Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1950

Newly Elected Bishops (110)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
EgyptArchbishop Paul Nousseir (Coptic Rite)

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

1950.01.211950.03.19
AustriaArchbishop Franz Jáchym

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

1950.01.231950.05.19
CanadaArchbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

1950.01.241950.03.17
USABishop John Joyce Russell

former Bishop of Richmond (USA)

1950.01.281950.03.14
USABishop George William Ahr

former Bishop of Trenton (USA)

1950.01.281950.03.20
USABishop Christopher Joseph Weldon

former Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

1950.01.281950.03.24
ItalyCardinal Antonio Samorè

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

1950.01.301950.04.16
BrazilBishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro

former Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

1950.01.311950.04.16
SpainBishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra

former Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

1950.02.021950.04.30
JamaicaArchbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

1950.02.031950.04.15
ZambiaBishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Kasama (Zambia)

1950.02.031950.07.11
VietnamBishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi

former Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

1950.02.031950.08.04
CzechiaBishop Ladislao Hlad

former Titular Bishop of Cediæ

1950.02.091950.03.26
ItalyArchbishop Armando Lombardi

former Titular Archbishop of Cesarea Philippi

former Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

1950.02.131950.04.16
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Marengo

former Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

1950.02.201950.08.06
BoliviaCardinal José Clemente Maurer, C.SS.R.

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1950.03.011950.04.16
FranceBishop André-Maurice Parenty

former Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (France)

1950.03.091950.05.01
South AfricaCardinal Owen McCann

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

1950.03.121950.05.18
South AfricaBishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

1950.03.121950.06.29
MauritaniaArchbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

1950.03.121950.06.30
ColombiaBishop Francisco Santos Santiago, P.I.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia)

1950.03.121950.07.09
VietnamBishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P.

former Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

1950.03.121950.09.03
ItalyBishop Mario Bondini

former Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

1950.03.161950.04.16
ItalyBishop Giacomo Cannonero

former Bishop of Asti (Italy)

1950.03.161950.06.29
CanadaCardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

1950.03.251950.04.26
USABishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski

former Bishop of Lansing (USA)

1950.03.281950.05.23
CzechiaArchbishop Karel Otčenášek

former Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

former Archbishop ad personam

1950.03.301950.04.30
USABishop David Frederick Cunningham

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1950.04.051950.06.08
GermanyBishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff

former Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1950.04.081950.06.24
PortugalBishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華)

former Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1950.04.171950.06.29
ColombiaBishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J.

former Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

1950.04.181950.06.11
ChinaBishop Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼)

former Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

1950.04.181950.07.09
New ZealandBishop Edward Michael Joyce

former Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

1950.04.181950.07.16
VietnamCardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

1950.04.181950.08.15
PolandBishop Antoni Pawłowski

former Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

1950.04.221952.12.27
LebanonCardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Maronite Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1950.04.251950.10.15
PolandBishop Herbert Bednorz

former Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1950.05.041950.12.24
ItalyArchbishop Raffaele Calabria

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

1950.05.061950.06.29
ItalyBishop Luigi Faveri

former Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

1950.05.131950.06.29
BelgiumBishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt

former Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

1950.05.161950.06.29
ArgentinaArchbishop Antonio José Plaza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

1950.05.161950.07.25
SpainArchbishop José María García Lahiguera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

1950.05.171950.10.29
CroatiaBishop Dragutin Nežic

former Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

1950.05.211950.07.23
Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop Marko Alaupovic

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1950.05.211950.09.24
ZambiaBishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

1950.05.241950.09.08
FranceBishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie

former Bishop of Angers (France)

1950.05.301950.07.11
South AfricaBishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.

former Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

1950.05.311950.07.25
TanzaniaArchbishop Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania)

1950.05.311950.08.22
Congo-KinshasaBishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1950.05.311950.08.24
ChinaBishop Anthony Zhou Wei-dao (周維道), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

1950.05.311950.10.01
MyanmarBishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

1950.05.311950.10.08
IndonesiaBishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

1950.05.311950.10.18
RomaniaBishop Joseph Schubert

former Titular Bishop of Ceramussa

1950.061950.06.30
PolandBishop Piotr Dudziec

former Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1950.06.121950.06.29
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Posada Reyes

former Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

1950.06.121950.08.24
USABishop Patrick Joseph McCormick

former Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

1950.06.141950.09.21
BrazilBishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

1950.06.151950.08.13
ItalyArchbishop Armando Fares

former Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

1950.06.161950.07.02
BrazilBishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva

former Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1950.06.171950.08.15
ZimbabweBishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B.

former Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe)

1950.06.241950.10.01
ChinaBishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa (高金鏗), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Pingliang 平涼 (China)

1950.06.241950.10.01
Congo-KinshasaBishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1950.06.251950.09.21
IndiaBishop Thomas Fernando

former Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India)

1950.06.251950.10.01
BahamasBishop Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Nassau (Bahamas)

1950.06.251950.10.19
IndonesiaArchbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

1950.06.251950.11.05
RomaniaCardinal Alexandru Todea (Romanian Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina

former Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

1950.07.041950.11.19
UgandaBishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Moroto (Uganda)

1950.07.081951.06.24
ItalyBishop Francesco Pennisi

former Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

1950.07.111950.08.15
USABishop Eric Francis MacKenzie

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1950.07.111950.09.14
EcuadorBishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear

former Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1950.07.171950.10.08
LaosBishop Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)

1950.07.171958.06.25
USABishop Francis Peter Leipzig

former Bishop of Baker (USA)

1950.07.181950.09.12
USABishop Thomas Francis Markham

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1950.07.181950.09.14
IrelandBishop Austin Quinn

former Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

1950.07.191950.09.10
IrelandBishop Vincent Hanly

former Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

1950.07.191950.09.24
USABishop Leo Aloysius Pursley

former Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA)

1950.07.221950.09.19
ItalyArchbishop Guido Tonetti

former Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

1950.07.251950.09.24
LebanonBishop Abdallah Nujaim (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1950.07.251950.10.15
IndiaArchbishop Matthew Kavukattu (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1950.07.251950.11.09
IndiaBishop Sebastian Vayalil (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1950.07.251950.11.09
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Piazzi

former Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

1950.08.081950.10.01
CanadaBishop Joseph Albertus Martin

former Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

1950.08.211950.10.07
BrazilBishop Elizeu Simões Mendes

former Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

1950.08.211950.12.03
USABishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle

former Bishop of Stockton (USA)

1950.08.241950.09.21
BrazilBishop José Varani

former Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

1950.08.271950.11.01
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono

former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

1950.09.081950.10.22
BrazilBishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

1950.09.081950.11.26
ItalyVenerable Archbishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (Italy)

former Bishop of Bova (Italy)

1950.09.141950.10.29
CroatiaArchbishop Frane Franić

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

1950.09.221950.12.17
ChinaArchbishop Dominic Deng Yi-ming (Tang Yee-ming) (鄧以明), S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

1950.10.011951.02.13
SpainBishop Mariano Vega Mestre

former Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain)

1950.10.051951.02.04
SpainBishop Angel Hidalgo Ibáñez

former Bishop of Jaca (Spain)

1950.10.051951.03.04
IrelandBishop Cornelius Lucey

former Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

1950.11.141951.01.14
GermanyBishop Johann Wilhelm Cleven

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1950.11.181951.01.28
HungaryBishop János Bárd

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

1950.11.201951.04.01
HungaryBishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel

former Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

1950.11.201951.04.01
UgandaBishop Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Gulu (Uganda)

1950.12.011951.04.01
MexicoBishop Luis Cabrera Cruz

former Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

1950.12.041951.02.24
VenezuelaBishop José Rincón Bonilla

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1950.12.091951.04.22
LebanonBishop Lorenzo Sahag Koguian, C.A.M. (Armenian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1950.12.111951.02.22
USABishop Maurice Schexnayder

former Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

1950.12.111951.02.22
SyriaArchbishop Iwannis Gandour

former Titular Archbishop of Bostra

1950.12.121923
IrelandBishop Patrick O’Boyle

former Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

1950.12.121951.02.25
MexicoArchbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

1950.12.141951.02.03
ItalyArchbishop Corrado Mingo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

1950.12.171951.02.24
ItalyCardinal Sergio Pignedoli

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

former President of Secretariat for Non-Christians

1950.12.221951.02.11
ZimbabweBishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M.

former Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

1950.12.231951.04.02
South AfricaBishop Alphonse Streit, C.M.M.

former Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1950.12.231951.04.03
IndiaBishop Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Warangal (India)

1950.12.231951.04.08
Congo-KinshasaBishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

1950.12.231951.04.11

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