Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1958

Newly Elected Bishops (129)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Zhou Yi-zhai (周益齋)

former Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

(1958)1958
ChinaArchbishop Bernardine Dong Guang-qing (董光清), O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hankou 漢口 (China)

(1958)1958.04.13
ChinaBishop Mark Yuan Wen-hua (袁文華), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

19581958.04.13
ChinaBishop Chang Shou-yi (常守彝)

former Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

(1958)1958.04.20
ChinaBishop Lan Bo-lu (蘭柏露)

former Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China)

19581958.04.20
ChinaBishop Pan Shao-qing (潘少卿)

former Bishop of Xiwanzi 西灣子 (China)

(1958)1958.04.20
ChinaBishop Wang Shou-qian (王守謙)

former Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

19581958.04.20
ChinaBishop Dong Wen-long (董文隆)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

(1958)1958.06.01
ChinaBishop Charles Li Ming-yue (李鳴月)

former Bishop of Caozhou 曹州 (China)

(1958)1958.06.01
ChinaBishop Joseph Zong Huai-de (宗懷德)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jinan 濟南 (China)

former Bishop of Zhoucun 周村 (China)

(1958)1958.06.01
ChinaBishop Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

19581958.06.15
ChinaBishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民)

former Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

(1958)1958.06.22
ChinaBishop John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭)

former Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

(1958)1958.07.06
ChinaBishop John Wang Qi-wei (王其威)

former Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

(1958)1958.07.20
ChinaBishop Chen Du-qing (陳獨清)

former Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

(1958)1958.10.09
ChinaBishop Hu Qin-ming (胡欽明)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

(1958)1958.10.09
ChinaBishop Huang Shu (黃曙)

former Bishop of Yujiang 餘江 (China)

(1958)1958.10.09
ChinaBishop Guo Ze-qian (郭則謙)

former Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

(1958)1958.10.26
ChinaBishop Xiong De-lian (熊德漣)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Changsha 長沙 (China)

(1958)1958.10.26
ChinaBishop Michael Yan Gao-jian (楊高堅), O.S.A.

former Bishop of Changde 常德 (China)

(1958)1958.10.26
ChinaBishop Matthias Wu Guo-huan (吳國煥)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

(1958)1960.04.27
ChinaBishop Joseph Lin Quan (林聖恩 / 林泉)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

(1958)1962.01.24
ChinaBishop Li De-pei (李德培)

former Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

19581963.05.14
Costa RicaBishop Alfonso Höfer Hombach, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

1958.01.071958.04.11
ChileArchbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias

former Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

1958.01.101958.03.16
MexicoBishop Fernando Romo Gutiérrez

former Bishop of Torreón (Mexico)

1958.01.131958.04.20
MexicoBishop Adolfo Hernández Hurtado

former Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

1958.01.131958.05.11
NigeriaBishop William Richard Field, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

1958.01.161958.04.27
Congo-KinshasaBishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

1958.01.161958.05.11
BrazilBishop José de Aquino Pereira

former Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

1958.01.231958.04.13
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil)

1958.01.231958.05.01
BrazilBishop Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Santarém (Brazil)

1958.01.311958.04.09
EthiopiaArchbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru (Ethiopic Rite)

former Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

1958.02.031958.07.06
ItalyBishop Pio A. Crivellari, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1958.02.071958.03.16
ChileArchbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

1958.02.111958.04.27
ArgentinaBishop Alejandro Schell

former Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

1958.02.141958.04.20
BrazilBishop Walmor Battú Wichrowski

former Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

1958.02.141958.05.25
SpainVenerable Bishop Angel Riesco Carbajo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (Spain)

1958.02.151958.05.11
GreeceBishop Hyakinthos Gad (Greek Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

1958.02.171958.03.12
TanzaniaBishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C.

former Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

1958.02.241958.08.24
SpainBishop Rafael González Moralejo

former Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

1958.02.251958.05.04
BelizeBishop Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J.

former Bishop of Belize (Belize)

1958.03.021958.06.26
ChileArchbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

1958.03.211958.06.01
EnglandBishop David John Cashman

former Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

1958.03.251958.05.27
ItalyArchbishop Nicola Riezzo

former Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1958.03.251958.06.29
USAArchbishop Paul Francis Leibold

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1958.04.101958.06.17
PeruBishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1958.04.141958.05.15
BrazilBishop Jackson Berenguer Prado

former Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil)

1958.04.161958.08.03
BrazilBishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

1958.04.161958.08.10
AlbaniaBishop Nikollë Troshani

former Titular Bishop of Cisamus

1958.04.181959.03.25
BulgariaBishop Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap.

former Titular Bishop of Batnæ

former Apostolic Administrator of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

1958.04.201960.12.04
PeruArchbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

1958.04.281958.07.06
NigeriaBishop Richard Finn, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

1958.04.281959.02.08
CroatiaArchbishop Marijan Oblak

former Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1958.04.301958.07.06
PolandBishop Henryk Strakowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1958.05.031958.06.29
PolandBishop Józef Drzazga

former Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

1958.05.051958.08.31
PakistanCardinal Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

1958.05.071958.08.24
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

1958.05.071958.10.11
BrazilBishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

1958.05.101958.08.15
AustraliaBishop Ivan Prasko (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

1958.05.101958.10.19
MexicoBishop José Manuel Piña Torres

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

1958.05.121958.08.15
PeruBishop Nemesio Rivera Meza

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1958.05.151958.07.20
PeruBishop Marco Libardoni, O.S.J.

former Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru)

1958.05.151964.11.01
PeruBishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

1958.05.151964.11.08
BrazilBishop Augusto Petró

former Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

1958.05.161958.07.27
VenezuelaBishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría

former Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

1958.05.241958.09.14
GermanyBishop Heinrich Pachowiak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1958.05.271958.07.15
GermanyBishop Heinrich Tenhumberg

former Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1958.05.281958.07.20
Northern IrelandCardinal William John Conway

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

1958.05.311958.07.27
EgyptBishop Youhanna Kabès (Coptic Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

1958.06.071958.07.27
ArgentinaBishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila

former Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

1958.06.131958.08.31
ChileCardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

1958.06.151958.08.15
BrazilBishop Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

1958.06.181958.09.14
ItalyVenerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti

former Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

1958.06.191958.09.08
VenezuelaArchbishop José Rafael Pulido Méndez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1958.06.211958.10.19
MadagascarBishop Édouard Ranaivo

former Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

1958.06.241958.09.21
IrelandBishop Henry Murphy

former Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

1958.07.011958.08.31
NetherlandsBishop Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard

former Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

1958.07.011958.09.09
USABishop Michael William Hyle

former Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

1958.07.031958.09.24
ColombiaBishop José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia)

1958.07.041958.08.03
PolandBishop Wilhelm Pluta

former Bishop of Gorzów (Poland)

1958.07.041958.09.07
MexicoBishop Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico)

1958.07.041958.09.09
South KoreaBishop James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M.

former Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

1958.07.041958.09.16
PolandSaint Pope John Paul II

former Supreme Pontiff

1958.07.041958.09.28
PolandArchbishop Jerzy Stroba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

1958.07.041958.11.16
FranceBishop Paul Joseph Schmitt

former Bishop of Metz (France)

1958.07.051958.11.13
PolandBishop Michał Blecharczyk

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

1958.07.061958.10.05
ItalyCardinal Ugo Poletti

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo

former Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy)

former President of Commission for Advocates

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1958.07.121958.09.14
PhilippinesBishop Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines)

1958.07.121958.10.08
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira

former Bishop of San Francisco (Argentina)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

1958.07.161958.09.07
ItalyBishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti

former Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1958.07.211958.09.14
UruguayBishop Antonio Corso

former Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

1958.07.301958.10.28
PeruBishop José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC.

former Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru)

1958.07.301964.05.09
Trinidad and TobagoBishop William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

1958.08.151958.12.08
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Tuschen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1958.08.211958.09.29
FranceBishop Elie Vandewalle

former Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

1958.08.231958.11.18
ItalyBishop Antonio Pirotto

former Bishop of Troia (Italy)

1958.08.241958.11.16
PeruBishop José Germán Benavides Morriberón

former Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

1958.08.281958.10.26
FranceBishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat

former Bishop of Angers (France)

1958.09.011958.11.25
USAArchbishop Paul John Hallinan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1958.09.091958.10.28
HondurasArchbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

1958.09.121958.12.12
CanadaBishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle

former Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

1958.11.091958.12.03
TanzaniaBishop Charles Msakila

former Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

1958.11.131958.12.27
Congo-KinshasaBishop Léon-Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

1958.11.131959.04.05
EcuadorBishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

1958.11.131959.04.05
RussiaBishop Andrei Katkoff, M.I.C.

former Titular Bishop of Nauplia

1958.11.141958.12.21
EcuadorBishop Benigno Chiriboga, S.J.

former Bishop of Latacunga (Ecuador)

1958.11.151958.12.21
GuatemalaCardinal Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

former Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

1958.11.151958.12.27
SpainBishop Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo

former Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

1958.11.151959.01.04
PolandBishop Lech Kaczmarek

former Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

1958.11.161959.01.18
PolandBishop Wacław Wycisk

former Auxiliary Bishop of Opole (Poland)

1958.11.161959.01.25
PolandBishop Jan Czerniak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

1958.11.181959.02.02
PolandBishop Jerzy Modzelewski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1958.11.181959.02.08
BrazilBishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

1958.11.251959.02.24
BrazilArchbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

1958.11.271958.12.27
Solomon IslandsArchbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Honiara (Solomon Islands)

1958.11.271959.02.24
ZambiaBishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mbala (Zambia)

1958.12.111959.06.29
MadagascarBishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T.

former Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

1958.12.111959.07.19
EgyptBishop Raphaël Bayan (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

1958.12.121959.01.06
ItalyCardinal Carlo Grano

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

former Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

1958.12.131958.12.27
ItalyCardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo

former Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

former Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1958.12.141958.12.27
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

1958.12.141958.12.27
ItalyCardinal Domenico Tardini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title

former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

former President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter

1958.12.141958.12.27
ItalyBlessed Pope John Paul I

former Supreme Pontiff

1958.12.151958.12.27
ColombiaBishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras

former Bishop of Cartago (Colombia)

1958.12.181959.01.06
MexicoBishop José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz

former Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

1958.12.181959.01.25
MexicoBishop Miguel Garcia Franco

former Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)

1958.12.181959.02.22
MexicoBishop Fidel Cortés Pérez

former Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico)

1958.12.181959.02.24
MozambiqueArchbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

1958.12.201959.03.08

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