Deceased Bishops in the year 1972

Date of Death	Deceased Bishops (98)
1972	Archbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M. († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China) (1946.07.18 – 1972)
1972.01.07	Bishop Dionisio Borra († 85) Bishop emeritus of Fossano (Italy) (1943.04.30 – 1963.09.02)
1972.01.07	Bishop Jacques Mangers, S.M. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Oslo (Norway) (1953.06.29 – 1964.11.25)
1972.01.09	Archbishop Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Izmir (Turkiye) (1937.12.03 – 1965.11.04)
1972.01.16	Archbishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus († 81) Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain) (1964.03.25 – 1967.01.07)
1972.01.21	Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. († 54) Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia) (1953.03.24 – 1972.01.21)
1972.01.23	Bishop Félix Ley (フェリックス・レイ), O.F.M. Cap. († 62) Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan) (1949 – 1972.01.23)
1972.01.30	Bishop Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P. († 73) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marbel (Philippines) (1961.01.19 – 1969)
1972.02.09	Bishop Felice Beccaro († 83) Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1946.11.26 – 1972.02.09)
1972.02.11	Archbishop Pavol Brezanóczy († 60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1969.01.10 – 1972.02.11)
1972.02.13	Bishop William Lawrence Adrian († 88) Bishop emeritus of Nashville (USA) (1936.02.06 – 1969.09.04)
1972.02.16	Bishop Pacific Li Huan-de (李宣德), O.F.M. († 67) Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China) (1951.12.13 – 1972.02.16)
1972.02.20	Bishop Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M. († 76) Bishop emeritus of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1955.11.30 – 1971.12.07)
1972.02.21	Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant († 87) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1951.01.13 – 1972.02.21) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1946.02.18 – 1972.02.21) Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1960.08.19 – 1972.02.21)
1972.02.22	Bishop Karel Skoupy († 85) Bishop of Brno (Czechia) (1946.04.03 – 1972.02.22)
1972.02.24	Bishop Anastasio Hurtado y Robles († 82) Bishop emeritus of Tepic (Mexico) (1935.12.21 – 1970.07.13)
1972.02.26	Bishop António Valente da Fonseca († 87) Bishop emeritus of Vila Real (Portugal) (1933.05.31 – 1967.01.10)
1972.03.01	Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. († 67) Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1957.01.21 – 1968.05.11)
1972.03.02	Bishop Octavio José Calderón y Padilla († 67) Bishop emeritus of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) (1946.06.13 – 1970.06.22)
1972.03.06	Bishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E. († 81) Bishop emeritus of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) (1948.12.09 – 1968.09.05)
1972.03.08	Bishop Carlos Luis Geromini († 65) Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1952.04.20 – 1958.05.23)
1972.03.13	Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria) (1965.07.06 – 1972.03.13)
1972.03.13	Bishop Ernesto Segura († 57) Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1962.04.07 – 1972.03.13)
1972.03.18	Bishop Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. († 82) Bishop emeritus of Lahore (Pakistan) (1928.03.28 – 1946.07.04)
1972.03.23	Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord († 75) Bishop emeritus of Tortosa (Spain) (1943.11.18 – 1968.10.05)
1972.03.31	Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald († 79) Bishop emeritus of Winona (USA) (1949.10.20 – 1969.01.08)
1972.03.31	Bishop Ramon Iglésias i Navarri († 83) Bishop emeritus of Urgell (Spain) (1942.12.29 – 1969.04.29)
1972.03.31	Bishop Joseph Pace († 81) Bishop of Gozo (Malta) (1944.11.01 – 1972.03.31)
1972.04.06	Archbishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1970.02.07 – 1972.04.06)
1972.04.06	Bishop Maurizio Raspini († 80) Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina (Italy) (1953.05.09 – 1965.01.06)
1972.04.14	Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. († 66) Bishop emeritus of Keta (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1953.05.07)
1972.04.28	Bishop Alfred Bertram Leverman († 68) Bishop emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) (1953.07.27 – 1968.09.07)
1972.05.06	Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski († 76) Bishop of Chełmno (Poland) (1946.03.04 – 1972.05.06)
1972.05.10	Archbishop Miho Pušic († 91) Bishop emeritus of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia) (1926.06.21 – 1970.06.06) Archbishop ad personam (1940.12.19 – 1970.06.06)
