Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1958

Bishops (131)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ChinaBishop Zhou Yi-zhai (周益齋)

former Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

(1958)1958
USABishop Howard Joseph Carroll

former Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA)

1957.12.051958.01.02
FranceBishop Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger

former Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

1957.10.261958.01.16
MadagascarBishop Jules-Joseph Puset, P.S.S.

former Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

1957.11.141958.01.26
USABishop Leonard Philip Cowley

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1957.11.281958.01.29
USABishop Alphonse James Schladweiler

former Bishop of New Ulm (USA)

1957.11.281958.01.29
EcuadorBishop Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas (Ecuador)

1957.11.141958.02.02
FranceArchbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

1957.12.201958.02.03
PolandBishop Szczepan Sobalkowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1957.06.031958.02.11
PolandBishop Jan Jaroszewicz

former Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1957.12.101958.02.11
FranceBishop Vincent-Marie Favé

former Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper (France)

1957.12.121958.02.24
New ZealandCardinal Reginald John Delargey

former Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

1957.11.251958.02.27
USABishop Victor Joseph Reed

former Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA)

1957.12.051958.03.05
GreeceBishop Hyakinthos Gad (Greek Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

1958.02.171958.03.12
ArgentinaBishop Enrique Principe

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

1957.11.281958.03.16
ChileArchbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias

former Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

1958.01.101958.03.16
ItalyBishop Pio A. Crivellari, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1958.02.071958.03.16
FranceArchbishop Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1957.12.181958.03.19
MexicoBishop Francisco Ferreira Arreola

former Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico)

1957.12.211958.03.19
BrazilBishop Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Santarém (Brazil)

1958.01.311958.04.09
Costa RicaBishop Alfonso Höfer Hombach, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

1958.01.071958.04.11
ChadArchbishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of N’Djaména (Chad)

1957.12.241958.04.13
JapanBishop Lawrence Satoshi Nagae (ラウレンチオ 長江 恵)

former Bishop of Urawa 浦和 (Japan)

1957.12.241958.04.13
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
BrazilBishop José de Aquino Pereira

former Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

1958.01.231958.04.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M.

former Bishop of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

1957.06.281958.04.20
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
MexicoBishop Fernando Romo Gutiérrez

former Bishop of Torreón (Mexico)

1958.01.131958.04.20
ArgentinaBishop Alejandro Schell

former Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)

1958.02.141958.04.20
Timor-LesteBishop José Joaquim Ribeiro

former Bishop of Díli (Timor-Leste)

1957.11.301958.04.27
NigeriaBishop William Richard Field, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

1958.01.161958.04.27
ChileArchbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

1958.02.111958.04.27
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil)

1958.01.231958.05.01
GambiaBishop Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

1957.06.241958.05.04
SpainBishop Rafael González Moralejo

former Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

1958.02.251958.05.04
MexicoBishop Adolfo Hernández Hurtado

former Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

1958.01.131958.05.11
Congo-KinshasaBishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

1958.01.161958.05.11
SpainVenerable Bishop Angel Riesco Carbajo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (Spain)

1958.02.151958.05.11
PeruBishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1958.04.141958.05.15
BrazilBishop Walmor Battú Wichrowski

former Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

1958.02.141958.05.25
EnglandBishop David John Cashman

former Bishop of Arundel and Brighton (England)

1958.03.251958.05.27
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
ChileArchbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

1958.03.211958.06.01
ChinaBishop Jia Fu-shan (賈福善)

former Prefect Apostolic of Yiduxian 益都縣 (China)

1958.06.01
Equatorial GuineaBishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F.

former Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

1957.11.141958.06.15
ChinaBishop Chen Yuan-cai (陳原才)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

19581958.06.15
ChinaBishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China)

19621958.06.15
USAArchbishop Paul Francis Leibold

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1958.04.101958.06.17
ChinaBishop John Zhao You-min (趙佑民)

former Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

(1958)1958.06.22
LaosBishop Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)

1950.07.171958.06.25
BelizeBishop Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J.

former Bishop of Belize (Belize)

1958.03.021958.06.26
IndonesiaBishop Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia)

1957.11.141958.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Nicola Riezzo

former Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1958.03.251958.06.29
PolandBishop Henryk Strakowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1958.05.031958.06.29
MadagascarBishop Camille-Antoine Chilouet, C.M.

former Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

1957.12.241958.07.02
ChinaBishop John Li Xi-ting (李熙亭)

former Bishop of Chengdu 成都 (China)

(1958)1958.07.06
EthiopiaArchbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru (Ethiopic Rite)

former Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

1958.02.031958.07.06
PeruArchbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

1958.04.281958.07.06
CroatiaArchbishop Marijan Oblak

former Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1958.04.301958.07.06
GermanyBishop Heinrich Pachowiak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1958.05.271958.07.15
ChinaBishop John Wang Qi-wei (王其威)

former Bishop of Baoding 保定 (China)

(1958)1958.07.20
PeruBishop Nemesio Rivera Meza

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1958.05.151958.07.20
GermanyBishop Heinrich Tenhumberg

former Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1958.05.281958.07.20
BrazilBishop Augusto Petró

former Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

1958.05.161958.07.27
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
BrazilBishop Jackson Berenguer Prado

former Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil)

1958.04.161958.08.03
ColombiaBishop José Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia)

1958.07.041958.08.03
BrazilBishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

1958.04.161958.08.10
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
MexicoBishop José Manuel Piña Torres

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

1958.05.121958.08.15
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
TanzaniaBishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C.

former Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

1958.02.241958.08.24
PakistanCardinal Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

1958.05.071958.08.24
PolandBishop Józef Drzazga

former Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

1958.05.051958.08.31
ArgentinaBishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila

former Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

1958.06.131958.08.31
IrelandBishop Henry Murphy

former Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

1958.07.011958.08.31
PolandBishop Wilhelm Pluta

former Bishop of Gorzów (Poland)

1958.07.041958.09.07
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira

former Bishop of San Francisco (Argentina)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

1958.07.161958.09.07
ItalyVenerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti

former Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

1958.06.191958.09.08
NetherlandsBishop Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard

former Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

1958.07.011958.09.09
MexicoBishop Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara (Mexico)

1958.07.041958.09.09
VenezuelaBishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría

former Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

1958.05.241958.09.14
BrazilBishop Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap.

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

1958.06.181958.09.14
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
ItalyBishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti

former Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1958.07.211958.09.14
South KoreaBishop James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M.

former Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

1958.07.041958.09.16
MadagascarBishop Édouard Ranaivo

former Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar)

1958.06.241958.09.21
USABishop Michael William Hyle

former Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

1958.07.031958.09.24
PolandSaint Pope John Paul II

former Supreme Pontiff

1958.07.041958.09.28
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Tuschen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1958.08.211958.09.29
PolandBishop Michał Blecharczyk

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

1958.07.061958.10.05
PhilippinesBishop Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jolo (Philippines)

1958.07.121958.10.08
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
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

1958.05.071958.10.11
AustraliaBishop Ivan Prasko (Ukrainian Rite)

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

1958.05.101958.10.19
VenezuelaArchbishop José Rafael Pulido Méndez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1958.06.211958.10.19
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
PeruBishop José Germán Benavides Morriberón

former Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru)

1958.08.281958.10.26
ChinaBishop James Li Shu-ren (李樹仁), O.S.A.

former Prefect Apostolic of Yueyang 岳陽 (China)

1958.10.26
ChinaBishop Li Zhen-lin (李震林)

former Prefect Apostolic of Lixian 澧縣 (China)

1958.10.26
UruguayBishop Antonio Corso

former Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay)

1958.07.301958.10.28
USAArchbishop Paul John Hallinan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1958.09.091958.10.28
FranceBishop Paul Joseph Schmitt

former Bishop of Metz (France)

1958.07.051958.11.13
PolandArchbishop Jerzy Stroba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Poznań (Poland)

1958.07.041958.11.16
ItalyBishop Antonio Pirotto

former Bishop of Troia (Italy)

1958.08.241958.11.16
FranceBishop Elie Vandewalle

former Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles (France)

1958.08.231958.11.18
FranceBishop Henri-Louis-Marie Mazerat

former Bishop of Angers (France)

1958.09.011958.11.25
CanadaBishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle

former Bishop of Nelson (Canada)

1958.11.091958.12.03
Trinidad and TobagoBishop William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P.

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

1958.08.151958.12.08
HondurasArchbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

1958.09.121958.12.12
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
TanzaniaBishop Charles Msakila

former Bishop of Sumbawanga (Tanzania)

1958.11.131958.12.27
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
BrazilArchbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

1958.11.271958.12.27
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

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