Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1967

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (90)
1967.01.04
PolandBishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. († 80)

Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland) (1946.03.12 – 1967.01.04)

1967.01.16
Cook IslandsBishop John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. († 80)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Cook Islands (Cook Islands) (1948.02.12 – 1959)

1967.01.24
EgyptArchbishop Paul Nousseir (Coptic Rite) († 70)

Archbishop-Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt) (1950.01.21 – 1967.01.24)

1967.01.25
MozambiqueBishop Sebastiano Soares de Resende († 60)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1943.04.21 – 1967.01.25)

1967.01.27
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Imberti († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vercelli (Italy) (1945.10.16 – 1966.09.05)

1967.01.29
PolandBishop Michał Klepacz († 73)

Bishop of Łódź (Poland) (1946.12.20 – 1967.01.29)

1967.01.30
PeruBishop Daniel Figueroa Villón († 64)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

1967.02.06
PolandBishop Wojciech Tomaka († 91)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Przemyśl (Poland) (1933.11.25 – 1964)

1967.02.08
IndiaBishop Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho († 46)

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1964.03.15 – 1967.02.08)

1967.02.09
ArgentinaCardinal Santiago Luis Copello († 87)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1959.12.14 – 1967.02.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1932.09.20 – 1959.03.25)

Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1959.03.25 – 1967.02.09)

1967.02.25
CanadaBishop Francis Patrick Carroll († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Calgary (Canada) (1935.12.19 – 1966.12.28)

1967.02.25
BrazilBishop Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C. († 48)

Bishop of Viana (Brazil) (1963.05.30 – 1967.02.25)

1967.02.28
MexicoBishop Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla († 85)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1939.07.15 – 1967.02.28)

1967.03.04
MexicoBishop José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda († 48)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1959.11.28 – 1967.03.04)

1967.03.10
LibyaBishop Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1951.04.05 – 1967.03.10)

1967.03.13
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Del Signore († 85)

Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1937.09.20 – 1967.03.13)

1967.03.15
EnglandBishop George Laurence Craven († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England) (1947.06.14 – 1967.03.15)

1967.03.15
BoliviaBishop Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M. († 85)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of El Beni (Bolivia) (1926.07.10 – 1953)

1967.03.18
SpainBishop Bartolomé Pascual Marroig († 92)

Bishop of Menorca (Spain) (1939.03.04 – 1967.03.18)

1967.03.22
SyriaArchbishop Jean Karroum (Syriac Rite) († 56)

Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) (1964.12.03 – 1967.03.22)

1967.03.24
ItalyCardinal Francesco Bracci († 87)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (1958.12.18 – 1967.03.24)

Secretary emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline (1935.12.30 – 1958.12.15)

Referendary Prelate emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1926.12.06 – 1958.12.15)

1967.03.27
NetherlandsBishop Gerardus Hernricus De Vet († 49)

Bishop of Breda (Netherlands) (1962.03.22 – 1967.03.27)

1967.04.01
FranceArchbishop Emile-Arsène Blanchet († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Dié (France) (1940.10.06 – 1946.10.10)

1967.04.07
ChinaBishop André-Jean-François Defebvre (戴安德), C.M. († 80)

Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1967.04.07)

1967.04.08
BrazilArchbishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (1952.02.16 – 1967.04.08)

1967.04.16
CameroonArchbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1955.09.14 – 1961.09.06)

1967.04.24
ItalyCardinal Enrico Dante († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1965.02.25 – 1967.04.24)

Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations emeritus of Prefecture for Pontifical Ceremonies (1947.06.13 – 1965.02.22)

1967.04.24
VietnamBishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist. († 69)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1945.06.14 – 1959)

1967.04.28
New CaledoniaBishop Edoardo Bresson, S.M. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia) (1937.07.01 – 1956.11.09)

1967.05.01
LebanonArchbishop Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1933.11.03 – 1965.07.30)

1967.05.08
SpainBishop Vincente Puchol Montis († 52)

Bishop of Santander (Spain) (1965.07.02 – 1967.05.08)

1967.05.12
CanadaArchbishop Joseph Gerald Berry († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1953.11.28 – 1967.05.12)

1967.05.18
BrazilArchbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira († 88)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18)

1967.05.25
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Bosio († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1948.07.24 – 1967.05.25)

1967.05.25
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Sigismondi († 59)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1954 – 1967.05.25)

1967.06.09
PolandBishop Franz Brazys, M.I.C. († 52)

Titular Bishop of Zella (1964.12.22 – 1967.06.09)

1967.06.10
USACardinal Joseph Elmer Ritter († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1961.01.19 – 1967.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1946.07.20 – 1967.06.10)

1967.06.11
ItalyCardinal Ernesto Ruffini († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1946.02.22 – 1967.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1945.10.11 – 1967.06.11)

1967.06.12
ScotlandBishop Edward Wilson Douglas († 65)

Bishop emeritus of Motherwell (Scotland) (1948.02.07 – 1954.02.09)

1967.06.14
BoliviaBishop Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M. († 60)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pando (Bolivia) (1943.01.13 – 1960)

1967.06.26
NigeriaArchbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1967.06.26)

1967.06.26
ItalyArchbishop Pacifico Giulio Vanni (萬九樓), O.F.M. († 73)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) (1952.05.10 – 1963.07.13)

1967.07.05
NigeriaBishop John of the Cross Anyogu († 69)

Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria) (1962.11.12 – 1967.07.05)

1967.07.08
BrazilBishop Manoel Nunes Coelho († 83)

Bishop of Luz (Brazil) (1960.12.05 – 1967.07.08)

