Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1850 – 1859

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (37)
1850.04.11ItalyCardinal Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini († 55)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1843.01.30 – 1850.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1843.01.30 – 1850.04.11)

1850.04.17FranceCardinal Pierre Giraud († 58)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1847.10.04 – 1850.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) (1842.01.24 – 1850.04.17)

1850.08.17ItalyCardinal Francesco Serra-Casano († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1833.07.29 – 1850.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1826.07.26 – 1850.08.17)

1851.04.25ItalyCardinal Giacomo Monico († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1834.06.23 – 1851.04.25)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1827.04.09 – 1851.04.25)

1851.05.24ItalyCardinal Carlo Vizzardelli († 59)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1848.01.20 – 1851.05.24)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1848.04.10 – 1851.05.24)

1851.07.20FranceCardinal Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1846.04.16 – 1851.07.20)

Bishop of Arras (France) (1802.05.06 – 1851.07.20)

1851.08.01ItalyCardinal Antonio Maria Cadolini, B. († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1843.06.22 – 1851.08.01)

Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1838.02.12 – 1851.08.01)

1851.09.29FranceCardinal Paul-Thérèse d’Astros († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) ([1830.03.16] 1830.07.05 – 1851.09.29)

1852.02.20ItalyCardinal Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1850.09.30 – 1852.02.20)

Bishop emeritus of Orvieto (Italy) (1833.04.15 – 1841.12.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1847.05.02 – 1852.02.20)

1852.02.22ItalyCardinal Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli († 72)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1844.01.22 – 1852.02.22)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1839.11.12 – 1852.02.22)

1852.03.21ItalyCardinal Tommaso Bernetti († 72)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Damaso pro illa vice Deaconry (1844.01.22 – 1852.03.21)

Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1844.01.22 – 1852.03.21)

1853.01.20PolandCardinal Melchior Ferdinand Joseph von Diepenbrock († 64)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) ([1845.01.15] 1845.04.21 – 1853.01.20)

1853.03.31CzechiaCardinal Maximilian Joseph Gottfried Sommerau Beeckh († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) ([1836.11.21] 1837.05.19 – 1853.03.31)

1853.05.10ItalyCardinal Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1839.07.11 – 1853.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1839.02.21 – 1853.05.10)

1853.06.23ItalyCardinal Giacomo Luigi Brignole († 56)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1847.06.11 – 1853.06.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia in commendum (1847.06.11 – 1853.06.23)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index (1849 – 1853.06.23)

1854.05.12ItalyCardinal Luigi Lambruschini, B. († 77)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1847.06.11 – 1854.05.12)

Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites (1847.06.08 – 1854.05.12)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1834.11.21 – 1854.05.12)

1854.06.15ItalyCardinal Raffaele Fornari († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1851.04.10 – 1854.06.15)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1851.06.07 – 1854.06.15)

1854.09.09ItalyCardinal Angelo Mai († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1838.02.15 – 1854.09.09)

Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1853.06.27 – 1854.09.09)

Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (1853.06.27 – 1854.09.09)

1855.01.09ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Simonetti († 65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1846.01.19 – 1855.01.09)

1855.01.11SpainCardinal Judas José Romo y Gamboa († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1847.12.17 – 1855.01.11)

1855.01.21ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Pecci († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1850.10.03 – 1855.01.21)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1841.03.01 – 1855.01.21)

1855.02.01ItalyCardinal Giovanni Serafini († 68)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1846.04.16 – 1855.02.01)

1855.04.13ItalyCardinal Carlo Oppizzoni († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1839.07.08 – 1855.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1802.09.20 – 1855.04.13)

1855.12.31PortugalCardinal Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1843.04.03 – 1855.12.31)

1856.03.03ItalyCardinal Ambrogio Bianchi, O.S.B. Cam. († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1839.07.11 – 1856.03.03)

Prior General of Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Camaldolese) (1835 – 1856.03.03)

1856.04.20ItalyCardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1855.09.28 – 1856.04.20)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1834.11.21 – 1856.04.20)

1856.08.12ItalyCardinal Giovanni Soglia Ceroni († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1839.02.21 – 1856.08.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Osimo (Italy) (1839.02.18 – 1856.08.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cingoli (Italy) (1839.02.18 – 1856.08.12)

1857.02.11SpainCardinal Juan José Bonel y Orbe († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1854.11.30 – 1857.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1847.10.04 – 1857.02.11)

1857.03.14ItalyCardinal Tommaso Riario Sforza († 75)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1834.12.19 – 1857.03.14)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1843.04.03 – 1857.03.14)

1857.10.11ItalyCardinal Francesco de’ Medici di Ottaiano († 48)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1856.06.19 – 1857.10.11)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1850.05.17 – 1856.06.16)

1857.11.15PortugalCardinal Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1854.11.30 – 1857.11.15)

Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) (1845.11.24 – 1857.11.15)

Bishop of Castelo Branco (Portugal) (1846 – 1857.11.15)

1858.01.14UkraineCardinal Mihail Lewicki (Ukrainian Rite) († 83)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1816.03.08 – 1858.01.14)

1858.01.21ItalyCardinal Ugo Pietro Spinola († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1832.12.17 – 1858.01.21)

Commendatory Abbot emeritus of Subiaco (Italy) (1838 – 1842)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1844.04.29 – 1858.01.21)

1858.02.06ItalyCardinal Adriano Fieschi († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1853.12.19 – 1858.02.06)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1836.07.11 – 1838.09.13)

1858.02.12ItalyCardinal Luigi Gazzoli († 83)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1857.03.19 – 1858.02.12)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Good Government (1843.04.03 – 1858.02.12)

1859.05.26FranceCardinal Jacques-Marie-Antoine-Célestin Dupont († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1847.10.04 – 1859.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France) ([1841.12.15] 1842.01.24 – 1859.05.26)

1859.08.22ItalyCardinal Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini († 64)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1838.02.15 – 1859.08.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1826.07.03 – 1859.08.22)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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