Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1950

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Bishops (101)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Sigismondi

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

1949.12.161950.01.08
USABishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1949.10.151950.01.18
ItalyBishop Antonio Bergamaschi

former Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy)

1949.12.121950.01.22
ChinaBishop Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario (貴達義), O.A.R.

former Bishop of Shangqiu 商丘 (China)

1949.11.101950.01.29
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
USABishop John Joyce Russell

former Bishop of Richmond (USA)

1950.01.281950.03.14
CanadaArchbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M.

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

1950.01.241950.03.17
BrazilBishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B.

former Bishop-Prelate of Humaitá (Brazil)

1949.12.191950.03.19
EgyptArchbishop Paul Nousseir (Coptic Rite)

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

1950.01.211950.03.19
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
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
CzechiaBishop Ladislao Hlad

former Titular Bishop of Cediæ

1950.02.091950.03.26
JamaicaArchbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

1950.02.031950.04.15
SpainBishop Jesús Enciso Viana

former Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

1949.10.121950.04.16
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
ItalyArchbishop Armando Lombardi

former Titular Archbishop of Cesarea Philippi

former Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

1950.02.131950.04.16
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
ItalyBishop Mario Bondini

former Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

1950.03.161950.04.16
IndiaBishop Francis Xavier Muthappa

former Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

1949.12.251950.04.26
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
SlovakiaBishop Anton Richter1950.04.29
SpainBishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra

former Bishop of Coria–Cáceres (Spain)

1950.02.021950.04.30
CzechiaArchbishop Karel Otčenášek

former Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

former Archbishop ad personam

1950.03.301950.04.30
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
AustriaArchbishop Franz Jáchym

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

1950.01.231950.05.19
USABishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski

former Bishop of Lansing (USA)

1950.03.281950.05.23
United Arab EmiratesBishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

1949.12.251950.05.28
USABishop David Frederick Cunningham

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1950.04.051950.06.08
IndiaBishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

1949.12.251950.06.11
ColombiaBishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J.

former Bishop of Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

1950.04.181950.06.11
GermanyBishop Johannes Albert von Rudloff

former Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1950.04.081950.06.24
South AfricaBishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

1950.03.121950.06.29
ItalyBishop Giacomo Cannonero

former Bishop of Asti (Italy)

1950.03.161950.06.29
PortugalBishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華)

former Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1950.04.171950.06.29
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
PolandBishop Piotr Dudziec

former Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1950.06.121950.06.29
MauritaniaArchbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

1950.03.121950.06.30
RomaniaBishop Joseph Schubert

former Titular Bishop of Ceramussa

1950.061950.06.30
ItalyArchbishop Armando Fares

former Archbishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Squillace (Italy)

1950.06.161950.07.02
ColombiaBishop Francisco Santos Santiago, P.I.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia)

1950.03.121950.07.09
ChinaBishop Francis Han Ting-pi (韓廷弼)

former Bishop of Hongtong 洪洞 (China)

1950.04.181950.07.09
ZambiaBishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Kasama (Zambia)

1950.02.031950.07.11
FranceBishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie

former Bishop of Angers (France)

1950.05.301950.07.11
New ZealandBishop Edward Michael Joyce

former Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)

1950.04.181950.07.16
CroatiaBishop Dragutin Nežic

former Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia)

1950.05.211950.07.23
ArgentinaArchbishop Antonio José Plaza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

1950.05.161950.07.25
South AfricaBishop Gerard Marie Franciskus van Velsen, O.P.

former Bishop of Kroonstad (South Africa)

1950.05.311950.07.25
VietnamBishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi

former Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

1950.02.031950.08.04
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Marengo

former Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

1950.02.201950.08.06
BrazilBishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

1950.06.151950.08.13
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
BrazilBishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva

former Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1950.06.171950.08.15
ItalyBishop Francesco Pennisi

former Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

1950.07.111950.08.15
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
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Posada Reyes

former Bishop of Cabanatuan (Philippines)

1950.06.121950.08.24
VietnamBishop Dominique Hoàng Văn Ðoàn, O.P.

former Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

1950.03.121950.09.03
ZambiaBishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Livingstone (Zambia)

1950.05.241950.09.08
ParaguayBishop Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo (Paraguay)

19321950.09.10
IrelandBishop Austin Quinn

former Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland)

1950.07.191950.09.10
USABishop Francis Peter Leipzig

former Bishop of Baker (USA)

1950.07.181950.09.12
USABishop Eric Francis MacKenzie

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1950.07.111950.09.14
USABishop Thomas Francis Markham

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1950.07.181950.09.14
USABishop Leo Aloysius Pursley

former Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA)

1950.07.221950.09.19
USABishop Patrick Joseph McCormick

former Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

1950.06.141950.09.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1950.06.251950.09.21
USABishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle

former Bishop of Stockton (USA)

1950.08.241950.09.21
Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop Marko Alaupovic

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1950.05.211950.09.24
IrelandBishop Vincent Hanly

former Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

1950.07.191950.09.24
ItalyArchbishop Guido Tonetti

former Archbishop-Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

1950.07.251950.09.24
ChinaBishop Anthony Zhou Wei-dao (周維道), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

1950.05.311950.10.01
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
IndiaBishop Thomas Fernando

former Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India)

1950.06.251950.10.01
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
MyanmarBishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

1950.05.311950.10.08
EcuadorBishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear

former Bishop of Ibarra (Ecuador)

1950.07.171950.10.08
LebanonCardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Maronite Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1950.04.251950.10.15
LebanonBishop Abdallah Nujaim (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1950.07.251950.10.15
IndonesiaBishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

1950.05.311950.10.18
BahamasBishop Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Nassau (Bahamas)

1950.06.251950.10.19
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono

former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

1950.09.081950.10.22
SpainArchbishop José María García Lahiguera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

1950.05.171950.10.29
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
BrazilBishop José Varani

former Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil)

1950.08.271950.11.01
IndonesiaArchbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

1950.06.251950.11.05
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
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
BrazilBishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil)

1950.09.081950.11.26
BrazilBishop Elizeu Simões Mendes

former Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil)

1950.08.211950.12.03
CroatiaArchbishop Frane Franić

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Split–Makarska (Croatia)

1950.09.221950.12.17
PolandBishop Herbert Bednorz

former Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1950.05.041950.12.24
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