Deceased Bishops

in a.d. 1975

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Bishops (81)
1975
ChinaBishop Joseph Fan Heng-an (Fan Heng-nfan) (樊恆安) († 93)

Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1975)

1975.01.04
ItalyBishop Angelo Calabretta († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Noto (Italy) (1936.07.16 – 1970.06.27)

1975.01.10
Trinidad and TobagoArchbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. († 93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1940.06.06 – 1966.05.24)

1975.01.11
LebanonCardinal Paul Pierre Méouchi (Maronite Rite) († 80)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1965.02.22 – 1975.01.11)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1955.05.25 – 1975.01.11)

1975.01.13
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Rovigatti († 62)

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1973.02.10 – 1975.01.13)

1975.01.16
FranceBishop Roger Joseph Tort († 56)

Bishop of Montauban (France) (1970.09.02 – 1975.01.16)

1975.01.21
ChinaBishop Tommaso Berutti (柏露梯), S.J. († 86)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China) (1929.12.19 – 1933)

1975.01.23
BrazilBishop Francisco Hélio Campos († 62)

Bishop of Viana (Brazil) (1969.04.14 – 1975.01.23)

1975.01.24
BrazilBishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena († 84)

Bishop emeritus of Valença (Brazil) (1942.01.03 – 1960.12.09)

1975.01.26
MyanmarArchbishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P. († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rangoon (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1971.06.19)

1975.01.29
CanadaArchbishop Martin Michael Johnson († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vancouver (Canada) (1964.03.11 – 1969.01.08)

1975.01.29
TanzaniaArchbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – 1968.12.19)

1975.01.30
GreeceBishop Hyakinthos Gad (Greek Rite) († 62)

Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (1958.02.17 – 1975.01.30)

1975.02.05
SeychellesBishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1937.06.17 – 1972.10.06)

1975.02.07
ItalyArchbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P. († 75)

Archbishop emeritus of Barletta (Italy) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trani (Italy) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03)

1975.02.09
FranceBishop Julien Le Couëdic († 85)

Bishop emeritus of Troyes (France) (1943.11.04 – 1967.02.21)

1975.02.11
ItalyBishop Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. († 94)

Bishop emeritus of Alghero (Italy) (1939.03.03 – 1967.01.07)

1975.02.18
ChinaBishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap. († 82)

Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China) (1950.06.24 – 1975.02.18)

1975.02.20
MexicoBishop Lino Aguirre Garcia († 79)

Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico) (1959.02.16 – 1969.08.20)

1975.02.27
SyriaArchbishop Iwannis Georges Stété (Syriac Rite) († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1933.07.26] 1933.10.16 – 1968.08.20)

1975.02.27
Congo-KinshasaBishop Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M. († 68)

Bishop of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1975.02.27)

1975.03.05
Congo-KinshasaBishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. († 81)

Bishop emeritus of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa) (1960.07.07 – 1966.05.17)

1975.03.12
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Ajaccio (France) (1938.09.14 – 1966.07.26)

1975.03.17
ChileArchbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Concepción (Chile) (1939.05.20 – 1963.04.27)

1975.03.21
BrazilBishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. († 73)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Rondonópolis (Brazil) (1961.11.25 – 1970)

1975.03.25
EnglandBishop Thomas Leo Parker († 87)

Bishop emeritus of Northampton (England) (1940.12.14 – 1967.01.17)

1975.04.01
GermanyCardinal Lorenz Jäger († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (1965.02.25 – 1975.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) (1941.08.10 – 1973.06.30)

1975.04.15
SwitzerlandCardinal Charles Journet († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1973.03.05 – 1975.04.15)

1975.04.20
PhilippinesArchbishop Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E. († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Davao (Philippines) (1970.06.29 – 1972.12.09)

1975.05.01
IndiaBishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India) (1951.12.13 – 1957.11.08)

1975.05.03
ItalyBishop Carlo Livraghi († 75)

Bishop emeritus of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy) (1956.03.10 – 1962.04.14)

1975.05.06
HungaryVenerable Cardinal József Mindszenty († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1946.02.22 – 1975.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Esztergom (Hungary) (1945.10.02 – 1974.02.02)

1975.05.16
USABishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski († 68)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1965.12.01 – 1975.05.16)

1975.05.22
South AfricaBishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C. († 72)

Bishop emeritus of Queenstown (South Africa) (1951.01.11 – 1972.02.03)

1975.06.06
VenezuelaBishop Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B. († 75)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) (1953.05.07 – 1974.10.05)

1975.06.12
NigeriaArchbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. († 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1959.07.16 – 1975.04.10)

1975.06.13
SpainCardinal Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1969.04.30 – 1975.06.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona (Spain) (1968.07.23 – 1971.12.03)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes (1973.09.08 – 1975.06.13)

1975.06.13
LebanonBishop Eustace John Smith, O.F.M. († 66)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Beirut (Lebanon) (1955.12.08 – 1973)

1975.06.17
ItalyBishop Francesco Brustia († 67)

Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1970.01.15 – 1975.06.17)

1975.06.19
FranceBishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem († 77)

Bishop emeritus of Laval (France) (1962.02.28 – 1969.12.31)

1975.06.19
ItalyBishop Roberto Massimiliani († 70)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

1975.06.20
SlovakiaBishop Anton Richter († 76)
1975.06.24
ItalyCardinal Luigi Raimondi († 62)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (1973.03.05 – 1975.06.24)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1973.03.21 – 1975.06.24)

