Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1954

Newly Elected Bishops (88)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
HondurasBishop Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

19541957.10.18
AustraliaArchbishop James Patrick Carroll

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

1954.01.061954.02.24
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1954.01.061954.03.25
South AfricaBishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B. Subl.

former Abbot Ordinary of Pietersburg (South Africa)

1954.01.061954.05.01
IndonesiaBishop Wilhelmus Joannes Demarteau, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

1954.01.061954.05.05
FranceArchbishop Louis Ferrand

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

1954.01.111954.02.24
SpainArchbishop Felix Romero Menjibar

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

1954.01.161954.05.02
BoliviaArchbishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1954.01.191954.04.25
USABishop Joseph John Annabring

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1954.01.271954.03.25
IraqArchbishop Ephrem Gogué (Chaldean Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1954.02.081954.06.13
IraqArchbishop Joseph Gogué (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1954.02.081954.06.13
South AfricaBishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini

former Bishop of Umzimkulu (South Africa)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1954.02.211954.04.26
GhanaBishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)

1954.02.211954.05.01
ColombiaBishop Eusebio Septimio Mari, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha (Colombia)

1954.02.211954.05.01
JapanBishop Peter Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ 小林有方)

former Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

1954.02.211954.05.03
MadagascarBishop Jean David, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar)

1954.02.211954.07.01
SpainBishop Laureano Castán Lacoma

former Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

1954.02.241954.06.13
KenyaBishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, I.M.C.

former Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

1954.03.031954.05.27
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Fasola

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy)

former Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1954.03.081954.05.02
EcuadorBishop Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba

former Bishop of Riobamba (Ecuador)

1954.03.181954.05.26
USABishop Clarence George Issenmann

former Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

1954.03.241954.05.25
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Garneri

former Bishop of Susa (Italy)

1954.03.251954.05.23
USABishop Justin Joseph McCarthy

former Bishop of Camden (USA)

1954.03.271954.06.11
SpainBishop Pablo Barrachina Estevan

former Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

1954.03.311954.06.29
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios

former Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico)

1954.04.051954.06.29
USABishop Joseph Maria Pernicone

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1954.04.061954.05.05
Central African RepublicBishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)

1954.04.101954.06.24
NigeriaBishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)

1954.04.101954.06.29
MyanmarArchbishop John Joseph U Win

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

1954.04.101954.07.18
CyprusArchbishop Elie Farah (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

1954.04.161954.09.26
ItalyBishop Mario Longo Dorni

former Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

1954.04.241954.06.06
FranceBishop Xavier Morilleau

former Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

1954.05.051954.06.24
USAArchbishop Leo Christopher Byrne

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1954.05.211954.06.29
USABishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1954.05.211954.09.08
BrazilArchbishop Oscar de Oliveira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

1954.05.251954.08.22
BrazilBishop Manuel Pereira da Costa

former Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil)

1954.05.311954.08.15
BrazilCardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII

former Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

former Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)

1954.06.011954.08.15
BrazilArchbishop José Vicente Távora

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

1954.06.231954.07.25
Burkina FasoBishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Koudougou (Burkina Faso)

1954.06.271954.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Picchinenna

former Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

1954.07.021954.10.07
CanadaBishop Francis Valentine Allen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

1954.07.021954.10.07
IndiaBishop Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem.

former Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

1954.07.051954.10.19
IndiaBishop Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Jhansi (India)

1954.07.051954.11.28
ItalyBishop Pietro Fiordelli

former Bishop of Prato (Italy)

1954.07.071954.10.03
USABishop John Joseph Scanlan

former Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

1954.07.081954.09.21
USABishop Robert Francis Joyce

former Bishop of Burlington (USA)

1954.07.081954.10.28
ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Florit

former Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

1954.07.121954.09.12
Saint LuciaBishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J.

former Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

1954.07.181954.10.24
TanzaniaBishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

1954.07.181954.10.28
CroatiaCardinal Franjo Šeper

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

former President of Pontifical Biblical Commission

1954.07.221954.09.21
SpainArchbishop Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

1954.07.281954.11.14
BrazilBishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil)

1954.08.131954.10.24
USABishop Jerome Daniel Hannan

former Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1954.08.171954.09.21
EcuadorArchbishop Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

1954.08.181954.11.13
PhilippinesBishop Hernando Antiporda

former Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines)

1954.08.191954.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy)

1954.08.241954.10.31
MexicoBishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián

former Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

1954.08.241954.10.31
PortugalBishop António de Campos

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)

1954.08.281954.10.28
GermanyBishop Johannes Pohlschneider

former Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1954.08.301954.11.18
BelgiumBishop Honoraat Maria van Waeyenbergh

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)

1954.09.011954.10.28
FranceCardinal Jean-Marie Villot

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

former Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

former President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

1954.09.021954.10.12
LebanonArchbishop Elias Zoghbi (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1954.09.021954.11.21
USABishop Henry Edmund Donnelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA)

1954.09.061954.10.26
USABishop John Anthony Donovan

former Bishop of Toledo (USA)

1954.09.061954.10.26
IranBishop John Baptist Apcar (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

1954.09.241954.11.21
PortugalBishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C.

former Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

former Prior General of Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross

1954.09.301954.12.08
VenezuelaBishop José Humberto Paparoni

former Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

1954.10.041954.12.08
SyriaBishop Joseph Gennangi (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Kameshli of the Armenians (Syria)

1954.10.211954.12.12
Costa RicaBishop Delfín Quesada Castro

former Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

1954.10.221955.01.18
MonacoArchbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp

former Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

1954.10.281955.01.18
SpainBishop Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal

former Bishop of Santander (Spain)

1954.10.301955.01.30
ItalySaint Pope Paul VI

former Supreme Pontiff

1954.11.011954.12.12
BrazilBishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar

former Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

1954.11.061955.01.30
ItalyCardinal Umberto Mozzoni

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eugenio pro hac vice Title

former President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

1954.11.131954.12.05
GermanyBishop Joseph Maria Reuß

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

1954.11.191954.12.21
CanadaBishop Malcolm A. MacEachern

former Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

1954.11.271955.01.18
ParaguayBishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña

former Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

1954.12.011955.03.19
KuwaitBishop Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait)

1954.12.021955.10.03
ItalyBishop Gilberto Baroni

former Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy)

1954.12.041954.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Punzolo

former Titular Archbishop of Sebastea

1954.12.061955.01.16
SpainArchbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín

former Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain (Spain)

1954.12.061955.02.13
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Fenocchio

former Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy)

1954.12.111955.02.11
ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Bruniera

former Vice-President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum”

1954.12.121955.01.02
PhilippinesArchbishop Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

1954.12.291955.02.11
USABishop Charles Garrett Maloney

former Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville (USA)

1954.12.301955.02.02
USABishop Joseph Aloysius Durick

former Bishop of Nashville (USA)

1954.12.301955.03.24
AustriaBishop Bruno Wechner

former Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)

1954.12.311955.03.12
PortugalBishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva

former Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

1954.12.311955.03.27

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