The Year of Our Lord 1948

Necrology

See Also: Overview | Diocese Events | Bishop Events | Previous Year (1947) | Next Year (1949)

Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Giacinto Maria D’Avila, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos, Ecuador
unknown		Giacomo Jacobs, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
unknown		Giuseppe Ly †	Prefect of Linqing [Lintsing], China
unknown		Gerardo Martino Uberto Martens, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Makassar, Indonesia
9 Jan	90.4	Joseph-Marie Tissier †	Bishop of Châlons, France
14 Jan	75.7	Francesco Canessa †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta
1 Feb	77.3	Francis Clement Kelley †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
9 Feb	75.0	Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
14 Feb	75.9	Conrad Gröber †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
16 Feb	96.8	Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
26 Feb	85.3	Valentín de la Asunción (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
6 Mar	81.0	Amedeo Casabona †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
8 Mar	62.1	Frano Gjini †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
10 Mar	67.3	Petrus Innocentius Johannes Humbertus Verriet, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
11 Mar	76.0	Charles Challiol †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
11 Mar	85.6	John Jeremiah Lawler †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
15 Mar	74.1	Tomás Muniz Pablos †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
29 Mar	83.7	Antonio Anastasio Rossi †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
3 Apr	43.5	Gjergj Volaj †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
5 Apr	61.1	Luigi Maria Grassi, B. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
5 Apr	81.3	Joseph-Omer Plante †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
6 Apr	78.8	Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
19 Apr	70.5	Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
2 May	81.0	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
2 May	74.1	Franciscus Joosten, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
5 May	64.5	Michael Rackl †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 May	63.4	Pietro Tagliapietra †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
13 May	68.5	Basil Takacs (Takach) †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
20 May	68.8	Domenico Marsiglia †	Archbishop of Rossano, Italy
27 May	75.5	Rambert-Irénée Faure †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
29 May	76.8	Matthias Ehrenfried †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
2 Jun	45.9	Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru
12 Jun	79.6	John Alphonsus Heavey, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
15 Jun	85.5	Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry, India
1 Jul	62.4	Paul Salman †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
3 Jul	79.1	Emilio Larquère, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia
6 Jul	58.1	Luigi Arrigoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
7 Jul	80.1	Pasquale Righetti †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
10 Jul	65.6	Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France
20 Jul	72.7	António Antunes †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
30 Jul	49.9	Étienne Joseph Carton de Wiart †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
4 Aug	86.7	Enrico Sibilia †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
5 Aug	65.4	James Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
8 Aug	64.1	István Madarász †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
25 Aug	64.8	Antonino Arata †	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
25 Aug	85.0	Alexander Joseph McGavick †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
27 Aug	78.3	Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
28 Aug	72.3	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
29 Aug	71.7	Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
8 Sep	73.5	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
10 Sep	70.9	Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. †	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
12 Sep	70.9	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop Emeritus of Litoměřice, Czech Republic
16 Sep	69.1	Manuel Arce y Ochotorena †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
17 Sep	71.9	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
20 Sep	80.6	Edmond Heelan †	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
21 Sep	73.0	William Lee †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
26 Sep	69.4	Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mogadiscio, Somalia
30 Sep	77.4	Basilio Manuel Olimpio Pereira, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
12 Oct	75.0	Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
17 Oct	73.0	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
22 Oct	67.3	August Hlond, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
23 Oct	73.8	Giovanni Jeremich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
27 Oct	55.6	Marie-Antoine Roy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
28 Oct	74.0	Stanisław Kostka Łukomski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
31 Oct	75.2	José Tomas Gomes da Silva †	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
4 Nov	75.7	Filippo Perlo, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kenya, Kenya
28 Nov	72.0	Dominique Maria Ho Ngoc Cân †	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
16 Dec	79.0	Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. †	Bishop of Penne e Atri, Italy
20 Dec	78.5	Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
22 Dec	73.0	Karel Kmetko †	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
27 Dec	85.3	José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
27 Dec	54.1	Ferdinand Dirichs †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
28 Dec	78.9	Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kimberley in Western Australia
28 Dec	38.4	Charles Dauvin, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Dec	84.8	Emeterio Valverde y Télles †	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
31 Dec	82.1	Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Burma {Birmania Settentrionale}, Myanmar