1972.05.17	Bishop José Francisco Versiani Velloso († 52) Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1972.05.17)
1972.05.19	Archbishop Eftimios Youakim, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite) († 85) Archbishop emeritus of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1971.08.21)
1972.05.20	Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina († 55) Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (1964.03.23 – 1972.05.20)
1972.05.24	Bishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. († 72) Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1952.11.11 – 1972.05.24)
1972.05.27	Cardinal José Garibi Rivera († 83) Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1958.12.18 – 1972.05.27) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1936.02.18 – 1969.03.01)
1972.06.01	Archbishop Paul Francis Leibold († 57) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1969.07.23 – 1972.06.01)
1972.06.06	Archbishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan († 85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston (Canada) (1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14)
1972.06.09	Bishop Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. († 55) Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala) (1967.05.05 – 1972.06.09)
1972.06.09	Bishop Róbert Pobožný († 82) Titular Bishop of Neila (1949.07.25 – 1972.06.09) Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia) (1949.07.25 – 1972.06.09)
1972.06.10	Bishop Joseph Hlouch († 70) Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia) (1947.06.25 – 1972.06.10)
1972.06.17	Bishop Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. († 74) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Islanda (Iceland) (1942.02.23 – 1967)
1972.06.18	Bishop Michele Alberto Arduino (歐彌格), S.D.B. († 63) Bishop of Gerace–Locri (Italy) (1962.10.21 – 1972.06.18)
1972.06.20	Archbishop Joseph Walsh († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tuam (Ireland) (1940.01.16 – 1969.01.31)
1972.06.21	Bishop Angel Morta Figuls († 58) Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) (1965.01.19 – 1972.06.21)
1972.06.23	Bishop Johannes Olav Smit († 89) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Norway (Norway) (1925.12.15 – 1928.10.11)
1972.06.26	Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman († 81) Bishop emeritus of Evansville (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1965.10.18)
1972.06.29	Bishop John Stock (Ukrainian Rite) († 53) Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1971.01.11 – 1972.06.29)
1972.07.02	Venerable Bishop Angel Riesco Carbajo († 69) Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain) (1958.02.15 – 1969.11.23)
1972.07.11	Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez († 73) Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua) (1953.03.17 – 1972.07.07)
1972.07.12	Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan († 80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Omaha (USA) (1948.02.07 – 1969.06.11)
1972.07.12	Archbishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. († 68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1965.03.25 – 1972.07.12)
1972.07.15	Bishop Miklós Dudás, O.S.B.M. (Hungarian Rite) († 69) Bishop of Hajdúdorog of the Hungarians (Hungary) (1939.03.25 – 1972.07.15) Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc of the Hungarians (Hungary) (1946.10.14 – 1972.07.15)
1972.07.16	Bishop Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. († 75) Bishop emeritus of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1968.12.16)
1972.07.17	Archbishop Eduard Macheiner († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) ([1969.10.09] 1969.10.18 – 1972.07.17)
1972.07.17	Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. († 70) Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka) (1950.07.18 – 1972.07.17)
1972.07.22	Bishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Bova (Italy) (1933.03.16 – 1939)
1972.07.30	Archbishop Carlo Serena († 90) Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1945.10.22 – 1972.07.30)
1972.07.30	Bishop André Bréheret († 60) Bishop of Cahors (France) (1962.08.21 – 1972.07.30)
1972.07.30	Bishop Ramón J. Lizardi († 62) Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1956.05.25 – 1972.07.30)
1972.08.02	Bishop Daniel Ivancho (Ruthenian Rite) († 64) Apostolic Exarch emeritus of United States of America of the Ruthenians (USA) (1948.05.13 – 1954.12.02)
1972.08.07	Bishop Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), O.F.M. († 86) Bishop emeritus of Yantai 煙臺 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950.01.20)
1972.08.11	Bishop Alfredo Viola († 79) Bishop emeritus of Salto (Uruguay) (1940.05.20 – 1968.01.01)
