Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1949

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Newly Elected Bishops (112)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Szilárd István Bogdánffy

former Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

19491949.02.14
RomaniaBishop Ioan Dragomir (Romanian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.03.06
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Titu Liviu Chinezu (Romanian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.04.25
RomaniaBishop Iuliu Hirţea (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.07.28
RomaniaArchbishop Ioan Chertes (Romanian Rite)

former Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.12.25
PeruArchbishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)

1949.01.131949.02.13
ZambiaBishop Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Ndola (Zambia)

1949.01.131949.02.13
ChinaBishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

1949.01.131949.03.20
South AfricaBishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

1949.01.131949.03.30
AustraliaBishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

1949.01.131949.04.20
TanzaniaBishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

1949.01.131949.06.29
PeruBishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P.

former Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

1949.01.151954.02.24
IraqArchbishop Atanasio Paolo Hindo (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1949.01.181949.10.02
LebanonArchbishop Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour (Syriac Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1949.01.181949.10.02
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

1949.01.241949.05.01
ChileBishop Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

1949.02.011949.10.02
CanadaBishop Joseph-Roméo Gagnon

former Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

1949.02.121949.03.31
PolandBishop Czesław Falkowski

former Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

1949.02.241949.05.08
IndiaArchbishop Venmani S. Selvanather

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

1949.03.031949.05.01
ItalyCardinal Egidio Vagnozzi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title

former President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

1949.03.091949.05.22
IndiaBishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Bellary (India)

1949.03.101949.05.04
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa)

1949.03.101949.05.17
PeruBishop José María García Graín, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

1949.03.101949.05.22
Sri LankaBishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

1949.03.101949.05.22
IndonesiaBishop Joannes Groen, M.S.F.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin (Indonesia)

1949.03.101949.06.16
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa)

1949.03.101949.06.16
IndiaBishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M.

former Bishop of Cuttack (India)

1949.03.101949.06.29
BelgiumCardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio pro hac vice Title

former Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

1949.03.141949.04.25
PortugalArchbishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha

former Archbishop-Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

1949.03.141949.06.29
BrazilBishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

1949.03.151949.05.26
BrazilBishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório

former Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

1949.03.151949.06.05
CameroonBishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon)

1949.03.161949.06.29
USABishop Charles Herman Helmsing

former Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

1949.03.171949.04.19
FranceCardinal Louis-Jean Guyot

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

1949.03.181949.05.04
BrazilArchbishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

1949.03.301949.06.29
JapanBishop Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M.

former Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

1949.04.071949.06.14
ChinaBishop Peter Gratian Grimm (甘維德), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Qinzhou 秦州 (China)

1949.04.211949.07.25
South AfricaBishop John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa)

1949.04.211949.07.25
IndiaBishop Leo D’Mello

former Bishop of Ajmer–Jaipur (India)

1949.04.211949.10.02
Hong KongBishop Lorenzo Bianchi (白英奇), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

1949.04.211949.10.09
IndiaBishop Edwin Pinto, S.J.

former Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

1949.05.051949.10.16
ColombiaBishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo

former Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

1949.05.071949.06.29
ColombiaArchbishop Arturo Duque Villegas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

1949.05.071949.08.07
ColombiaArchbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1949.05.071949.08.14
BoliviaBishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

1949.05.121949.08.21
IndiaBishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza

former Bishop of Poona (India)

1949.05.121949.08.24
LuxembourgBishop Léon Lommel

former Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

1949.05.141949.06.29
PhilippinesArchbishop Alejandro Olalia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa (Philippines)

1949.05.141949.07.25
EnglandBishop Thomas Bernard Pearson

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster (England)

1949.05.141949.07.25
EnglandBishop Joseph Edward Rudderham

former Bishop of Clifton (England)

1949.05.141949.07.26
BrazilArchbishop João de Souza Lima

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

former Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1949.05.141949.09.21
USABishop John Benjamin Grellinger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

1949.05.161949.07.14
ItalyBishop Emilio Biancheri

former Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

1949.05.181949.07.24
ItalyBishop Gioacchino Muccin

former Bishop of Feltre (Italy)

former Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

1949.05.191949.06.19
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone

former Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum

1949.05.211949.06.30
EgyptBishop Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

1949.05.261949.09.17
FranceBishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Digne (France)

1949.05.261949.10.02
ItalyBishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo

former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

former Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1949.05.281949.07.17
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Kempf

