Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1956

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Newly Elected Bishops (121)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ItalyBishop Vittorio Longo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1956.01.231956.04.22
BermudaBishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda)

1956.01.281956.03.19
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Paupini

former Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title

former Camerlengo of College of Cardinals

1956.02.021956.02.26
CanadaBishop Marius Paré

former Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

1956.02.071956.05.01
ItalyBishop Heinrich Forer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bolzano–Bressanone (Italy)

1956.02.111956.04.08
PeruBishop Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

1956.02.111956.04.15
PortugalBishop João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida

former Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

1956.02.181956.06.08
ItalyBishop Luigi Rinaldi

former Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

former Bishop of Bisignano (Italy)

1956.02.221956.04.22
CambodiaBishop Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1956.02.291956.05.01
South AfricaBishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Lydenburg–Witbank (South Africa)

1956.02.291956.05.10
IndiaArchbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

1956.02.291956.05.20
Cote d’IvoireBishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

1956.02.291956.05.31
FijiArchbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

1956.02.291956.06.29
Burkina FasoBishop Dieudonné Yougbaré

former Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

1956.02.291956.07.08
PeruBishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

1956.03.011956.04.22
USABishop Lawrence Frederik Schott

former Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

1956.03.011956.05.01
BrazilCardinal Agnelo Rossi

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto

former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

1956.03.051956.04.15
SpainBishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández

former Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

1956.03.061956.06.03
PortugalBishop António Cardoso Cunha

former Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

1956.03.091956.06.10
ItalyBishop Carlo Livraghi

former Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

1956.03.101956.04.29
NetherlandsBishop Martien Antoon Jansen

former Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

1956.03.101956.05.08
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

1956.03.101956.05.11
NetherlandsBishop Pieter Antoon Nierman

former Bishop of Groningen (Netherlands)

1956.03.101956.05.11
CanadaBishop Valérien Bélanger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1956.03.161956.05.11
IraqArchbishop Gabriel Ganni (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1956.03.191956.05.20
NamibiaBishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1956.03.241956.06.11
TanzaniaBishop Elias Mchonde

former Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

1956.03.241956.09.21
SpainBishop Antonio Oña de Echave

former Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

1956.03.271956.06.10
Cabo VerdeBishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço

former Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1956.03.281956.05.27
USABishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Covington (USA)

1956.04.061956.05.22
PanamaBishop Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F.

former Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama)

1956.04.071956.08.22
SpainBishop Miguel Nóvoa Fuente

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1956.04.091956.06.29
USABishop Thomas Edward Gill

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1956.04.111956.05.31
USABishop Alden John Bell

former Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

1956.04.111956.06.04
FranceBishop Roger Johan

former Bishop of Agen (France)

1956.04.131956.08.24
LebanonArchbishop Joseph Khoury (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1956.04.211956.06.29
LebanonBishop Michael Doumith (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Sarba of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1956.04.211956.06.29
ZimbabweArchbishop Francis William Markall, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

1956.04.291956.09.08
IndonesiaBishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Djajapura (Indonesia)

1956.04.291956.09.12
FranceBishop Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec

former Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

1956.05.021956.06.20
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Baldassarri

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

former Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

1956.05.031956.06.29
ItalyBishop Antonio Cece

former Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

1956.05.031956.06.29
USACardinal John Joseph Carberry

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1956.05.031956.07.25
BrazilArchbishop João Chedid, O.M.M. (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil)

1956.05.041956.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Primo Principi

former Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

1956.05.081956.06.24
FranceBishop Jacques Le Cordier

former Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

1956.05.151956.06.23
GermanyBishop Gerhard Franz Demann

former Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1956.05.211957.03.27
ArgentinaBishop Carlos María Cafferata

former Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

1956.05.221956.08.24
ArgentinaBishop Francisco Juan Vénnera

former Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

1956.05.221956.08.24
VenezuelaBishop Ramón J. Lizardi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1956.05.251956.08.15
MexicoArchbishop Adalberto Almeida y Merino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

1956.05.281956.08.15
ArgentinaArchbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

1956.06.051956.08.12
USAArchbishop Philip Matthew Hannan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

1956.06.161956.08.28
ChileBishop Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

1956.06.201956.09.16
Dominican RepublicBishop Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M.

former Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

1956.06.221956.12.08
ItalyCardinal Fiorenzo Angelini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Spirito in Sassia pro hac vice Title

former President of Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers

1956.06.271956.07.29
IndiaBishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Vellore (India)

1956.07.041956.09.09
TanzaniaBishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M.

former Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

1956.07.041956.10.03
Cote d’IvoireBishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

1956.07.041956.11.29
USABishop Adolph Marx

former Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

1956.07.061956.10.09
BrazilBishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M.

former Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

1956.07.081956.09.09
USABishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn

former Bishop of Crookston (USA)

1956.07.131956.09.12
FranceBishop André-Jacques Fougerat

former Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1956.07.161956.10.23
GibraltarBishop John Farmer Healy

former Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1956.07.181956.10.11
USAArchbishop Stephen John Kocisko (Ruthenian Rite)

former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

1956.07.201956.10.23
USAArchbishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (Ukrainian Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

