Deceased Cardinals

a.d. 1940 – 1949

Date of DeathAscendingDeceased Cardinals (35)
1940.04.09FranceCardinal Jean Verdier, P.S.S. († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1929.12.19 – 1940.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1929.11.18 – 1940.04.09)

1940.08.22SpainCardinal Isidro Gomá y Tomás († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1935.12.19 – 1940.08.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1933.04.12 – 1940.08.22)

1941.03.11GermanyCardinal Karl Joseph Schulte († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1921.03.10 – 1941.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1920.03.08 – 1941.03.11)

1941.04.21CzechiaCardinal Karel Boromejský Kašpar († 70)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1935.12.19 – 1941.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1931.10.22 – 1941.04.21)

1941.10.08ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Lauri († 76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1927.06.23 – 1941.10.08)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1927.07.31 – 1941.10.08)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1939.12.11 – 1941.10.08)

1942.02.26ItalyCardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. († 79)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1929.07.15 – 1942.02.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso in commendum (1933.03.13 – 1942.02.26)

Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery (1933.03.13 – 1942.02.26)

1942.05.19FranceCardinal Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1935.12.19 – 1942.05.19)

1942.10.17BrazilCardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1930.07.03 – 1942.10.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1930.04.18 – 1942.10.17)

1943.03.17EnglandCardinal Arthur Hinsley († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1937.12.16 – 1943.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) (1935.04.01 – 1943.03.17)

1943.03.29ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1937.12.16 – 1943.03.29)

1943.04.11ItalyCardinal Federico Cattani Amadori († 86)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1935.12.19 – 1943.04.11)

Secretary emeritus of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.16)

1943.09.13SpainCardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1921.06.16 – 1943.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1919.05.07 – 1943.09.13)

1943.11.04ItalyCardinal Vincenzo La Puma († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1935.12.19 – 1943.11.04)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1935.12.31 – 1943.11.04)

1943.11.25ItalyCardinal Carlo Cremonesi († 77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1935.12.19 – 1943.11.25)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) (1926.03.21 – 1927.12.19)

Almoner of His Holiness emeritus of Office of Papal Charities (1921.12.29 – 1935.12.16)

1944.04.22USACardinal William Henry O’Connell († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1911.11.30 – 1944.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1907.08.31 – 1944.04.22)

1944.08.22ItalyCardinal Luigi Maglione († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1936.06.18 – 1944.08.22)

Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)

1945.03.29HungaryCardinal Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. († 60)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1927.12.22 – 1945.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1927.11.30 – 1945.03.29)

1945.07.06PolandCardinal Adolf Bertram († 86)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1919.12.18 – 1945.07.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06)

1945.10.13Northern IrelandCardinal Joseph MacRory († 84)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1929.12.19 – 1945.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1928.06.22 – 1945.10.13)

1946.01.31ItalyCardinal Pietro Boetto, S.J. († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1938.03.18 – 1946.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1938.03.17 – 1946.01.31)

1946.03.09USACardinal John Joseph Glennon († 83)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1946.02.22 – 1946.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1903.10.13 – 1946.03.09)

1946.03.22GermanyBlessed Cardinal Clemens August von Galen († 68)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1946.02.22 – 1946.03.22)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1933.09.05 – 1946.03.22)

1946.05.20ItalyCardinal Enrico Gasparri († 74)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1933.10.16 – 1946.05.20)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1933.05.18 – 1946.05.20)

1946.10.08SpainCardinal Agustín Parrado García († 74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1946.02.22 – 1946.10.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1934.04.04 – 1946.10.08)

1946.11.12ItalyCardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni († 69)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1935.12.19 – 1946.11.12)

Master of Papal Chamber emeritus of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1921.06.16 – 1935.12.16)

1947.01.17CanadaCardinal Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. († 63)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1933.03.16 – 1947.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1931.12.11 – 1947.01.17)

1947.10.24ItalyCardinal Carlo Salotti († 77)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1939.12.11 – 1947.10.24)

Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites (1938.09.14 – 1947.10.24)

1947.12.10FranceCardinal Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1946.02.22 – 1947.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1936.08.07 – 1947.12.10)

1948.02.16ItalyCardinal Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte († 96)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1930.07.09 – 1948.02.16)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1915.12.06 – 1948.02.16)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies (1930.07.14 – 1948.02.16)

1948.08.04ItalyCardinal Enrico Sibilia († 86)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1939.12.11 – 1948.08.04)

1948.09.16SpainCardinal Manuel Arce y Ochotorena († 69)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1946.02.22 – 1948.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1944.03.29 – 1948.09.16)

1948.09.17ItalyCardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. († 71)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1930.07.03 – 1948.09.17)

Bishop emeritus of Volterra (Italy) (1920.04.22 – 1923.06.07)

Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) (1930 – 1948.09.17)

Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1930.07.04 – 1948.09.17)

1948.10.22PolandVenerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B. († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1927.12.22 – 1948.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1946.06.13 – 1948.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1926.06.24 – 1948.10.22)

1949.05.30FranceCardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard († 75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1935.12.19 – 1949.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1940.05.11 – 1949.05.30)

1949.11.03ItalyCardinal Francesco Marmaggi († 79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1936.01.04 – 1949.11.03)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1939.03.14 – 1949.11.03)

See Also

Cardinals by Consistory

Cardinals by Name

Cardinals by Religious Order

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