Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1948

Bishops (138)ElectedConsecratedAscending
BrazilBishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P.

former Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1947.06.191948.01.04
ItalyArchbishop Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, O.P.

former Archbishop of Barletta (Italy)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1947.11.101948.01.04
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
EgyptCardinal Stephanos I Sidarouss (Coptic Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

1947.08.091948.01.25
USABishop Albert Rudolph Zuroweste

former Bishop of Belleville (USA)

1947.11.291948.01.29
BrazilBishop José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

19471948.02.01
ItalyBishop Benigno Carrara

former Bishop of Imola (Italy)

1947.12.201948.02.01
BrazilBishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

1947.12.131948.02.08
USABishop Wendelin Joseph Nold

former Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1947.11.291948.02.25
FranceBishop Jean Duperray

former Bishop of Montpellier (France)

1947.12.201948.02.25
WalesArchbishop John Aloysius Murphy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

1948.02.071948.02.25
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 Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

1947.12.201948.03.07
ChinaBishop Peter Wang Mu-duo (王木鐸)

former Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

1948.01.081948.03.07
IrelandBishop Joseph Rodgers

former Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

1948.01.101948.03.07
BelgiumBishop Karel-Justien Calewaert

former Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

1948.01.281948.03.08
TanzaniaBishop Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bubuka (Tanzania)

1947.11.131948.03.11
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
BrazilBishop Manoel Pedro da Cunha Cintra

former Bishop of Petrópolis (Brazil)

1948.01.031948.03.28
PolandBishop Bernard Czapliński

former Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

1948.01.201948.04.04
AustraliaBishop John Toohey

former Bishop of Maitland (Australia)

1948.03.111948.04.04
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Anton Durcovici

former Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

1947.10.301948.04.05
USABishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J.

former Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

1948.01.081948.04.05
AustraliaArchbishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien

former Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

1948.02.051948.04.06
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
CanadaBishop Édouard Jetté

former Auxiliary Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

1948.01.031948.04.14
ScotlandBishop James Black

former Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

1948.02.281948.04.14
Congo-KinshasaBishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1948.07.081948.04.14
PolandBishop Marian Jankowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

1948.01.191948.04.18
Cook IslandsBishop John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC.

former Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands (Cook Islands)

1948.02.121948.04.18
ScotlandBishop Edward Wilson Douglas

former Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

1948.02.071948.04.21
AustraliaBishop Edward John Doody

former Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

1948.03.111948.04.22
ItalyBishop Antonio Tedde

former Bishop of Terralba (Italy)

former Bishop of Ales (Italy)

1948.02.051948.04.25
NigeriaBishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

1948.02.121948.04.25
BrazilBishop Ruy Serra

former Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

1948.02.131948.05.01
BrazilArchbishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

1948.01.101948.05.02
PortugalBishop António Ferreira Gomes

former Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

1948.01.151948.05.02
CzechiaArchbishop Josef Karel Matocha

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

1948.03.231948.05.02
LithuaniaBishop Władysław Suszyński

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1948.01.191948.05.09
USABishop Edward Celestin Daly, O.P.

former Bishop of Des Moines (USA)

1948.03.131948.05.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1948.02.121948.05.17
USACardinal John Francis Dearden

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

1948.03.131948.05.18
BrazilBishop Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S.

former Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1948.01.171948.05.19
USABishop Leo John Steck

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake (USA)

1948.03.131948.05.20
BrazilBishop Antônio de Castro Mayer

former Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

1948.03.061948.05.23
ParaguayBishop Angel Muzzolón, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay)

1948.03.111948.05.23
South AfricaBishop John Baptist Rosenthal, S.A.C.

former Bishop of Queenstown (South Africa)

1948.04.091948.05.23
USABishop Leo Fabiano Fahey

former Coadjutor Bishop of Baker City (USA)

1948.03.131948.05.26
TanzaniaBishop Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C.

former Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)

1948.01.081948.05.27
VietnamArchbishop Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

1948.02.121948.05.27
BrazilArchbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

1948.02.291948.05.27
CanadaBishop Isidore Borecky (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1948.03.031948.05.27
CanadaBishop Andrew J. Roborecki (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1948.03.031948.05.27
South AfricaArchbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa)

1948.03.111948.05.27
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Dal Prà

former Bishop of Terni (Italy)

former Bishop of Narni (Italy)

1948.04.061948.05.30
South AfricaArchbishop John Colburn Garner

former Military Vicar of South Africa (South Africa)

1948.04.091948.05.31
Burkina FasoArchbishop Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

1948.01.081948.06.04
CubaBishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín

former Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba)

1948.03.131948.06.06
GermanyBishop Paul Tkotsch

former Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

1948.05.121948.06.11
BrazilBishop José Terceiro de Sousa

former Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

1948.02.131948.06.20
KenyaBishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M.

former Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

1948.04.091948.06.20
ItalyBishop Silvio Cassulo

former Bishop of Macerata (Italy)

former Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

1948.04.281948.06.20
MexicoBishop Celestino Fernández y Fernández

former Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

1948.03.201948.06.24
VenezuelaBishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo

former Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

1947.11.261948.06.27
IndiaBishop Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J.

former Bishop of Calicut (India)

1948.04.081948.06.27
PalestineBishop Vincent Gelat

former Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1948.04.301948.06.27
Congo-KinshasaBishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P.

former Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

1948.03.111948.06.29
LesothoBishop Joseph Delphis Desrosiers, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Qacha’s Nek (Lesotho)

1948.03.111948.06.29
ItalyBishop Michele Alberto Arduino (歐彌格), S.D.B.

former Bishop of Gerace–Locri (Italy)