1956.07.201956.11.08
IndiaBishop Matthew Pothanamuzhi (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

1956.07.291956.11.18
PortugalBishop José Pedro da Silva

former Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

1956.07.301956.11.18
VenezuelaCardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1956.08.021956.09.02
FranceBishop Francis-Albert Bougon

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1956.08.021956.10.16
BangladeshBishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X.

former Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

1956.08.031956.09.23
USABishop Hubert James Cartwright

former Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

1956.08.031956.10.24
AustriaBishop Joseph Streidt

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

1956.08.031956.10.28
BrazilBishop José Bezerra Coutinho

former Bishop of Estância (Brazil)

1956.08.041956.10.28
CroatiaBishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P.

former Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

1956.08.071956.09.30
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Pierre Kimbondo

former Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

former Archbishop ad personam

1956.08.091956.11.18
ItalyBishop Mario Di Lieto

former Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

1956.08.111956.10.28
El SalvadorBishop Rafael Valladares y Argumedo

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1956.08.181956.11.18
PhilippinesBishop Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Bangued (Philippines)

1956.08.201956.10.11
PhilippinesBishop Henry Byrne, S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Iba (Philippines)

1956.08.201956.10.29
ItalyBishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm.

former Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

former Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy)

former Bishop of Arezzo (Italy)

1956.09.051956.10.21
AustriaBishop Štefan László

former Bishop of Eisenstadt (Austria)

1956.09.201956.11.11
EcuadorBishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P.

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1956.10.101956.12.08
AustraliaBishop Arthur Francis Fox

former Bishop of Sale (Australia)

1956.10.111957.01.20
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Menéndez

former Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

1956.10.251956.12.16
SpainBishop José Castelltort Subeyre

former Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

1956.11.051957.02.17
VanuatuArchbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

1956.11.091957.02.02
DominicaBishop Arnold Boghaert, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

1956.11.091957.02.25
ChileBishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile)

1956.11.091957.03.17
MalawiBishop Cornelius Chitsulo

former Bishop of Dedza (Malawi)

1956.11.091957.05.11
ColombiaArchbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

1956.11.101957.02.10
ColombiaBishop Pablo Correa León

former Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

1956.11.101957.02.25
PeruBishop Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa (Peru)

1956.11.111957.01.06
Papua New GuineaBishop Francis John Doyle, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Sideia (Papua New Guinea)

1956.11.111957.02.25
Papua New GuineaBishop Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)

1956.11.111957.02.26
El SalvadorBishop Francisco José Castro y Ramírez

former Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)

1956.11.151957.01.27
BrazilArchbishop Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil)

1956.11.161957.01.13
KenyaCardinal Maurice Michael Otunga

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

former Military Ordinary of Kenya (Kenya)

1956.11.171957.02.25
USABishop Joseph Bernard Brunini

former Bishop of Jackson (USA)

1956.11.281957.01.29
CanadaBishop Joseph Louis André Ouellette

former Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

1956.11.291957.02.25
BoliviaBishop Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

1956.11.291957.02.27
BrazilArchbishop Jaime Luiz Coelho

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil)

1956.12.031957.01.20
BrazilBishop Severino Mariano de Aguiar

former Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil)

1956.12.031957.03.31
AustriaBishop Franz Žak

former Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

1956.12.041956.12.30
USABishop Harry Anselm Clinch

former Bishop of Monterey (USA)

1956.12.051957.02.27
AustraliaCardinal James Darcy Freeman

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

1956.12.091957.01.24
CuraçaoBishop Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P.

former Bishop of Willemstad (Curaçao)

1956.12.091957.02.28
MicronesiaBishop Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands (Micronesia)

1956.12.091957.03.25
CanadaBishop Alexander Carter

former Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

1956.12.101957.02.02
BeninCardinal Bernardin Gantin

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

former Prefect of Congregation for Bishops

former President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

1956.12.111957.02.03
UgandaBishop Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mbarara (Uganda)

1956.12.111957.03.23
BoliviaBishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (Bolivia)

1956.12.111957.05.30
AlbaniaBishop Antonin Fishta, O.F.M.

former Titular Bishop of Amyzon

former Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Albania)

1956.12.171957.04.25
NetherlandsBishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers

former Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

1956.12.191957.02.12
PortugalArchbishop Francisco Maria da Silva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

1956.12.201957.03.31
ColombiaBishop Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa

former Bishop of Espinal (Colombia)

1956.12.221957.04.28
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Spanedda

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

1956.12.231957.03.17
CanadaBishop Gérard Couturier

former Bishop of Hauterive (Canada)

1956.12.271957.02.28
USABishop Andrew Gregory Grutka

former Bishop of Gary (USA)

1956.12.291957.02.25
USABishop Hilary Baumann Hacker

former Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

1956.12.291957.02.27
ColombiaBishop Raul Zambrano Camader

former Bishop of Facatativá (Colombia)

1956.12.291957.03.19
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