Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1947

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Bishops (131)ElectedConsecratedAscending
NicaraguaBishop Octavio José Calderón y Padilla

former Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

1946.06.131947.01.26
AlgeriaCardinal Léon-Étienne Duval

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

1946.11.031947.02.11
AustraliaBishop Bernard Denis Stewart

former Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

1946.12.121947.02.11
CameroonBishop Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

1946.12.121947.02.16
IndiaBishop Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Lucknow (India)

1946.12.121947.02.16
BrazilCardinal Alfredo Vicente Scherer

former Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora de La Salette

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

1946.06.131947.02.23
ItalyBishop Luigi Cammarata

former Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

1946.12.041947.03.02
PolandBishop Franciszek Jedwabski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

1946.12.121947.03.02
MoroccoArchbishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco)

1947.02.061947.03.02
PolandBishop Karol Pekala

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

1946.12.141947.03.16
ItalyBishop Secondo Chiocca

former Bishop of Foligno (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy)

1947.01.181947.03.16
South AfricaArchbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

1946.12.121947.03.19
UgandaArchbishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rubaga (Uganda)

1947.01.091947.03.19
ItalyCardinal Giacomo Lercaro

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

1947.01.311947.03.19
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
USABishop Allen James Babcock

former Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

1947.02.151947.03.25
FranceBishop Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Prado

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1947.02.171947.03.25
LebanonArchbishop Basile Khoury, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1947.03.151947.03.25
PolandBishop Paolo Ceslao Rydzewski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

1946.12.061947.04.13
ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Pollio (陽霖), P.I.M.E.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy)

former Bishop of Campagna (Italy)

1946.12.121947.04.13
PolandBishop Michał Klepacz

former Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1946.12.201947.04.13
ItalyBishop Domenico Savarese

former Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy)

1947.01.111947.04.13
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Melas

former Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

1947.01.311947.04.13
ChinaBishop Leopoldo Brellinger (凌安瀾), S.J.

former Bishop of Jingxian 景縣 (China)

1947.01.091947.04.20
GermanyBishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler

former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1947.02.081947.04.20
USABishop Joseph Carroll McCormick

former Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1947.01.111947.04.23
BangladeshArchbishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

1947.02.131947.04.23
USABishop Mark Kenny Carroll

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1947.02.151947.04.23
MadagascarBishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1947.02.131947.04.27
USAArchbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

1947.03.101947.04.30
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

1946.10.291947.05.01
FranceBishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard

former Bishop of Soissons (France)

1947.02.171947.05.01
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.

former Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.03.131947.05.01
USABishop Floyd Lawrence Begin

former Bishop of Oakland (USA)

1947.03.221947.05.01
IrelandBishop James Fergus

former Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

1947.02.151947.05.04
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
FranceBishop Albert-Paul Droulers

former Bishop of Amiens (France)

1947.02.171947.05.06
SlovakiaBlessed Bishop Vasil Hopko (Slovak Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

1946.11.091947.05.11
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
MadagascarBishop Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

1947.02.131947.05.25
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
JapanBishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎)

former Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

1947.03.251947.05.27
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

1947.02.131947.05.29
SingaporeArchbishop Michel Olçomendy (奧爾科曼迪), M.E.P.

former Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore)

1947.01.211947.06.01
MoroccoArchbishop Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco)

1947.04.101947.06.01
BrazilBishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

1947.03.221947.06.05
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Taffi

former Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis

1947.05.141947.06.08
Congo-KinshasaBishop René van Heusden, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.02.131947.06.11
SpainBishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain)

1947.04.021947.06.22
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
BrazilBishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves

former Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

1947.03.291947.06.29
SudanBishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid (Sudan)

1947.05.081947.06.29
IrelandBishop John Anthony Kyne

former Bishop of Meath (Ireland)