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1949.05.281949.07.25
PolandBishop Piotr Kałwa

former Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1949.05.301949.06.29
ChinaBishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞)

former Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

1949.06.091949.08.14
ChinaBishop Paul Deng Ji-zhou (Teng Chi-chou) (鄧及洲)

former Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

1949.06.091949.09.21
ChinaBishop Matthias Duan Yin-ming (Tuan In-Min) (段蔭明)

former Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

1949.06.091949.10.18
ItalyBishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

1949.06.101949.07.03
HungaryBishop Bertalan Badalik, O.P.

former Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1949.06.101949.08.24
EgyptArchbishop Isaac Ghattas (Coptic Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

1949.06.211949.10.02
AustriaBishop Franz Sales Zauner

former Bishop of Linz (Austria)

1949.06.221949.08.15
PolandBishop Ivan Choma (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

1949.06.291977.04.02
BelgiumBishop Jules Lecouvet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

1949.07.091949.09.08
GermanyBishop Joseph Freundorfer

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1949.07.091949.09.21
ColombiaBishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas

former Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

1949.07.131949.09.04
ChinaBishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

1949.07.141949.09.21
ChinaBishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Yingkou 營口 (China)

1949.07.141949.10.16
TanzaniaBishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

1949.07.141949.10.30
New ZealandBishop John Patrick Kavanagh

former Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

1949.07.141949.11.30
BurundiBishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Bururi (Burundi)

1949.07.141949.11.30
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Guffens, S.J.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

1949.07.241949.08.21
SlovakiaBishop Ambróz Lazík

former Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia)

1949.07.251949.08.14
SlovakiaBishop Róbert Pobožný

former Titular Bishop of Neila

former Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava (Slovakia)

1949.07.251949.08.14
ChinaArchbishop Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

1949.07.261949.10.11
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Botto

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1949.08.011949.10.02
SyriaArchbishop Dionisio Pietro Hindié (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

1949.08.051949.10.02
FranceBishop Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe

former Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay (France)

1949.08.081949.10.11
ChinaCardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

1949.08.091949.10.07
CzechiaBishop Kajetán Matoušek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1949.08.291949.09.17
GermanyBishop Johannes Bydolek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1949.09.101949.09.21
FranceArchbishop Marc-Armand Lallier

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1949.09.261949.10.28
CzechiaCardinal František Tomášek

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

1949.10.121949.10.13
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Weskamm

former Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

1949.10.121949.11.30
SpainBishop Jesús Enciso Viana

former Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

1949.10.121950.04.16
USABishop Francis Edward Hyland

former Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

1949.10.151949.12.21
USABishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1949.10.151950.01.18
VenezuelaArchbishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

1949.10.211949.11.13
VenezuelaArchbishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz

former Archbishop-Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

1949.10.211949.11.13
VenezuelaArchbishop Crisanto Darío Mata Cova

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

1949.10.211949.11.13
EcuadorCardinal Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

1949.10.231949.12.04
SlovakiaBishop István Barnás

former Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

1949.10.251949.11.05
ChinaBishop Melchior Zhang Ke-xing (張克興)

former Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

1949.11.031951.05.24
ChinaBishop Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario (貴達義), O.A.R.

former Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China)

1949.11.101950.01.29
PalestinePatriarch Alberto Gori, O.F.M.

former Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)

former Grand Prior of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

1949.11.211949.12.27
EnglandArchbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

1949.12.121949.12.21
ItalyBishop Antonio Bergamaschi

former Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy)

1949.12.121950.01.22
BrazilArchbishop João Cláudio Colling

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

1949.12.121950.01.29
RéunionBishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

1949.12.151950.02.19
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Sigismondi

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

1949.12.161950.01.08
BrazilBishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B.

former Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil)

1949.12.191950.03.19
LithuaniaBishop Petras Mazelis

former Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

former Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

1949.12.201955.09.11
MaliArchbishop Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

1949.12.251950.03.25
IcelandArchbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

1949.12.251950.03.25
IndiaBishop Francis Xavier Muthappa

former Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

1949.12.251950.04.26
United Arab EmiratesBishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

1949.12.251950.05.28
IndiaBishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

1949.12.251950.06.11
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