Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1955

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Newly Elected Bishops (120)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
Congo-KinshasaBishop André Creemers, O.S.C.

former Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1955.01.011955.04.11
IndonesiaArchbishop Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

1955.01.011955.04.14
MyanmarBishop George Maung Kyaw

former Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar)

1955.01.011955.04.17
NigeriaBishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S.

former Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

1955.01.011955.05.22
VanuatuBishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M.

former Bishop of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

1955.01.011955.08.07
ItalyBishop Antonio Rosario Mennonna

former Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

1955.01.051955.03.13
SpainBishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga

former Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

1955.01.101955.03.20
FranceBishop André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger

former Bishop of Séez (France)

1955.01.251955.03.25
FranceBishop Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel

former Bishop of Montpellier (France)

1955.02.041955.03.25
USAArchbishop Nicholas Thomas Elko

former Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1955.02.051955.03.06
MozambiqueBishop Francisco Nuñes Teixeira

former Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique)

1955.02.061955.05.13
FranceBishop Roger Michon

former Bishop of Chartres (France)

1955.02.121955.03.25
NorwayBishop Johann Wember, M.S.F.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway)

1955.02.181955.05.15
JapanCardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

1955.02.251955.05.03
Congo-KinshasaBishop André Lefèbvre, S.J.

former Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

1955.02.251955.05.22
CanadaArchbishop Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

1955.02.251955.05.24
MalaysiaArchbishop Dominic Vendargon

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

1955.02.251955.08.21
MalaysiaBishop Francis Chan

former Bishop of Penang (Malaysia)

1955.02.251955.08.28
BrazilBishop Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of Carolina (Brazil)

1955.03.011955.06.05
ColombiaArchbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibagué (Colombia)

1955.03.071955.04.24
FranceArchbishop Claude Dupuy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

1955.03.071955.04.27
AngolaBishop Manuel António Pires

former Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

1955.03.071955.06.29
ItalyBishop Antonio Mistrorigo

former Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

1955.03.091955.04.25
ItalyArchbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy)

1955.03.091955.05.08
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Carta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

1955.03.091955.05.22
USABishop Edmund Joseph Reilly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

1955.03.151955.06.07
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Iannucci

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pescara–Penne (Italy)

1955.03.201955.05.08
FranceBishop Pierre-Marie Lacointe

former Bishop of Beauvais (France)

1955.03.231955.05.07
PhilippinesVenerable Archbishop Teofilo Camomot Bastida

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

1955.03.231955.05.29
PhilippinesBishop Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Surigao (Philippines)

1955.03.231955.06.21
ParaguayBishop Julio Benigno Laschi González

former Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

1955.03.231955.06.29
FranceBishop Renato Fontenelle

former Titular Bishop of Theudalis

1955.03.251955.06.05
EnglandBishop Cyril Edward Restieaux

former Bishop of Plymouth (England)

1955.04.091955.06.14
GermanyArchbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1955.04.111955.05.11
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Schiavini

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1955.04.131955.05.22
South AfricaBishop Ernest Arthur Green

former Bishop of Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

1955.04.191955.06.29
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R.

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

1955.04.201955.06.26
BrazilArchbishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

1955.04.201955.06.29
BrazilBishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos

former Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

1955.04.211955.06.11
CanadaBishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy

former Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

1955.05.051955.08.01
IndiaBishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

1955.05.051955.08.11
IndiaBishop Peter B. Pereira

former Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

1955.05.051955.08.24
IndiaBishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy

former Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

1955.05.051955.09.21
VietnamBishop Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo

former Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1955.05.071956.02.07
ChileBishop Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile)

1955.05.081955.07.03
PeruBishop Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru)

1955.05.081955.07.10
IndiaBishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Amravati (India)

1955.05.081955.11.13
BrazilArchbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1955.05.081955.11.20
BrazilBishop Luiz Felipe de Nadal

former Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

1955.05.091955.06.29
CroatiaBishop Andrija-Dusan Štambuk

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

1955.05.141955.07.03
GermanyArchbishop Josef Schneider

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany)

1955.05.161955.07.13
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Maria Sensi

former Cardinal-Priest of «Regina Apostolorum»

1955.05.211955.07.24
LithuaniaArchbishop Julijonas Steponavicius

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1955.05.221955.09.11
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario

former Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

1955.05.241955.07.25
PhilippinesArchbishop Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

1955.05.241955.09.25
ScotlandBishop William Andrew Hart

former Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

1955.05.271955.09.21
FranceBishop René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey

former Bishop of Belley (France)

1955.06.021955.08.09
PolandCardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea al Quirinale

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia)

1955.06.041955.09.11
SpainBishop José Bascuñana y López

former Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

1955.06.111955.09.18
AustraliaBishop John Joseph Rafferty

former Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)

1955.06.121955.10.26
BrazilBishop Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J.

former Bishop-Prelate of Diamantino (Brazil)

