Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1942

Newly Elected Bishops (58)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ItalyBishop Antonino Catarella

former Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

1942.01.101942.03.08
BrazilBishop Antônio Zattera

former Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

1942.01.311942.05.31
ColombiaArchbishop Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón

former Bishop of Jericó (Colombia)

1942.02.071942.04.12
IcelandBishop Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland)

1942.02.231943.07.07
AustraliaBishop Alfred Joseph Gummer

former Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

1942.02.241942.03.19
MadagascarBishop Édouard Rostaing, M.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1942.02.241942.05.27
VietnamBishop Santos Ubierna, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

1942.02.241942.09.21
BoliviaBishop Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1942.02.251942.06.29
SpainBishop Daniel Llorente y Federico

former Bishop of Segovia (Spain)

1942.03.121942.05.24
RomaniaBlessed Bishop János Scheffler

former Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

1942.03.261942.05.17
SpainBishop Eduardo Martinez González

former Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

1942.03.291942.06.29
BrazilBishop Florêncio Sisínio Vieira

former Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil)

1942.04.111942.08.02
ItalyArchbishop Tommaso Leonetti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1942.04.141942.05.31
Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop Petar Čule

former Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1942.04.151942.10.04
NamibiaBishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

1942.04.211942.06.29
USABishop Augustine Danglmayr

former Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA)

1942.04.241942.10.07
Northern IrelandCardinal John Francis d’Alton

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

1942.04.251942.06.29
GermanyCardinal Joseph Frings

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

1942.05.011942.06.21
NetherlandsArchbishop Willem Pieter Adrian Maria Mutsaerts

former Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

1942.05.021942.06.29
CroatiaBishop Giovanni Simrak (Croatian Rite)

former Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

1942.05.091942.08.16
AustriaArchbishop Mesrop Habozian, C.M.V. (Armenian Rite)

former Superior General of Congregation of the Mechitarists of Vienna

1942.05.091942.09.13
MaltaBishop Emanuele Galea

former Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1942.06.091942.07.05
ChinaBishop Philip Silvester Wang Tao-nan (王道南), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

1942.06.091942.09.20
FranceBishop Marie-Georges Petit

former Bishop of Verdun (France)

1942.06.201942.10.01
ColombiaArchbishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia)

1942.06.231942.08.16
ItalyBishop Luigi Rosa

former Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy)

1942.06.231942.08.23
ColombiaBishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal

former Bishop of Garzón–Neiva (Colombia)

1942.06.241942.08.16
ColombiaBishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

1942.06.261942.08.16
ItalyBishop Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. Cas.

former Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

1942.06.301942.08.02
ItalyBishop Carlo Allorio

former Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

1942.07.051942.08.23
BulgariaBishop Ivan Romanoff

former Vicar Apostolic of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

1942.07.061942.10.04
USAArchbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

1942.07.061942.10.22
BulgariaBishop Ivan Garufaloff, C.R. (Bulgarian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1942.07.061942.11.01
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Rossini

former Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1942.07.181942.08.24
CanadaArchbishop Norbert Robichaud

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

1942.07.251942.09.08
CanadaBishop Camille-André LeBlanc

former Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

1942.07.251942.09.08
ItalyArchbishop Costantino Stella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1942.08.241942.10.28
BrazilBishop João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Barra (Brazil)

1942.08.241942.11.15
ItalyBishop Francesco Orlando

former Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

1942.09.041942.10.18
HungaryBishop Jozsef Pétery

former Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

1942.09.241942.11.08
MacauBishop João de Deus Ramalho (羅若望), S.J.

former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1942.09.241942.12.13
El SalvadorBishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I.

former Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

1942.09.251942.11.15
El SalvadorBishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar

former Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

1942.09.251942.11.15
HaitiBishop Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti)

1942.09.301942.11.21
FranceBishop Georges-Clément-Joseph-Édouard Jacquin

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1942.10.071942.12.08
South KoreaArchbishop Paul Marie Ro Ki-nam (노기남 바오로 / 盧基南)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

1942.11.101942.12.20
South KoreaBishop Irenaeus Hayasaka (하야사카 이레네오)

former Titular Bishop of Sufes

former Apostolic Administrator of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

1942.11.101942.12.25
USAArchbishop Martin John O’Connor

former President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

1942.11.141943.01.27
USAArchbishop Leo Binz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1942.11.211942.12.21
USABishop John Joseph Boylan

former Bishop of Rockford (USA)

1942.11.211943.02.17
MexicoArchbishop Fortino Gómez León

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

1942.11.211943.02.24
SyriaArchbishop François Ayoub (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)

1942.11.281943.02.14
CanadaBishop Georges-Léon Pelletier

former Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

1942.12.051943.02.24
AustraliaArchbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy

former Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

1942.12.171943.03.07
CanadaBishop Marc Lacroix, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Churchill–Baie d’Hudson (Canada)

1942.12.181943.02.22
SpainArchbishop Rafael García y García de Castro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

1942.12.291943.03.07
SpainBishop Emeterio Echeverria Barrena

former Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

1942.12.291943.03.28
SpainBishop Ramon Iglésias i Navarri

former Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

1942.12.291943.04.04

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