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The Year of Our Lord 1931

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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknown77.6Francesco Saverio ZaldúaPriest
6 Jan76.7Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Burundi
7 Jan86.8Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pč Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
21 Jan64.2Josef Jindrich GrossBishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
24 Jan90.6Gregor [Krikor] Govrighian [Govrik], C.M.Vd. †Abbot General of Congregazione Mechitarista di Vienna
24 Jan47.0Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. †Bishop of Saďda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
26 Jan81.0Edward Joseph McCarthyArchbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
29 Jan72.7Fabien Antoine Eestermans, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
3 Feb87.3Dominique Jacquet (Jaquet), O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop Emeritus of Iaşi, Romania
5 Feb77.9Albert NčgreArchbishop of Tours, France
7 Feb54.4Joseph-Romuald LéonardBishop Emeritus of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada
8 Feb78.6George Crompton Ambrose BurtonBishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
10 Feb82.1Bertram OrthArchbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
12 Feb75.1Louis-Elisée Fatiguet, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
22 Feb63.7Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I. †Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
24 Feb81.9Juan José Solís y FernándezBishop of Mondońedo, Spain
7 Mar91.0Pierre-Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
8 Mar54.8Ewen (Hugh) CameronFormer Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
12 Mar86.8Gaetano Bacile di CastiglioneBishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
17 Mar72.4Pietro MaffiCardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
19 Mar76.7Michele CamilleriBishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
28 Mar72.6Patrick Vincent DwyerBishop of Maitland, Australia
30 Mar87.6José Belisario Santistevan SeoaneBishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
3 Apr81.2Charles-Henri-Célestin GibierBishop of Versailles, France
7 Apr62.1Emilio Maria CottafaviBishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
7 Apr58.1Joseph ShielBishop of Rockhampton, Australia
10 Apr75.3Compton Theodore Galton, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
10 Apr64.8Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
11 Apr80.2Nematallah Abi Karam (Carame), O.A.M. †Titular Bishop of Myndus
16 Apr55.0Isidro Carrillo y SalazarBishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
26 Apr66.7Petro Gebey (Ghebi, Gebé)Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
5 May80.8Bartolomeo Maria LaguminaBishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
5 May75.9Giuseppe LaguminaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
5 May73.0Basilio PompiljCardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
5 May62.5Everard Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi], China
8 May77.2Julián Raymundo Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
12 May47.4Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. †Superior of Tali [Dali], China
13 May84.6Jules Prosper París, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing], China
21 May71.7José Bento Martins RibeiroBishop of Cochin, India
31 May72.0Eberhard Limbrock, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
31 May65.1Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
1 Jun88.3Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
5 Jun91.5Crescente Errázuriz ValdiviesoArchbishop of Santiago de Chile
8 Jun83.0Joseph RokossianArchbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
10 Jun67.5Hermann Bücking, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Togo
10 Jun84.0Jacques Reelick, S.C.I. †Prefect Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Jun68.8James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
19 Jun71.3Giovanni VolpiBishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
27 Jul69.3Alfredo Peri-MorosiniApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
30 Jul71.9Christophe-Louis LégasseBishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
2 Aug72.2José Clos y Pagés, S.J. †Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
6 Aug62.4George Albert GuertinBishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
12 Aug77.5Jean Chrysostome Bigel, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
25 Aug75.8Sébastien HerscherBishop Emeritus of Langres, France
7 Sep63.8Victor Arrién (Arrieu)Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Sep80.7Francesco RagonesiCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
21 Sep61.1Thomas DunnBishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
21 Sep84.5Karol Józef FischerAuxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
28 Sep57.1Johannes HillebrandAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
28 Sep63.2József Lányi de KésmarkBishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
5 Oct69.6Timothy CaseyArchbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
6 Oct86.7Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. †Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en Espańa)
11 Oct61.7Ferenc GossmanAuxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
14 Oct56.9Teodoro Gordaliza y Sánchez, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
19 Oct66.4Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
28 Oct68.8Antônio Malan, S.D.B. †Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
5 Nov66.5St. Guido Maria ConfortiBishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
11 Nov63.2Léon Delaval, C.S.Sp. †Prefect of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
16 Nov63.7Jean Ogé, S.M.A. †Prefect of Liberia, Liberia
26 Nov45.2Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
27 Nov76.6Jean-Marie BourchanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
28 Nov77.1Franz Borgia SedejArchbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
29 Nov75.6Jean Victor Émile ChesnelongArchbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
30 Nov74.4Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
7 Dec67.2Karl FritzArchbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
8 Dec47.2Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
15 Dec76.2Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII TerzianPatriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
18 Dec85.9Louis Billot, S.J. †Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Dec84.3Gustave-Joseph WaffelaertBishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
24 Dec88.0Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Dec64.1Luigi ScaranoBishop of Tivoli, Italy
26 Dec82.8Domenico MannaioliBishop Emeritus of Montefiascone, Italy

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