Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1870 – 1879

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (41)
1870.02.25FranceCardinal Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald († 82)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1842.05.23 – 1870.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France) ([1839.12.04] 1840.04.27 – 1870.02.25)

1870.04.15ItalyCardinal Matteo Eustachio Gonella († 58)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1868.03.16 – 1870.04.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1866.06.22 – 1870.04.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) (1866.06.22 – 1870.04.15)

1870.10.07ItalyCardinal Cosimo Corsi († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1842.01.27 – 1870.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1853.12.19 – 1870.10.07)

1870.10.07ItalyCardinal Mario Mattei († 78)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1860.12.17 – 1870.10.07)

President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter (1843.03.11 – 1870.10.07?)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1843.03.11 – 1870.10.07?)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1858.02.03 – 1870.10.07)

1870.12.22ItalyCardinal Enrico Orfei († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1858.03.18 – 1870.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1860.03.23 – 1870.12.22)

1872.07.01SpainCardinal Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. († 90)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1857.08.03 – 1872.07.01)

1872.07.07ItalyCardinal Niccola Clarelli Parracciani († 73)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1867.02.22 – 1872.07.07)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1870 – 1872.07.07)

1872.08.27ItalyCardinal Angelo Quaglia († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1861.09.30 – 1872.08.27)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1863.04.23 – 1872.08.27)

1873.04.14SpainCardinal Miguel García Cuesta († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1862.05.21 – 1873.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1851.09.05 – 1873.04.14)

1873.04.30FranceCardinal Alexis Billiet († 90)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1862.09.25 – 1873.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France) ([1840.03.18] 1840.04.27 – 1873.04.30)

1873.08.02ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti († 56)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1870.03.21 – 1873.08.02)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1869.06.25 – 1870)

1874.02.15ItalyCardinal Camillo Tarquini, S.J. († 63)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1874.01.16 – 1874.02.15)

1874.02.24ItalyCardinal Alessandro Barnabó († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1856.06.19 – 1874.02.24)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1856.06.20 – 1874.02.24)

1874.05.29ItalyCardinal Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. Cas. († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1874.05.04 – 1874.05.29)

Bishop emeritus of Forlì (Italy) (1853.03.07 – 1857.12.21)

1875.03.08ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Barili († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1868.09.24 – 1875.03.08)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1872.09.06 – 1875.03.08)

1875.07.09FranceCardinal Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1852.03.18 – 1875.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France) (1834.09.30 – 1875.07.09)

1875.09.16ItalyCardinal Gaspare Grassellini, C.O. († 79)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres (1867.12.20 – 1875.09.16)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church emeritus of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1846.12.21 – 1847.07.18)

1875.10.17ItalyCardinal Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi († 57)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1875.09.23 – 1875.10.17)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Osimo (Italy) (1863.12.21 – 1871.11.20)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Cingoli (Italy) (1863.12.21 – 1871.11.20)

1875.11.19ItalyCardinal Pietro De Silvestri († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1861.09.27 – 1875.11.19)

Camerlengo emeritus of Sacred College of Cardinals (1870.03.21 – 1871.08)

1875.11.24AustriaCardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher († 78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1858.12.23 – 1875.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1853.06.27 – 1875.11.24)

1876.04.04AustriaCardinal Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1874.05.04 – 1876.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) (1851.02.17 – 1876.04.04)

1876.05.05SpainCardinal Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1867.07.12 – 1876.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1863.03.16 – 1876.05.05)

1876.11.06ItalyCardinal Giacomo Antonelli († 70)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1868.03.13 – 1876.11.06)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra in commendum (1868.03.13 – 1876.11.06)

Prefect emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1848.11.01 – 1850.05.17)

1876.11.20SpainCardinal Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1874.01.16 – 1876.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1861.03.18 – 1876.11.20)

1876.12.17ItalyCardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro († 78)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1870.10.08 – 1876.12.17)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1867.09.21 – 1876.12.17)

Secretary of Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1860.10.10 – 1876.12.17)

1877.04.21ItalyCardinal Luigi Vannicelli Casoni († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1847.10.04 – 1877.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1850.05.20 – 1877.04.21)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1870.11.08 – 1877.04.21)

1877.04.28ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1864.09.22 – 1877.04.28)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1862.04.07 – 1877.04.28)

1877.07.08ItalyCardinal Filippo De Angelis († 85)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1867.09.20 – 1877.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy) (1842.01.27 – 1877.07.08)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1867.09.20 – 1877.07.08)

1877.08.26ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Andrea Bizzarri († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1875.07.05 – 1877.08.26)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1872.08.31 – 1877.08.26?)

1877.09.29ItalyCardinal Sisto Riario Sforza († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1846.04.16 – 1877.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1845.11.24 – 1877.09.29)

1877.10.18ItalyCardinal Annibale Capalti († 66)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1868.03.16 – 1877.10.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1870.01.03 – 1877.10.18)

1878.02.26FranceCardinal Geoffroi Brossais Saint-Marc († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1876.04.03 – 1878.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1859.01.03 – 1878.02.26)

1878.03.30ItalyCardinal Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso († 81)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1877.03.12 – 1878.03.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum (1852.09.27 – 1878.03.30)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies (1877.03.12 – 1878.03.30)

Vice-Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1852.09.27 – 1878.03.30)

1878.04.06ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Berardi († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1868.03.16 – 1878.04.06)

Substitute for General Affairs emeritus of Apostolic Secretariat (1851.04.10 – 1868.03)

1878.07.31ItalyCardinal Alessandro Franchi († 59)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1874.01.16 – 1878.07.31)

Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat (1878.03.05 – 1878.07.31)

1878.10.24IrelandCardinal Paul Cullen († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1866.06.25 – 1878.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1852.05.03 – 1878.10.24)

1878.12.22ItalyCardinal Fabio Maria Asquini († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1877.09.21 – 1878.12.22)

Patriarch emeritus of Constantinople (1844.01.22 – 1845.04.21)

Prefect emeritus of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1847.05.02 – 1863.05.08)

1879.01.29ItalyCardinal Antonio Benedetto Antonucci († 80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1858.03.18 – 1879.01.29)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1879.01.29)

1879.02.27ItalyCardinal Filippo Maria Guidi, O.P. († 63)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1872.07.29 – 1879.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bologna (Italy) (1863.12.21 – 1871.11.12)

1879.04.26ItalyCardinal Carlo Luigi Morichini († 73)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1877.03.12 – 1879.04.26)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1878.07.15 – 1879.04.26)

1879.06.17ItalyCardinal Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto († 73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1879.05.12 – 1879.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benevento (Italy) (1844.07.22 – 1879.05.12)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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