1975.06.24
FranceBishop Frédéric Duc († 91)

Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) (1946.03.14 – 1954.01.11)

1975.06.26
PolandBishop Franciszek Jedwabski († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland) (1946.12.12 – 1975.06.26)

1975.07.01
FranceBishop Antoine-Marie Cazaux († 78)

Bishop emeritus of Luçon (France) (1941.10.11 – 1967.07.04)

1975.07.04
ItalyBishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo († 81)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1952.12.28 – 1975.07.04)

1975.07.04
HaitiBishop Charles-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. († 64)

Bishop of Jérémie (Haiti) (1972.04.20 – 1975.07.04)

1975.07.05
UruguayBishop Luis Baccino († 70)

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1955.12.20 – 1975.07.05)

1975.07.07
IndiaBishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Goa and Daman (India) (1963.11.15 – 1966)

1975.07.18
CanadaBishop Francis Anthony Marrocco († 62)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (1968.06.10 – 1975.07.18)

1975.07.21
CanadaBishop James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. († 69)

Bishop emeritus of Whitehorse (Canada) (1967.07.13 – 1971.10.15)

1975.07.22
ChileBishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. († 90)

Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile) (1938.03.19 – 1957.11.23)

1975.07.25
ItalyArchbishop Felice Pirozzi († 66)

President emeritus of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1970.10.17 – 1975.06.01)

1975.07.26
IndiaBishop Thomas Tharayil (Syro-Malabar Rite) († 76)

Bishop emeritus of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1951.01.08 – 1974.05.05)

1975.08.02
BrazilBishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro († 66)

Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil) (1962.08.04 – 1975.08.02)

1975.08.03
ItalyArchbishop Primo Principi († 80)

Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1939 – 1969)

1975.08.09
USABishop James Louis Flaherty († 65)

Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond (USA) (1966.08.08 – 1975.08.09)

1975.08.23
IndonesiaArchbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Merauke (Indonesia) (1966.11.15 – 1972.06.26)

1975.09.11
AustraliaBishop William Joseph Brennan († 70)

Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia) (1953.08.07 – 1975.09.11)

1975.09.15
LebanonArchbishop Antoine Abed (Maronite Rite) († 78)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1933.04.23] 1933.05.07 – 1975.09.15)

1975.09.18
ColombiaCardinal Luis Concha Córdoba († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1961.01.19 – 1975.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia) (1959.05.18 – 1972.07.29)

Military Vicar emeritus of Colombia (Colombia) (1959.05.19 – 1972.07.29)

1975.09.24
MexicoArchbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1950.12.14 – 1975.09.24)

1975.09.24
AustraliaBishop John Toohey († 70)

Bishop of Maitland (Australia) (1956.03.04 – 1975.09.24)

1975.09.27
FranceCardinal Maurice Feltin († 92)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1953.01.15 – 1975.09.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paris (France) (1949.08.15 – 1966.12.21)

Ordinary emeritus of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (1954 – 1966.12.21)

Military Vicar emeritus of France (France) (1949 – 1966.12.21)

1975.09.28
PolandBishop Lucjan Bernacki († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1946.09.04 – 1975.09.28)

1975.09.29
LithuaniaBishop Juozapas Pletkus († 80)

Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania) (1967.11.08 – 1975.09.29)

1975.10.05
HaitiBishop Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. († 79)

Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti) (1936.01.14 – 1975.10.05)

1975.10.15
CanadaBishop Guy Bélanger († 47)

Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) (1969.10.17 – 1975.10.15)

1975.10.24
BrazilBishop Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. († 67)

Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1966.12.09 – 1975.10.24)

1975.11.01
MadagascarCardinal Jérôme Rakotomalala († 61)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1969.04.30 – 1975.11.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1960.04.04 – 1975.11.01)

1975.11.07
EnglandCardinal John Carmel Heenan († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1965.02.25 – 1975.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1963.09.02 – 1975.11.07)

1975.11.29
TanzaniaBishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B. († 69)

Abbot Ordinary emeritus of Ndanda (Tanzania) (1949.12.15 – 1972.12.18)

1975.12.02
KenyaBishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. († 64)

Bishop emeritus of Eldoret (Kenya) (1959.10.13 – 1970.10.19)

1975.12.06
IrelandBishop Denis J. Moynihan († 90)

Bishop emeritus of Kerry (Ireland) (1952.02.10 – 1969.07.17)

1975.12.08
GuatemalaBishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. († 93)

Bishop emeritus of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1945.11.14 – 1966.05.28)

1975.12.12
EnglandArchbishop David Mathew († 73)

Military Vicar emeritus of Great Britain (England) (1954.04.16 – 1963.03.23)

1975.12.13
PhilippinesBishop Hernando Antiporda († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) (1954.08.19 – 1975.12.13)

1975.12.19
CroatiaBishop Josip Sálac († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1970.06.16 – 1975.12.19)

1975.12.20
FranceBishop André Jacquemin († 73)

Bishop emeritus of Bayeux (France) (1954.10.29 – 1969.12.10)

1975.12.28
CanadaBishop Norman Joseph Gallagher († 58)

Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada) (1970.04.16 – 1975.12.28)

See Also

Deceased Cardinals

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