1955.06.131955.08.21
ColombiaCardinal José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manizales (Colombia)

1955.06.141955.08.28
MexicoArchbishop Antonio López Aviña

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

1955.06.211955.09.21
FranceArchbishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

1955.06.231955.10.08
ChileArchbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos

former Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

1955.06.271956.07.15
GermanyBishop Otto Spülbeck

former Bishop of Meißen (Germany)

1955.06.281955.07.25
EthiopiaBishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia)

1955.07.031955.08.28
PeruBishop José Damase Laberge, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

1955.07.031955.09.08
PhilippinesBishop Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines)

1955.07.031955.09.10
South KoreaArchbishop John Baptist Sye Bong-kil (서정길 요한)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Daegu 대구 (South Korea)

1955.07.031955.09.15
IndiaCardinal Antony Padiyara (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

former Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1955.07.031955.10.16
HaitiArchbishop François-Marie-Joseph Poirier

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

1955.07.031955.11.20
South SudanArchbishop Ireneus Wien Dud

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

1955.07.031955.11.20
CameroonBishop Paul Etoga

former Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

1955.07.031955.11.30
ItalyBishop Antonio Ravagli

former Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

1955.07.041955.09.11
IndonesiaBishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F.

former Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)

1955.07.101955.09.15
ItalyBishop Siro Silvestri

former Bishop of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato (Italy)

1955.07.211955.09.18
BrazilBishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

1955.07.211955.10.12
BrazilBishop Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop-Prelate of Macapá (Brazil)

former Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

1955.07.211955.11.13
PanamaArchbishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

1955.07.241955.09.25
MozambiqueBishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana

former Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

1955.07.271955.10.23
EcuadorBishop Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales

former Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador)

1955.07.281955.10.28
PhilippinesBishop Epifanio Surban Belmonte

former Bishop of Dumaguete (Philippines)

1955.07.291955.10.24
BrazilBishop Edmundo Luís Kunz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

1955.08.011955.10.30
USABishop Bernard Joseph Topel

former Bishop of Spokane (USA)

1955.08.091955.09.21
ItalyBishop Giovanni Mocellini

former Bishop of Adria (Italy)

1955.08.261955.10.28
ChileArchbishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

1955.08.281955.10.18
CanadaBishop Laurent Morin

former Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

1955.09.081955.10.30
MadagascarBishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S.

former Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

1955.09.141956.03.07
TogoBishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

1955.09.141956.10.28
DjiboutiBishop Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)

1955.09.141957.08.04
ItalyCardinal Pietro Parente

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

former Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

1955.09.151955.10.23
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Enrici

former Titular Archbishop of Ancusa

1955.09.171955.11.01
South KoreaBishop Thomas F. Quinlan (구 토마), S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea)

1955.09.201955.11.23
VietnamArchbishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)

1955.09.201955.11.30
VietnamBishop Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền

former Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam)

1955.09.201955.11.30
ChileArchbishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

1955.09.211955.12.04
IndiaBishop Sebastian Valloppilly (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

1955.10.161956.01.08
ItalyBishop Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. Cas.

former Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy)

former Vice-President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

1955.11.071955.11.27
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1955.11.071956.01.15
IndiaBishop Stanislaus Tigga

former Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India)

1955.11.071956.03.11
SerbiaBishop Matija Zvekanovic

former Bishop of Subotica (Serbia)

1955.11.131956.02.25
CameroonBishop Thomas Mongo

former Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

1955.11.211956.02.26
SpainCardinal Narciso Jubany Arnau

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

former Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)

1955.11.241956.01.22
GuatemalaBishop Celestino Miguel Fernández Pérez, O.F.M.

former Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala)

1955.11.301956.01.06
GuatemalaBishop Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

1955.11.301956.01.06
GuatemalaBishop Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J.

former Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

1955.11.301956.01.06
EnglandBishop Bernard Patrick Wall

former Bishop of Brentwood (England)

1955.11.301956.01.18
CanadaBishop Francis Anthony Marrocco

former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

1955.12.011956.02.22
USABishop Philip Joseph Furlong

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA)

1955.12.031956.01.25
USABishop Stephen Aloysius Leven

former Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

1955.12.031956.02.08
EgyptBishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

1955.12.081956.01.29
LebanonBishop Eustace John Smith, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon)

1955.12.081956.02.02
MadagascarBishop Claude Rolland, M.S.

former Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1955.12.191956.02.12
CanadaBishop John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

1955.12.191956.03.07
RwandaArchbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

1955.12.191956.03.25
VenezuelaBishop Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela)

1955.12.191956.05.27
VenezuelaBishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita (Venezuela)

1955.12.191956.07.08
UruguayBishop Luis Baccino

former Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

1955.12.201956.03.11
USABishop John Louis Morkovsky

former Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1955.12.221956.02.22
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