Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1949

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Bishops (113)ElectedConsecratedAscending
BrazilArchbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

1948.08.301949.01.01
MexicoBishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S.

former Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)

1948.12.091949.01.22
South AfricaBishop Giovanni Riegler, F.S.C.I.

former Bishop of Lydenburg (South Africa)

1948.12.091949.01.23
South KoreaBishop John Baptist Choi Deok-hong (최덕홍 요한)

former Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

1948.12.091949.01.30
South AfricaBishop Hugh Boyle

former Bishop of Johannesburg (South Africa)

1948.12.091949.02.02
RomaniaBishop Alfréd Erőss1949.02.02
BangladeshBishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

1948.12.091949.02.06
AustraliaArchbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill

former Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

1948.11.111949.02.09
South AfricaBishop Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C.

former Bishop of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

1948.12.091949.02.13
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
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Szilárd István Bogdánffy

former Auxiliary Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

19491949.02.14
BelgiumBishop Charles-Marie Himmer

former Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

1948.12.291949.02.24
CubaBishop Carlos Riu Anglés

former Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

1948.12.111949.03.06
RomaniaBishop Ioan Dragomir (Romanian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.03.06
USAArchbishop William Edward Cousins

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA)

1948.12.171949.03.07
USABishop Martin Dewey McNamara

former Bishop of Joliet (USA)

1948.12.171949.03.07
USABishop William Aloysius O’Connor

former Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

1948.12.171949.03.07
AustraliaArchbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

1948.11.081949.03.17
ChinaBishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

1949.01.131949.03.20
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Tato

former Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

1948.11.131949.03.27
BrazilBishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C.

former Bishop-Prelate of Pinheiro (Brazil)

1948.11.131949.03.27
South AfricaBishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

1949.01.131949.03.30
CanadaBishop Joseph-Roméo Gagnon

former Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

1949.02.121949.03.31
USABishop Charles Herman Helmsing

former Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

1949.03.171949.04.19
AustraliaBishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

1949.01.131949.04.20
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Titu Liviu Chinezu (Romanian Rite)

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

19491949.04.25
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
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

1949.01.241949.05.01
IndiaArchbishop Venmani S. Selvanather

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

1949.03.031949.05.01
IndiaBishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Bellary (India)

1949.03.101949.05.04
FranceCardinal Louis-Jean Guyot

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

1949.03.181949.05.04
PolandBishop Czesław Falkowski

former Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

1949.02.241949.05.08
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa)

1949.03.101949.05.17
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
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
BrazilBishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

1949.03.151949.05.26
ChinaBishop Lucien-Bernard Lacoste (鄭紹基), S.C.I. di Béth.

former Bishop of Dali 大理 (China)

1948.12.091949.05.29
BrazilBishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório

former Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

1949.03.151949.06.05
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
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
ItalyBishop Gioacchino Muccin

former Bishop of Feltre (Italy)

former Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

1949.05.191949.06.19
TanzaniaBishop Anthony Victor Hälg, O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

1949.01.131949.06.29
IndiaBishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M.

former Bishop of Cuttack (India)

1949.03.101949.06.29
PortugalArchbishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha

former Archbishop-Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

1949.03.141949.06.29
CameroonBishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon)

1949.03.161949.06.29
BrazilArchbishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

1949.03.301949.06.29
ColombiaBishop Baltasar Alvarez Restrepo

former Bishop of Pereira (Colombia)

1949.05.071949.06.29
LuxembourgBishop Léon Lommel

former Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

1949.05.141949.06.29
PolandBishop Piotr Kałwa

former Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1949.05.301949.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone

former Titular Archbishop of Rhizæum

1949.05.211949.06.30
ItalyBishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

1949.06.101949.07.03
USABishop John Benjamin Grellinger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

1949.05.161949.07.14
ItalyBishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo

former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

former Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1949.05.281949.07.17
ItalyBishop Emilio Biancheri

former Bishop of Rimini (Italy)

1949.05.181949.07.24
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
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
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Kempf

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1949.05.281949.07.25
EnglandBishop Joseph Edward Rudderham

former Bishop of Clifton (England)

1949.05.141949.07.26
RomaniaBishop Iuliu Hirţea (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

19491949.07.28
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
ChinaBishop Simon Lei Chang-hsia (雷震霞)

former Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

1949.06.091949.08.14
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
AustriaBishop Franz Sales Zauner

former Bishop of Linz (Austria)

1949.06.221949.08.15
BoliviaBishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos (Bolivia)

1949.05.121949.08.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Guffens, S.J.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

1949.07.241949.08.21
IndiaBishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza

former Bishop of Poona (India)

1949.05.121949.08.24
HungaryBishop Bertalan Badalik, O.P.

former Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1949.06.101949.08.24
ColombiaBishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas

former Bishop of Armenia (Colombia)

1949.07.131949.09.04
BelgiumBishop Jules Lecouvet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

1949.07.091949.09.08
EgyptBishop Jean de Capistran Aimé Cayer, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

1949.05.261949.09.17
CzechiaBishop Kajetán Matoušek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1949.08.291949.09.17
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
ChinaBishop Paul Deng Ji-zhou (Teng Chi-chou) (鄧及洲)

former Bishop of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

1949.06.091949.09.21
GermanyBishop Joseph Freundorfer

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1949.07.091949.09.21
ChinaBishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault (彭道傳), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

1949.07.141949.09.21
GermanyBishop Johannes Bydolek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1949.09.101949.09.21
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
ChileBishop Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

1949.02.011949.10.02
IndiaBishop Leo D’Mello

former Bishop of Ajmer–Jaipur (India)

1949.04.211949.10.02
FranceBishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Digne (France)

1949.05.261949.10.02
EgyptArchbishop Isaac Ghattas (Coptic Rite)

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

1949.06.211949.10.02
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
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
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
ChinaArchbishop Ignatius Pi Shu-shi (皮漱石)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

1949.07.261949.10.11
FranceBishop Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe

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

1949.08.081949.10.11
CzechiaCardinal František Tomášek

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

1949.10.121949.10.13
IndiaBishop Edwin Pinto, S.J.

former Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

1949.05.051949.10.16
ChinaBishop André-Jean Vérineux (費聲遠), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Yingkou 營口 (China)

1949.07.141949.10.16
ChinaBishop Matthias Duan Yin-ming (Tuan In-Min) (段蔭明)

former Bishop of Wanxian 萬縣 (China)

1949.06.091949.10.18
FranceArchbishop Marc-Armand Lallier

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1949.09.261949.10.28
TanzaniaBishop Anthony van Oorschot, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)

1949.07.141949.10.30
SlovakiaBishop István Barnás

former Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

1949.10.251949.11.05
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
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
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Weskamm

former Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

1949.10.121949.11.30
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
USABishop Francis Edward Hyland

former Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

1949.10.151949.12.21
EnglandArchbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (England)

1949.12.121949.12.21
RomaniaArchbishop Ioan Chertes (Romanian Rite)

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

19491949.12.25
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
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