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The Year of Our Lord 1955

Necrology


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DateAgeBishopTitle
unknownJoseph du Bouchet, S.J. †Prefect of Fort-Lamy, Chad
unknownAndrea Cikoto, M.I.C. †Exarch of Harbin [Harbin] (Byzantine), China
unknownFrancis Xavier Ichitaro IdeguchiPrefect of Kagoshima, Japan
8 Jan56.7James ColbertVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
18 Jan60.8Severios Giuseppe ValakuzhyilBishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
19 Jan77.2Anton ScharnaglAuxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
28 JanPietro DemaTitular Bishop of Apollonias
3 Feb69.6Paul-Ernest-Anastase ForgetBishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
4 Feb69.0Jules Halbert, S. M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Feb82.5Luis Adriano Díaz MeloBishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
2 Mar82.6Virgile-Joseph BéguinArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
25 Mar67.6Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire
29 Mar73.6Joseph Otto KolbArchbishop of Bamberg, Germany
30 Mar78.3Emanuele Mendes da Conceição SantosArchbishop of Évora, Portugal
5 Apr76.0Jorge García CabalierosBishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
14 Apr70.7Henry Vincent MarshallBishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
15 Apr47.5Santos Ubierna, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
27 Apr77.8Francesco BerettiOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other
8 May81.5Louis Rhéaume, O.M.I. †Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
12 May81.3Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Goiás, Brazil
19 May91.8Antonio Pietro AridaPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
27 May75.0Severino Vieira de MeloArchbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
30 May84.5Rigoberto Domenech y VallsArchbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
11 Jun67.7Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
14 Jun79.0Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
19 Jun79.4Romualdo JalbrzykowskiArchbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
20 Jun76.5André Arcoverde de Albuquerque CavalcantiBishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Jun51.7Jean Baptiste Dieter, S. M. †Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
27 Jul70.2Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
27 Jul85.2Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †Bishop of Vic, Spain
10 Aug68.2Jorge Antonio Larraín CotaposBishop of Chillán, Chile
10 Aug71.9Louis LiagreBishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
13 Aug67.9Mario VianelloArchbishop of Perugia, Italy
22 Aug65.2Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. †Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
8 Sep70.0Johannes de JongCardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
8 Sep78.8Joseph Edward McCarthyBishop of Portland, Maine, USA
9 Sep76.6Lucas Guillermo Castillo HernándezArchbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
9 Sep61.0Thomas John Feeney, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
14 Sep85.5Arthur BéliveauArchbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
25 Sep76.7Charles Daniel WhiteBishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
3 Oct51.9Domenico SavareseBishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
6 Oct53.8John Riegler, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
9 Oct79.8Theodor InnitzerCardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
15 Oct79.0Serafín María Armora y GonzálezBishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
17 Oct51.7Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. †Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
25 Oct96.0Michael FogartyBishop of Killaloe, Ireland
14 Nov83.8Nicola DobrecicArchbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
16 Nov71.4Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B. †Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
22 Nov83.8Thomas ShineBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
23 Nov78.7Hermann Wilhelm BerningBishop of Osnabrück, Germany
24 Nov75.2Leopoldo Díaz y EscuderoBishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
24 Nov79.6Michael Wasaburo UrakawaBishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
30 Nov70.9Jean El-HageArchbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
3 Dec84.6Marcellino António Maria FrancoBishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
12 Dec79.9Giovanni Claudel, C.SS.R. †Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
17 Dec76.7Francesco Tiburzio Roche, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
27 Dec57.5Hugh John O'NeillCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Dunedin, New Zealand

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