1947.05.171947.06.29
ItalyBishop Pasquale Quaremba

former Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

1947.03.101947.06.30
SpainCardinal Ángel Herrera Oria

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria

former Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

1947.04.241947.06.30
ItalyBishop Alberico Semeraro

former Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1947.05.011947.06.30
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
FranceBishop Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1947.04.191947.07.01
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
USACardinal John Patrick Cody

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

1947.05.141947.07.02
FranceBishop André-Pierre-François Fauvel

former Bishop of Quimper (France)

1947.04.241947.07.03
ColombiaBishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy (Colombia)

1947.06.121947.07.06
SpainBishop Alfonso Ródenas García

former Bishop of Almería (Spain)

1947.04.241947.07.13
IndiaArchbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

1947.04.101947.07.16
GreeceBishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J.

former Bishop of Syros (Greece)

former Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

1947.02.221947.07.20
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

1947.05.101947.07.20
LatviaBishop Kazimirs Dulbinskis

former Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

1946.07.191947.07.25
LatviaBishop Peters Strods

former Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

1946.07.191947.07.25
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

1947.04.101947.07.25
PhilippinesArchbishop Juan C. Sison

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

1947.05.101947.07.25
EnglandArchbishop Francis Joseph Grimshaw

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Birmingham (England)

1947.06.021947.07.25
EnglandBishop George Laurence Craven

former Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1947.06.141947.07.25
PolandBishop Zdzislaw Golinski

former Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1947.03.281947.08.03
SpainBishop Aurelio del Pino Gómez

former Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

1947.04.241947.08.03
USABishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S.

former Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

1947.06.071947.08.06
KenyaBishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C.

former Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)

1947.06.191947.08.15
CzechiaBishop Joseph Hlouch

former Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

1947.06.251947.08.15
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1947.06.121947.08.22
GreeceArchbishop Marco Sigala

former Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

1947.05.291947.08.24
USABishop Roman Richard Atkielski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

1947.08.021947.08.28
IndonesiaBishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

1947.07.101947.08.31
NigeriaBishop James Moynagh, S.P.S.

former Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

1947.06.121947.09.07
SwedenBishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C.

former Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

1947.08.111947.09.08
South AfricaBishop Aurelian Bilgeri, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Eshowe (South Africa)

1947.06.121947.09.14
USABishop Thomas John McDonnell

former Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

1947.07.021947.09.15
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
SpainBishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres

former Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

1947.04.281947.09.21
EcuadorBishop Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro

former Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

1947.05.301947.09.21
Sri LankaBishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J.

former Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka)

1947.07.101947.09.21
FranceBishop Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech

former Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

1947.06.071947.09.24
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
ThailandBishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

1947.04.101947.10.03
ThailandBishop Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok (Thailand)

1947.07.101947.10.05
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 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
MauritiusBishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

1947.03.131947.10.12
USABishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller

former Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

1947.08.201947.10.16
New ZealandCardinal Thomas Peter McKeefry

former Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

1947.06.121947.10.19
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
ChinaBishop Johann Werner Lesinski (雷新基), O.P.

former Bishop of Changting 長汀 (China)

1947.05.081947.10.26
MexicoArchbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1947.08.021947.10.26
ColombiaBishop Emilio Botero González

former Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1947.08.301947.10.26
IraqArchbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin

former Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

1947.06.071947.10.28
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
GermanyBishop Michael Keller

former Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1947.07.191947.10.28
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
PeruBishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Huacho (Peru)

1947.09.051947.11.09
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
GermanyBishop Ferdinand Dirichs

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1947.09.241947.11.21
ItalyArchbishop Lorenzo Gargiulo

former Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1947.10.041947.11.23
FranceBishop Felix Guiller

former Bishop of Pamiers (France)

1947.09.291947.11.27
ItalyArchbishop Sebastiano Fraghí

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

1947.09.231947.12.08
FranceArchbishop Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

1947.10.231947.12.08
GabonArchbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon)

1947.07.101947.12.09
EgyptBishop Alexandros Scandar (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

1947.08.091947.12.14
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
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