1972.08.14	Cardinal Paolo Giobbe († 92) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1958.12.18 – 1972.08.14) Patron emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (1961.08.08 – 1969.07.03)
1972.08.15	Archbishop Zaya Dachtou (Chaldean Rite) († 59) Metropolitan Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15) Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans (Iran) (1951.07.14 – 1972.08.15)
1972.08.27	Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. († 68) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1967.06.29 – 1972.08.27) Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1970.11.07 – 1972.08.27) Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1968.01.13 – 1972.08.27)
1972.08.30	Venerable Archbishop Augusto Bertazzoni († 96) Bishop emeritus of Potenza (Italy) (1930.06.30 – 1966.11.30) Bishop emeritus of Marsico Nuovo (Italy) (1930.06.30 – 1966.11.30) Archbishop ad personam (1950.11.30 – 1966.11.30)
1972.08.30	Archbishop José Rafael Pulido Méndez († 64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (1966.11.22 – 1972.08.30)
1972.09.04	Bishop James Aloysius McNulty († 72) Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1963.02.12 – 1972.09.04)
1972.09.07	Bishop Alejandro Schell († 74) Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1963.04.10 – 1972.09.07)
1972.09.11	Bishop Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. († 68) Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Savannakhet (Laos) (1958.03.02 – 1969.10.10)
1972.09.14	Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. († 83) Bishop emeritus of Rapid City (USA) (1948.03.11 – 1969.09.11)
1972.09.17	Bishop Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. († 67) Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (1957.11.14 – 1972.09.17)
1972.09.20	Venerable Bishop Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. (Armenian Rite) († 91) Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1940.08.29 – 1972.09.20)
1972.09.21	Bishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga († 64) Bishop of Loja (Ecuador) (1963.11.02 – 1972.09.21)
1972.09.27	Archbishop Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. († 85) Archbishop emeritus of Spoleto (Italy) (1948.07.07 – 1967.06.23)
1972.10.01	Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco († 80) Bishop emeritus of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1946.02.07 – 1959.01.17)
1972.10.08	Archbishop José Maria Cuenco († 87) Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines) (1951.06.29 – 1972.10.08)
1972.10.08	Bishop Juan Ricote Alonso († 67) Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1968.12.08 – 1972.10.08)
1972.10.13	Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira († 80) Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Coimbra (Portugal) (1948.10.29 – 1967.08.12)
1972.10.21	Archbishop Marcelino Olaechea y Loizaga, S.D.B. († 83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain) (1946.02.17 – 1966.11.18)
1972.10.21	Bishop Auguste Jauffrés († 86) Bishop emeritus of Tarentaise (France) (1944.08.28 – 1961.12.07)
1972.11.06	Bishop Costantino Caminada († 72) Bishop of Ferentino (Italy) (1962.07.21 – 1972.11.06)
1972.11.17	Bishop Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. († 48) Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia) (1961.07.04 – 1972.11.17)
1972.11.24	Bishop Peter Gratian Grimm (甘維德), O.F.M. Cap. († 71) Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China) (1949.04.21 – 1972.11.24)
1972.12.02	Bishop Danio Bolognini († 71) Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1952.11.25 – 1972.12.02)
1972.12.06	Bishop Emilio Baroncelli († 80) Bishop emeritus of Recanati (Italy) (1955.08.12 – 1968.02.15)
1972.12.06	Bishop Henri-Charles Dupont († 76) Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France) (1951.07.24 – 1972.12.06)
1972.12.09	Bishop Antonino Catarella († 83) Bishop emeritus of Piazza Armerina (Italy) (1942.01.10 – 1970.10.29)
1972.12.13	Bishop Jean-Marie Jan († 97) Bishop emeritus of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) (1929.02.04 – 1953.06.27)
1972.12.18	Bishop Francesco Rossi († 69) Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy) (1963.04.21 – 1969.11.29) Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1971 – 1972.12.18)
1972.12.18	Bishop Raul Zambrano Camader († 51) Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia) (1962.04.26 – 1972.12.18)
1972.12.23	Bishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro († 65) Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1957.03.07 – 1972.12.23)
1972.12.24	Bishop Sándor Kovács († 79) Bishop emeritus of Szombathely (Hungary) (1944.03.03 – 1972)
1972.12.31	Bishop Robert Dermot O’Flanagan († 71) Bishop emeritus of Juneau (USA) (1951.07.09 – 1968.06.19)

Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1972

See Also