1967.07.09
IranBishop John Baptist Apcar (Armenian Rite) († 83)

Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran) ([1954.08.24] 1954.09.24 – 1967.07.09)

1967.07.10
AustraliaBishop Thomas Martin Fox († 76)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1931.06.09 – 1967.07.10)

1967.07.12
FranceArchbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Besançon (France) (1954.06.10 – 1966.07.02)

1967.07.24
ChinaCardinal Thomas Tien Ken-sin (田耕莘), S.V.D. († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1946.02.22 – 1967.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1967.07.24)

1967.07.25
BelgiumCardinal Josef-Léon Cardijn († 84)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Michele Arcangelo (1965.02.25 – 1967.07.25)

1967.07.29
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Paino († 97)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Messina (Italy) (1923.02.23 – 1963.03.07)

Archimandrite emeritus of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1923.02.23 – 1963.03.07)

1967.07.30
FranceArchbishop Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. († 76)

Titular Archbishop of Neocæsarea in Ponto (1929.10.07 – 1967.07.30)

1967.08.02
FranceBishop Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Évreux (France) (1930.08.02 – 1964.03.24)

1967.08.12
ItalyBishop Salvatore Ballo Guercio († 86)

Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1933.09.18 – 1949.08.08)

1967.08.13
AustraliaBishop Patrick Francis Lyons († 64)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1957.06.16 – 1967.08.13)

1967.08.17
LebanonArchbishop Philippe Nabaa (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1948.09.17 – 1967.08.17)

1967.08.17
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1964.07.07)

1967.08.17
USABishop William Joseph Condon († 72)

Bishop of Great Falls (USA) (1939.08.05 – 1967.08.17)

1967.08.17
CanadaBishop Albert Leménager († 67)

Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada) (1953.07.06 – 1967.08.17)

1967.08.17
MaliBishop Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. († 82)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bamako (Mali) (1928.07.02 – 1949.01.21)

1967.08.18
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1963.04.08)

1967.08.19
SyriaArchbishop Pierre Chami, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1943.11.13 – 1967.08.19)

1967.08.19
BrazilBishop Aureliano de Matos († 78)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1940.01.30 – 1967.08.19)

1967.08.28
Solomon IslandsBishop Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. († 84)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of South Solomons (Solomon Islands) (1935.04.08 – 1958)

1967.09.02
MexicoBishop Luis Cabrera Cruz († 73)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1958.08.25 – 1967.09.02)

1967.09.16
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India) (1959.06.04 – 1967.09.16)

1967.09.18
ChinaBishop Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J. († 74)

Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China) (1947.01.09 – 1967.09.18)

1967.09.29
FranceBishop Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau († 74)

Bishop emeritus of Laval (France) (1950.06.14 – 1962.02.28)

1967.10.02
USAArchbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano († 55)

Archbishop-Bishop of Camden (USA) (1960.01.24 – 1967.10.02)

1967.10.21
PolandBishop Kazimierz Tomczak († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland) (1927.02.27 – 1967.10.21)

1967.10.27
CroatiaBishop Francesco Salis-Seewis († 95)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1926.04.23 – 1967.10.27)

1967.10.30
USAArchbishop Joseph Patrick Hurley († 73)

Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) (1940.08.16 – 1967.10.30)

Archbishop ad personam (1949.08.14 – 1967.10.30)

1967.11.03
AustraliaArchbishop Justin Daniel Simonds († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia) (1963.11.06 – 1967.04.13)

1967.11.04
USABishop Henry Edmund Donnelly († 63)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1954.09.06 – 1967.11.04)

1967.11.05
SyriaCardinal Maximos IV Saïgh (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 89)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1965.02.22 – 1967.11.05)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1947.10.30] 1948.06.21 – 1967.11.05)

1967.11.05
ColombiaArchbishop Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Ibagué (Colombia) (1924.04.10 – 1957.03.17)

1967.11.06
GermanyBishop Matthias Wehr († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany) (1951.12.20 – 1966.11.19)

1967.11.07
FranceBishop Auguste-Callixte-Jean Bonnabel († 80)

Bishop emeritus of Gap (France) (1932.08.16 – 1961.02.13)

1967.11.12
PolandBishop Stanisław Adamski († 92)

Bishop of Katowice (Poland) (1930.09.02 – 1967.11.12)

1967.11.15
BrazilArchbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1924.02.01 – 1967.11.15)

1967.11.15
IraqArchbishop Raphael Rabban (Chaldean Rite) († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1957.06.28 – 1967.11.15)

1967.11.15
HungaryBishop Jozsef Pétery († 77)

Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1942.09.24 – 1967.11.15)

1967.11.19
MyanmarBishop George Maung Kyaw († 50)

Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1967.11.19)

1967.12.01
USABishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona († 79)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1945.03.03 – 1967.12.01)

1967.12.02
USACardinal Francis Joseph Spellman († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1946.02.22 – 1967.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1939.04.15 – 1967.12.02)

Military Vicar of United States of America (USA) (1939.12.11 – 1967.12.02)

1967.12.16
ItalyCardinal Antonio Riberi (黎培理) († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo della Carità pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1967.12.16)

1967.12.20
MalaysiaBishop Francis Chan († 54)

Bishop of Penang (Malaysia) (1955.02.25 – 1967.12.20)

1967.12.23
ItalyCardinal Alfredo Pacini († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1967.12.23)

1967.12.26
USABishop Michael William Hyle († 66)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1960.03.02 – 1967.12.26)

1967.12.27
ItalyBishop Luigi Faveri († 76)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1950.05.13 – 1967.12.27)

1967.12.30
FranceBishop Georges-Auguste Louis († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Périgueux (France) (1932.08.16 – 1965.08.03)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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