupel († 83)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (France) (1949.03.20 – 1961.01.19)

1966.06.16
GhanaArchbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1959.05.15)

1966.06.18
AustraliaBishop Ottone Raible, S.A.C. († 78)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia) (1935.06.18 – 1958.08)

1966.06.21
CroatiaArchbishop Josep Srebrnic († 90)

Bishop of Krk (Croatia) (1923.09.15 – 1966.06.21)

Archbishop ad personam (1963.03.02 – 1966.06.21)

1966.06.22
ChileBishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz († 65)

Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1939.01.21 – 1966.06.22)

1966.06.26
ArgentinaBishop Julián Pedro Martínez († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina) (1927.07.07 – 1934.04.20)

1966.07.03
VietnamBishop Paul-Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. († 77)

Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1966.07.03)

1966.07.09
IrelandBishop Joseph Rodgers († 63)

Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland) (1955.10.29 – 1966.07.09)

1966.07.11
ArgentinaBishop Jorge Ramón Chalup († 55)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1966.07.11)

1966.07.14
ChinaArchbishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P. († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1966.07.14)

1966.07.14
ItalyBishop Ernesto Camagni († 65)

Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs of Secretariat of State (1960 – 1966.07.14)

1966.07.19
SpainCardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda, O.S.B. Subl. († 74)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (1962.03.22 – 1966.07.19)

Prefect emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library (1936 – 1962.03.19)

1966.07.21
ArgentinaBishop Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D. († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Jujuy (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1965.08.09)

1966.07.27
HaitiBishop Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I. († 61)

Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti) (1942.09.30 – 1966.07.27)

1966.07.28
HungaryBishop Karl Kalman Papp († 80)

Bishop of Győr (Hungary) (1946.05.03 – 1966.07.28)

1966.08.06
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Pappalardo († 63)

Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria (1948.08.07 – 1966.08.06)

1966.08.09
BrazilBishop José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. († 73)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil) (1952.04.18 – 1965)

1966.08.12
GhanaBishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Kumasi (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1951.11.15)

1966.08.26
BermudaBishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R. († 76)

Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda) (1956.01.28 – 1966.08.26)

1966.08.31
TurkiyeArchbishop Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye) (1965.11.04 – 1966.08.31)

1966.09.19
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro († 78)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (1945.06.02 – 1966.09.19)

1966.09.20
LesothoArchbishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho) (1961.01.03 – 1966.09.20)

1966.09.21
ItalyBishop Agostino D’Arco († 67)

Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1952.03.29 – 1966.09.21)

1966.09.22
USAArchbishop Edward Francis Hoban († 88)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1945.11.02 – 1966.09.22)

Archbishop ad personam (1951.07.23 – 1966.09.22)

1966.09.22
CanadaBishop Joseph-Alfred Langlois († 90)

Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) (1926.07.10 – 1966.09.22)

1966.10.03
CanadaBishop Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Labrador (Canada) (1946.03.14 – 1966.10.03)

1966.10.08
CanadaBishop Joseph-Conrad Chaumont († 91)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada) (1941.06.28 – 1966.10.08)

1966.10.12
PhilippinesArchbishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1951.06.29 – 1966.10.12)

1966.10.16
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Yap († 66)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (1952.03.05 – 1966.10.16)

1966.10.25
PeruBishop Marco Libardoni, O.S.J. († 59)

Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru) (1958.05.15 – 1966.10.25)

1966.11.05
GermanyBishop Heinrich Roleff († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1936.03.07 – 1966.11.05)

1966.11.17
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Tani († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Urbino (Italy) (1932.05.01 – 1952.12.31)

1966.11.22
CroatiaBishop Pavao Butorac († 78)

Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (1950.09.25 – 1966.11.22)

1966.11.24
BrazilBishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo († 64)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1960.05.14 – 1966.11.24)

1966.11.26
TanzaniaBishop Gallus Steiger, O.S.B. († 87)

Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Peramiho (Tanzania) (1931.12.23 – 1952.12.06)

1966.12.06
FranceArchbishop Jean Delay († 86)

Archbishop emeritus of Marseille (France) (1948.01.31 – 1956.09.05)

1966.12.08
South AfricaBishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S. († 58)

Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa) (1962.09.12 – 1966.12.08)

1966.12.19
NigeriaBishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. († 53)

Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria) (1964.06.16 – 1966.12.19)

1966.12.19
PeruBishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. († 57)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1960.01.28 – 1966.12.19)

1966.12.21
ItalyArchbishop Egidio Bignamini († 79)

Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1945.11.18 – 1966.12.21)

1966.12.23
IrelandBishop John Anthony Kyne († 62)

Bishop of Meath (Ireland) (1947.05.17 – 1966.12.23)

1966.12.25
TanzaniaBishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr. († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Kigoma (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1957.11.22)

1966.12.30
ItalyCardinal Pietro Ciriaci († 81)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1964.09.26 – 1966.12.30)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law (1955.05.31 – 1966.12.30)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1954.03.20 – 1966.12.30)

1966.12.30
PeruBishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (1949.01.15 – 1966.12.30)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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