Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1947

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Newly Elected Bishops (135)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
BrazilBishop José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

19471948.02.01
UgandaArchbishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda)

1947.01.091947.03.19
ChinaBishop Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J.

former Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China)

1947.01.091947.04.20
ItalyBishop Domenico Savarese

former Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

1947.01.111947.04.13
USABishop Joseph Carroll McCormick

former Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1947.01.111947.04.23
ItalyBishop Secondo Chiocca

former Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

1947.01.181947.03.16
MalaysiaBishop James Buis, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

1947.01.181952.05.01
SingaporeArchbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P.

former Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

1947.01.211947.06.01
ItalyCardinal Giacomo Lercaro

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

1947.01.311947.03.19
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Melas

former Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

1947.01.311947.04.13
MoroccoArchbishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

1947.02.061947.03.02
EnglandArchbishop Joseph Masterson

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

1947.02.081947.03.19
WalesBishop John Edward Petit

former Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

1947.02.081947.03.25
GermanyBishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler

former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1947.02.081947.04.20
BangladeshArchbishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

1947.02.131947.04.23
MadagascarBishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1947.02.131947.04.27
MadagascarBishop Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

1947.02.131947.05.25
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

1947.02.131947.05.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop René van Heusden, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.02.131947.06.11
USABishop Allen James Babcock

former Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

1947.02.151947.03.25
USABishop Mark Kenny Carroll

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1947.02.151947.04.23
IrelandBishop James Fergus

former Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

1947.02.151947.05.04
FranceBishop Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Prado

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1947.02.171947.03.25
FranceBishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard

former Bishop of Soissons (France)

1947.02.171947.05.01
FranceBishop Albert-Paul Droulers

former Bishop of Amiens (France)

1947.02.171947.05.06
IraqPatriarch Paul II Cheikho (Chaldean Rite)

former Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1947.02.221947.05.04
IraqArchbishop Raphael Rabban (Chaldean Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1947.02.221947.05.04
IraqBishop Etienne Katcho (Chaldean Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1947.02.221947.05.04
GreeceBishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J.

former Bishop of Syros (Greece)

former Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

1947.02.221947.07.20
USAArchbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

1947.03.101947.04.30
MexicoBishop José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla

former Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

1947.03.101947.05.25
ItalyBishop Paolo Rota

former Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

1947.03.101947.05.25
ItalyBishop Pasquale Quaremba

former Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

1947.03.101947.06.30
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.

former Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.03.131947.05.01
South AfricaBishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa)

1947.03.131947.05.15
IndonesiaBishop Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Manado (Indonesia)

1947.03.131947.05.15
MauritiusBishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

1947.03.131947.10.12
LebanonArchbishop Basile Khoury, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1947.03.151947.03.25
USABishop Floyd Lawrence Begin

former Bishop of Oakland (USA)

1947.03.221947.05.01
BrazilBishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

1947.03.221947.06.05
JapanBishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎)

former Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

1947.03.251947.05.27
PolandBishop Zdzislaw Golinski

former Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1947.03.281947.08.03
BrazilBishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves

former Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

1947.03.291947.06.29
SpainBishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

1947.04.021947.06.22
MoroccoArchbishop Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

1947.04.101947.06.01
IndiaArchbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

1947.04.101947.07.16
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.04.101947.07.25
ThailandBishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

1947.04.101947.10.03
FranceBishop Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1947.04.191947.07.01
SpainCardinal Ángel Herrera Oria

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria

former Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

1947.04.241947.06.30
FranceBishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel

former Bishop of Quimper (France)

1947.04.241947.07.03
SpainBishop Alfonso Ródenas García

former Bishop of Almería (Spain)

1947.04.241947.07.13
SpainBishop Aurelio del Pino Gómez

former Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

1947.04.241947.08.03
FranceCardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

former President of Pontifical Council for Culture

1947.04.271947.06.24
SpainBishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres

former Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

1947.04.281947.09.21
ItalyBishop Alberico Semeraro

former Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1947.05.011947.06.30
SudanBishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid (Sudan)

1947.05.081947.06.29
ChinaBishop Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P.

former Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China)

1947.05.081947.10.26
USACardinal John Joseph Wright

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

former Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Clergy

1947.05.101947.06.30
USABishop James Edward McManus, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1947.05.101947.07.01
USAArchbishop James Joseph Byrne

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

1947.05.101947.07.02
USABishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1947.05.101947.07.02
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

1947.05.101947.07.20
PhilippinesArchbishop Juan C. Sison

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

1947.05.101947.07.25
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Taffi

former Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis

1947.05.141947.06.08
USACardinal John Patrick Cody

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

1947.05.141947.07.02
IrelandBishop John Anthony Kyne

former Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

1947.05.171947.06.29
GreeceArchbishop Marco Sigala

former Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

1947.05.291947.08.24
EcuadorBishop Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro

former Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

1947.05.301947.09.21
EnglandArchbishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

1947.06.021947.07.25
USABishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S.

former Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

1947.06.071947.08.06
FranceBishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech

former Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

1947.06.071947.09.24
IraqArchbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin

former Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

1947.06.071947.10.28
ColombiaBishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

1947.06.121947.07.06
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1947.06.121947.08.22
NigeriaBishop James Moynagh, S.P.S.

former Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

1947.06.121947.09.07
South AfricaBishop Aurelian Bilgeri, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa)

1947.06.121947.09.14
FranceArchbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. ▼

former Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle (France)

former Superior General of Society of Saint Pius X

1947.06.121947.09.18
New ZealandCardinal Thomas Peter McKeefry

former Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

1947.06.121947.10.19
PakistanBishop Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

1947.06.121947.10.28
IndiaBishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J.

former Bishop of Patna (India)

1947.06.121947.10.28
EnglandBishop George Laurence Craven

former Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1947.06.141947.07.25
KenyaBishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C.

former Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)

1947.06.191947.08.15
BrazilBishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P.

former Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1947.06.191948.01.04
CzechiaBishop Joseph Hlouch

former Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

1947.06.251947.08.15
USABishop Thomas John McDonnell

former Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

1947.07.021947.09.15
IndonesiaBishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

1947.07.101947.08.31
Sri LankaBishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J.

former Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

1947.07.101947.09.21
ThailandBishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand)

1947.07.101947.10.05
GabonArchbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon)

1947.07.101947.12.09
GermanyBishop Michael Keller

former Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1947.07.191947.10.28
PakistanBishop Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M.

former Bishop of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

1947.07.241947.10.07
BulgariaBlessed Bishop Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P.

former Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1947.07.261947.10.07
NetherlandsBishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen

former Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

1947.07.261947.10.07
USABishop Roman Richard Atkielski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

1947.08.021947.08.28
ScotlandBishop John Alexander Matheson

former Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

1947.08.021947.09.24
USABishop Hubert Michael Newell

former Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

1947.08.021947.09.24
USABishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe

former Bishop of Fresno (USA)

1947.08.021947.10.07
USABishop James Aloysius McNulty

former Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

1947.08.021947.10.07
MexicoArchbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1947.08.021947.10.26
USABishop Louis Abel Caillouet

former Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)

1947.08.021947.10.28
FranceBishop Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen (France)

1947.08.091947.10.28
EgyptBishop Alexandros Scandar (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

1947.08.091947.12.14
EgyptCardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss (Coptic Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

1947.08.091948.01.25
SwedenBishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C.

former Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

1947.08.111947.09.08
PhilippinesCardinal Rufino Jiao Santos

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

former Military Vicar of Philippines (Philippines)

1947.08.191947.10.24
USABishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller

former Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

1947.08.201947.10.16
ColombiaBishop Emilio Botero González

former Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1947.08.301947.10.26
PeruBishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Huacho (Peru)

1947.09.051947.11.09
ItalyArchbishop Sebastiano Fraghí

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

1947.09.231947.12.08
GermanyBishop Ferdinand Dirichs

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1947.09.241947.11.21
CzechiaCardinal Stepán Tróchta, S.D.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title

former Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

1947.09.271947.11.16
FranceBishop Henri-René-Adrien Brault

former Bishop of Saint-Dié (France)

1947.09.291947.11.18
FranceBishop Felix Guiller

former Bishop of Pamiers (France)

1947.09.291947.11.27
ItalyArchbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo

former Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1947.10.041947.11.23
FranceArchbishop Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

1947.10.231947.12.08
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Anton Durcovici

former Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

1947.10.301948.04.05
FranceBishop André-Gustave-Émile Leclerc

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1947.11.081947.12.22
ItalyBishop Filippo Jacolino

former Bishop of Trapani (Italy)

1947.11.101947.12.28
ItalyArchbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P.

former Archbishop of Barletta (Italy)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1947.11.101948.01.04
TanzaniaBishop Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania)

1947.11.131948.03.11
VenezuelaBishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo

former Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

1947.11.261948.06.27
USACardinal Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

1947.11.271948.01.14
USABishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste

former Bishop of Belleville (USA)

1947.11.291948.01.29
USABishop Wendelin Joseph Nold

former Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1947.11.291948.02.25
USABishop Louis Joseph Reicher

former Bishop of Austin (USA)

1947.11.291948.04.14
CanadaArchbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

1947.12.041948.04.14
BrazilBishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

1947.12.131948.02.08
AlgeriaBishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier

former Bishop of Constantine (Algeria)

1947.12.131948.03.06
ItalyBishop Francesco Bottino

former Auxiliary Bishop of Torino (Italy)

1947.12.131948.03.07
BrazilBishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Palmas (Brazil)

1947.12.131948.03.14
BrazilBishop Manoel Könner, S.V.D.

former Bishop-Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

1947.12.131948.03.19
ItalyBishop Benigno Carrara

former Bishop of Imola (Italy)

1947.12.201948.02.01
FranceBishop Jean Duperray

former Bishop of Montpellier (France)

1947.12.201948.02.25
BrazilBishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

1947.12.201948.03.07
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