1948.04.091948.06.29
BelgiumBishop Oscar Joseph Joliet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

1948.04.171948.06.29
CanadaBishop Alfred Bertram Leverman

former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1948.04.241948.06.29
CanadaBishop Charles-Omer Garant

former Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

1948.04.271948.06.29
HungaryBishop Ferenc Rogacs

former Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

1948.04.281948.06.29
USABishop James Thomas O’Dowd

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA)

1948.05.221948.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Roberto Ronca

former Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)

1948.06.211948.07.11
USABishop Russell Joseph McVinney

former Bishop of Providence (USA)

1948.05.291948.07.14
MadagascarArchbishop Victor Sartre, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar)

1948.03.111948.07.17
BrazilBishop Antônio Julio María Mattioli, S.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil)

1948.01.101948.07.25
Central African RepublicArchbishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

1948.04.091948.07.25
ItalyBishop Raffaele Macario

former Bishop of Albano (Italy)

1948.06.211948.07.25
UgandaBishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M.

former Bishop of Kampala (Uganda)

1948.05.131948.07.26
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean-Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ubangui belge (Congo-Kinshasa)

1948.06.101948.08.10
PortugalBishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira

former Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

1948.02.071948.08.15
BrazilArchbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

1948.04.031948.08.15
BrazilBishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro

former Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)

1948.05.221948.08.15
PortugalBishop Domingos da Silva Gonçalves

former Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1948.06.211948.08.15
ItalyBishop Roberto Massimiliani

former Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

former Bishop of Orte (Italy)

former Bishop of Gallese (Italy)

1948.06.211948.08.15
PhilippinesBishop William Brasseur, C.I.C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines)

1948.06.101948.08.24
ItalyBishop Pietro Severi

former Bishop of Palestrina (Italy)

1948.06.211948.08.24
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Pappalardo

former Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria

1948.08.071948.08.29
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Bosio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

1948.07.241948.09.05
AustraliaArchbishop Guilford Clyde Young

former Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

1948.07.151948.09.08
BelizeBishop David Francis Hickey, S.J.

former Bishop of Belize (Belize)

1948.06.101948.09.21
GermanyCardinal Joseph Schröffer

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Saba

former Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany)

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

1948.07.231948.09.21
EnglandArchbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

1948.08.071948.09.21
ChinaBishop Horace Ferruccio Ceól (邱先覺), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Qichun 蘄春 (China)

1948.06.101948.09.26
IndonesiaArchbishop Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

1948.06.101948.09.27
ChinaBishop Kenneth Roderick Turner (譚爾鼐), S.F.M.

former Bishop of Lishui 麗水 (China)

1948.05.131948.09.29
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Mark Gopu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)

1948.07.081948.09.29
PakistanArchbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

1948.05.201948.10.03
ChinaBishop Augustin Olbert (吳伯祿), S.V.D.

former Bishop of Qingdao 青島 (China)

1948.07.081948.10.03
LebanonArchbishop Philippe Nabaa (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1948.09.171948.10.03
FranceArchbishop Marcel-Marie-Henri-Paul Dubois

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1948.07.081948.10.07
ItalyBishop Carlo Angeleri

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

1948.08.071948.10.10
JordanArchbishop Mikhayl Assaf (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

1948.09.191948.10.10
GermanyCardinal Julius Döpfner

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1948.08.111948.10.14
CanadaBishop Percival Caza

former Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

1948.08.111948.10.19
GhanaBishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana)

1948.06.101948.10.20
PhilippinesBishop Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz (茅中砥), O.P.

former Bishop of Xiamen 廈門 (China)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

1948.06.101948.10.24
ChinaBishop Joseph Julian Oste (德化隆), C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

1948.04.091948.10.28
USABishop Edward Peter McManaman

former Auxiliary Bishop of Erie (USA)

1948.07.241948.10.28
CanadaArchbishop Maurice Baudoux

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

1948.08.121948.10.28
GermanyArchbishop Wendelin Rauch

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1948.08.271948.10.28
FranceBishop Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin

former Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

1948.08.311948.10.28
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Parodi

former Bishop of Savona (Italy)

former Bishop of Noli (Italy)

1948.09.141948.10.28
ColombiaBishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra

former Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

1948.08.191948.10.31
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Minerva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy)

1948.09.161948.10.31
AustriaBishop Leo Pietsch

former Auxiliary Bishop of Graz–Seckau (Austria)

1948.08.271948.11.07
FranceBishop Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion

former Bishop of Poitiers (France)

1948.08.181948.11.09
BrazilBishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M.

former Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

1948.08.301948.11.21
BrazilBishop José Alves de Sà Trindade

former Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

1948.09.041948.11.21
BrazilArchbishop Luis do Amaral Mousinho

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

1948.08.301948.11.28
RomaniaBishop Ioan Ploscaru (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

19481948.11.30
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1948.07.081948.11.30
Papua New GuineaBishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

1948.07.081948.11.30
VietnamBishop Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

1948.07.081948.11.30
GermanyBishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht

former Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

1948.10.071948.11.30
GermanyBishop Heinrich Gleumes

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1948.10.081948.11.30
AlgeriaBishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

1948.06.101948.12.08
RomaniaBishop Ioan Duma, O.F.M. Conv.

former Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis

1948.11.161948.12.08
BrazilBishop Francisco Expedito Lopes

former Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

1948.08.301948.12.12
BrazilArchbishop Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)

1948.09.291948.12.12
RomaniaArchbishop Adalbert Boros

former Titular Archbishop of Ressiana

1948.111948.12.12
USABishop Joseph Francis Flannelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1948.11.091948.12.16
CuraçaoBishop Lewis Jacob Thielen Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao (Curaçao)

1948.11.111948.12.30

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