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The Year of Our Lord 1940

Necrology


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DateAgeBishopTitle
3 Jan65.0José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y RodríguezArchbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
4 Jan62.8St. Manuel González y GarcíaBishop of Palencia, Spain
9 Jan72.9Fernando Taddei, C.M. †Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
12 Jan76.4John MarchBishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
14 Jan78.5John Henry TihenBishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
29 Jan69.2Charles-Antonelli LamarcheBishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
30 Jan83.7Pierre-Célestin CézeracArchbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
30 Jan82.8Gustave-Lazare GarnierBishop of Luçon, France
31 Jan64.1Justí Guitart y VilardebóBishop of Urgell, Spain
1 Feb73.3Jules-Elmire Douénel, M.E.P. †Prefect Emeritus of Sikkim, India
7 Feb86.5Paul NègreAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (-Vabres), France
9 Feb67.7Edward Joseph ByrneArchbishop of Dublin, Ireland
9 Feb91.0Joseph RumeauBishop of Angers, France
10 Feb69.6Paulin LadeuzeTitular Bishop of Tiberias
12 Feb76.0Hyacinthe-Jean ChassagnonBishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
15 Feb46.3Abraham Elias, C.M. †Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
16 Feb70.8Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
16 Feb75.0Kazimierz Mikolaj MichalkiewiczAuxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
17 Feb90.3Epifan Šanov (Scianow)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Macedonia (Thessalonika) (Bulgarian)
19 Feb72.6Ettore FronziArchbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
28 Feb58.1Emmanuel Hanisch, C.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa
8 Mar90.0Michael KellyArchbishop of Sydney, Australia
14 Mar69.0Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
18 Mar75.4Gusztáv Károly MajláthBishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
2 Apr37.6René de PontesBishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Apr76.1Jean Verdier, P.S.S. †Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
14 Apr70.4Nicola ColaBishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
14 Apr65.5Dionýz NjaradiBishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
19 Apr88.2Hugh McSherryVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
21 Apr67.0Giuseppe MarcozziBishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
24 Apr60.8Roberto NogaraArchbishop of Cosenza, Italy
2 May65.5Šimon BártaBishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
12 May53.7Stefan WalczykiewiczAuxiliary Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
16 May80.8Teotónio Emanuel Ribeiro Vieira de CastroArchbishop of Goa e Damão, India
17 May74.8Albino PellaBishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
22 May74.7Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent ForbesArchbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
25 May63.6Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Sinyangchow, China
29 May72.2Tomás Gregorio CamachoBishop of Salto, Uruguay
29 May72.3Valentin WojciechAuxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
6 Jun79.9John Pius Dowling, O.P. †Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
10 Jun81.4Louis Joseph LegraiveAuxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
15 Jun73.5Melquisedec del Canto TeránBishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
20 Jun72.8Giovanni Giuseppe Santini, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Zama Major
23 Jun65.9Alphonse-Emmanuel DeschampsAuxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
28 Jun72.8Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Changteh [Changde], China
1 Jul67.7John TchangPrefect of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
16 Jul73.5Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam
19 Jul63.2José Aníbal Verdaguer y CorominasBishop of Mendoza, Argentina
21 Jul77.6Ernest Frans Geurts, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Yüngpingfu, China
22 Jul75.3Franz FellingerAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
30 Jul75.3Jonas de Araújo BatingaBishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
6 Aug67.5Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan
13 Aug71.7Patrick Joseph BarryBishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
17 Aug75.7Henri Lécroart, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sienhsien [Xianxian] (Siensien), China
22 Aug70.6Isidro Gomá y TomásCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
26 Aug68.8Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania
29 Aug75.6Joseph Heintz, C.Ss.R. †Prefect Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Aug68.8Georges GauthierArchbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
3 Sep56.1Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †Prefect of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
4 Sep82.2Palmyre-Georges JansooneAuxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
8 Sep86.2Leonard BrindisiArchbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
8 Sep77.9Arthur Jerome DrossaertsArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
15 Sep67.6Patrick CaseyBishop of Ross, Ireland
22 Sep67.0Joaquim Ferreira de MeloBishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 Sep60.1István BreyerBishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
22 Oct77.0Augustin-Joseph-Marie SimeoneBishop of Fréjus, France
24 Oct73.8William Timothy CotterBishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
25 Oct63.5Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
29 Oct74.6Celestino EndriciArchbishop of Trento, Italy
30 Oct65.6Grégoire HaggiarBishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
7 Nov79.0Maximiliano Crespo RiveraArchbishop of Popayán, Colombia
9 Nov64.0Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
10 Dec79.8Thomas Francis HickeyBishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
21 Dec84.3Tommaso TrussoniArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, Italy

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