Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1956

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Bishops (113)ElectedConsecratedAscending
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
IndiaBishop Sebastian Valloppilly (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

1955.10.161956.01.08
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1955.11.071956.01.15
EnglandBishop Bernard Patrick Wall

former Bishop of Brentwood (England)

1955.11.301956.01.18
SpainCardinal Narciso Jubany Arnau

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

former Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)

1955.11.241956.01.22
USABishop Philip Joseph Furlong

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

1955.12.031956.01.25
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
VietnamBishop Joseph-Marie-Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo

former Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1955.05.071956.02.07
USABishop Stephen Aloysius Leven

former Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

1955.12.031956.02.08
MadagascarBishop Claude Rolland, M.S.

former Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1955.12.191956.02.12
CanadaBishop Francis Anthony Marrocco

former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

1955.12.011956.02.22
USABishop John Louis Morkovsky

former Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1955.12.221956.02.22
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
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
MadagascarBishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S.

former Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

1955.09.141956.03.07
CanadaBishop John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

1955.12.191956.03.07
IndiaBishop Stanislaus Tigga

former Bishop of Raigarh–Ambikapur (India)

1955.11.071956.03.11
UruguayBishop Luis Baccino

former Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

1955.12.201956.03.11
BermudaBishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands (Bermuda)

1956.01.281956.03.19
RwandaArchbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Kabgayi (Rwanda)

1955.12.191956.03.25
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
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
ItalyBishop Vittorio Longo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1956.01.231956.04.22
ItalyBishop Luigi Rinaldi

former Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

former Bishop of Bisignano (Italy)

1956.02.221956.04.22
PeruBishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

1956.03.011956.04.22
ItalyBishop Carlo Livraghi

former Bishop of Veroli–Frosinone (Italy)

1956.03.101956.04.29
CanadaBishop Marius Paré

former Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

1956.02.071956.05.01
CambodiaBishop Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1956.02.291956.05.01
USABishop Lawrence Frederik Schott

former Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

1956.03.011956.05.01
NetherlandsBishop Martien Antoon Jansen

former Bishop of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

1956.03.101956.05.08
South AfricaBishop Anthony Reiterer, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Lydenburg–Witbank (South Africa)

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

1956.02.291956.05.20
IraqArchbishop Gabriel Ganni (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1956.03.191956.05.20
USABishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Covington (USA)

1956.04.061956.05.22
VenezuelaBishop Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela)

1955.12.191956.05.27
Cabo VerdeBishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço

former Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1956.03.281956.05.27
Cote d’IvoireBishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

1956.02.291956.05.31
USABishop Thomas Edward Gill

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1956.04.111956.05.31
SpainBishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández

former Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

1956.03.061956.06.03
USABishop Alden John Bell

former Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

1956.04.111956.06.04
PortugalBishop João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida

former Auxiliary Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

1956.02.181956.06.08
PortugalBishop António Cardoso Cunha

former Bishop of Vila Real (Portugal)

1956.03.091956.06.10
SpainBishop Antonio Oña de Echave

former Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

1956.03.271956.06.10
NamibiaBishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1956.03.241956.06.11
FranceBishop Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec

former Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

1956.05.021956.06.20
FranceBishop Jacques Le Cordier

former Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

1956.05.151956.06.23
ItalyArchbishop Primo Principi

former Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

1956.05.081956.06.24
FijiArchbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

1956.02.291956.06.29
SpainBishop Miguel Nóvoa Fuente

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1956.04.091956.06.29
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
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
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
VenezuelaBishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita (Venezuela)

1955.12.191956.07.08
Burkina FasoBishop Dieudonné Yougbaré

former Bishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

1956.02.291956.07.08
ChileArchbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos

former Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

1955.06.271956.07.15
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
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
ArgentinaArchbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina)

1956.06.051956.08.12
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
PanamaBishop Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F.

former Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama)

1956.04.071956.08.22
FranceBishop Roger Johan

former Bishop of Agen (France)

1956.04.131956.08.24
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
USAArchbishop Philip Matthew Hannan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

1956.06.161956.08.28
VenezuelaCardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1956.08.021956.09.02
ZimbabweArchbishop Francis William Markall, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

1956.04.291956.09.08
IndiaBishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Vellore (India)

1956.07.041956.09.09
BrazilBishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M.

former Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

1956.07.081956.09.09
IndonesiaBishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Djajapura (Indonesia)

1956.04.291956.09.12
USABishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn

former Bishop of Crookston (USA)

1956.07.131956.09.12
ChileBishop Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

1956.06.201956.09.16
TanzaniaBishop Elias Mchonde

former Bishop of Mahenge (Tanzania)

1956.03.241956.09.21
BangladeshBishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X.

former Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

1956.08.031956.09.23
CroatiaBishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P.

former Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

1956.08.071956.09.30
TanzaniaBishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M.

former Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

1956.07.041956.10.03
USABishop Adolph Marx

former Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

1956.07.061956.10.09
GibraltarBishop John Farmer Healy

former Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1956.07.181956.10.11
PhilippinesBishop Odilo Etspueler, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Bangued (Philippines)

1956.08.201956.10.11
FranceBishop Francis-Albert Bougon

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1956.08.021956.10.16
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
FranceBishop André-Jacques Fougerat

former Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1956.07.161956.10.23
USAArchbishop Stephen John Kocisko (Ruthenian Rite)

former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

1956.07.201956.10.23
USABishop Hubert James Cartwright

former Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

1956.08.031956.10.24
TogoBishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

1955.09.141956.10.28
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
ItalyBishop Mario Di Lieto

former Bishop of Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

1956.08.111956.10.28
PhilippinesBishop Henry Byrne, S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Iba (Philippines)

1956.08.201956.10.29
USAArchbishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (Ukrainian Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

1956.07.201956.11.08
AustriaBishop Štefan László

former Bishop of Eisenstadt (Austria)

1956.09.201956.11.11
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
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Pierre Kimbondo

former Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

former Archbishop ad personam

1956.08.091956.11.18
El SalvadorBishop Rafael Valladares y Argumedo

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1956.08.181956.11.18
Cote d’IvoireBishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)

1956.07.041956.11.29
Dominican RepublicBishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

19531956.11.30
ChileBishop Orlando Arce Moya1956.11.30 ▼
Cote d’IvoireBishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)

1951.10.261956.12.08
Dominican RepublicBishop Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M.

former Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

1956.06.221956.12.08
EcuadorBishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P.

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1956.10.101956.12.08
ArgentinaBishop Manuel Menéndez

former Bishop of San Martín (Argentina)

1956.10.251956.12.16
AustriaBishop Franz Žak

former Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

1956.12.041956.12.30
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