| Newly Elected Bishops (125) | Elected | Consecrated |
 Bishop Wang Ju-guang (王炬光) ▼former Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959 ▼ |
| Bishop Li Sheng-xue (李聖學) ▼ former Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.03.26 ▼ |
| Bishop Wang Wei-min (王維民) ▼ former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China) ▼ | 1959 | 1959.05.31 |
| Bishop Joseph Yao Guang-yu (姚光裕), C.M. ▼ former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.07.26 ▼ |
| Bishop Anthony Tu Shi-hua (涂世華) ▼ former Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.08.15 ▼ |
| Bishop Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian (張鳴謙), O.F.M. ▼ former Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.08.15 ▼ |
| Bishop John Li Wei-guang (李維光) ▼ former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.11.15 ▼ |
| Bishop Thomas Qian Yu-rong (錢余榮) former Bishop of Xuzhou 徐州 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.11.15 ▼ |
| Bishop Shen Chu-ming (沈初鳴) ▼ former Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.11.15 ▼ |
| Bishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai (郁成才) ▼ former Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China) ▼ | (1959) | 1959.11.15 ▼ |
 Blessed Bishop Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)former Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) | 1959 | 1963.02.04 |
 Archbishop Alfonso Niehuesformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) | 1959.01.08 | 1959.04.05 |
| Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo former Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) | 1959.01.08 | 1959.04.05 |
 Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm.former Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru) former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) | 1959.01.10 | 1965.08.05 |
 Bishop John Neil Cullinaneformer Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) | 1959.01.13 | 1959.03.18 |
| Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C. former Bishop of Broome (Australia) | 1959.01.13 | 1959.03.19 |
| Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araújo former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort former Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) | 1959.01.19 | 1959.05.07 |
 Archbishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) | 1959.01.20 | 1959.04.12 |
| Bishop John William Comber, M.M. former Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers) | 1959.01.23 | 1959.04.09 |
 Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạoformer Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) | 1959.01.24 | 1959.04.26 |
 Bishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moorsformer Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) | 1959.01.26 | 1959.03.17 |
 Bishop Julius Angerhausenformer Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany) | 1959.01.27 | 1959.04.12 |
 Bishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollarformer Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) | 1959.02.02 | 1959.03.08 |
| Bishop James Joseph Gerrard former Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA) | 1959.02.02 | 1959.03.19 |
 Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommiesformer Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) | 1959.02.03 | 1959.05.18 |
 Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souzaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) | 1959.02.05 | 1959.03.31 |
| Bishop Raymond D’Mello former Bishop of Allahabad (India) | 1959.02.05 | 1959.04.06 |
| Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco former Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) | 1959.02.06 | 1959.03.22 |
 Bishop Ignacio Arbulú Pinedaformer Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) | 1959.02.06 | 1959.04.12 |
| Bishop José Thurler former Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) former Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) | 1959.02.12 | 1959.04.05 |
 Bishop Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.J.former Bishop of Arua (Uganda) | 1959.02.12 | 1959.05.01 |
 Bishop Petrus Frans Lehaen, S.D.B.former Bishop of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1959.02.12 | 1959.05.31 |
 Archbishop Michel Kien Samophithakformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand) | 1959.02.12 | 1959.07.01 |
 Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp.former Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria) | 1959.02.19 | 1959.05.17 |
| Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena former Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) | 1959.02.19 | 1959.05.17 |
 Bishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmarformer Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines) | 1959.02.20 | 1959.05.11 |
 Archbishop Jean Karroum (Syriac Rite)former Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria) | 1959.02.21 | 1959.03.19 |
| Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) | 1959.02.24 | 1959.04.22 |
| Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) | 1959.02.24 | 1959.04.22 |
| Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. former Bishop of Puno (Peru) | 1959.03.02 | 1959.04.26 |
 Bishop Paul Piché, O.M.I.former Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada) | 1959.03.05 | 1959.06.11 |
 Bishop Angelo Zambarbieriformer Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) | 1959.03.12 | 1959.04.25 |
| Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy former Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA) | 1959.03.13 | 1959.05.19 |
 Archbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jennyformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) | 1959.03.14 | 1959.05.18 |
| Bishop Pierre Phạm Tần former Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam) | 1959.03.17 | 1975.06.22 |
 Bishop Juan Félix Pepén y Solimanformer Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) former Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) | 1959.04.01 | 1959.05.31 |
 Bishop Amand Hubert, S.M.A.former Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt) | 1959.04.07 | 1959.05.24 |
| Bishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem former Bishop of Laval (France) | 1959.04.08 | 1959.06.22 |
 Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreiraformer Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) | 1959.04.17 | 1959.06.11 |
| Bishop Platon V. Kornyljak (Ukrainian Rite) former Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) | 1959.04.17 | 1959.07.07 |
| Bishop Costanzo Micci former Bishop of Pergola (Italy) former Bishop of Cagli (Italy) former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) former Bishop of Fano (Italy) | 1959.04.21 | 1959.06.07 |
 Bishop Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M.former Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia) | 1959.04.21 | 1959.07.14 |
| Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo former Bishop of Mbujimayi (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1959.04.25 | 1959.07.01 |
| Archbishop Vivian Anthony Dyer former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) | 1959.04.25 | 1959.08.09 |
 Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr.former Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea) | 1959.04.25 | 1959.09.27 |
 Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A.former Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar) | 1959.04.25 | 1959.10.25 |
| Bishop Paolo Savino former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) | 1959.04.27 | 1959.06.21 |
| Cardinal Alfred Bengsch former Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia pro hac vice Title former Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany) | 1959.05.02 | 1959.06.11 |
| Bishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J. former Bishop of Ischia (Italy) | 1959.05.09 | 1959.06.21 |
| Bishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I. former Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil) former Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) | 1959.05.09 | 1959.06.29 |
 Bishop Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp.former Bishop of Mouila (Gabon) | 1959.05.14 | 1959.09.13 |
 Archbishop Venedictos Printesisformer Archbishop of Athens (Greece) | 1959.05.15 | 1959.06.21 |
| Archbishop John Joseph Maguire former Coadjutor Archbishop of New York (USA) | 1959.05.16 | 1959.06.29 |
| Bishop Giuseppe Bonacini former Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) | 1959.05.16 | 1959.06.29 |
 Bishop Henryk Grzondzielformer Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) | 1959.05.20 | 1959.08.16 |
| Archbishop Georges Jacquot former Archbishop of Marseille (France) | 1959.05.20 | 1959.09.30 |
 Bishop Frans Janssen, C.M.former Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia) | 1959.05.21 | 1959.07.31 |
 Bishop Ferdinand Piontekformer Titular Bishop of Barca | 1959.05.23 | 1959.06.24 |
 Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Syriac Rite)former Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) | 1959.05.27 | 1959.08.15 |
| Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India) | 1959.06.04 | 1959.11.01 |
| Bishop John Burke former Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India) | 1959.06.04 | 1959.11.01 |
 Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C.former Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) | 1959.06.06 | 1959.09.15 |
 Bishop Michel Ntuyahagaformer Bishop of Bujumbura (Burundi) | 1959.06.11 | 1959.10.11 |
| Bishop Johannes Lenhardt former Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany) | 1959.06.13 | 1959.07.25 |
| Bishop Luis Munive Escobar former Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) | 1959.06.13 | 1959.11.12 |
| Archbishop Lino Zanini former Delegate of Fabric of Saint Peter | 1959.06.16 | 1959.09.03 |
| Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. former Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) | 1959.06.20 | 1959.10.11 |
| Bishop Bernhard Schräder former Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) | 1959.06.22 | 1959.09.08 |
 Bishop Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M.former Bishop of Sololá (Guatemala) | 1959.06.27 | 1959.07.19 |
 Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. Silv.former Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka) | 1959.07.02 | 1959.10.03 |
| Cardinal Pierre Veuillot former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) former Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) | 1959.07.07 | 1959.07.01 |
 Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap.former Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea) | 1959.07.10 | 1961.04.09 |
| Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. former Bishop of Lages (Brazil) | 1959.07.11 | 1959.10.11 |
| Bishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik former Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland) | 1959.07.15 | 1959.10.04 |
| Cardinal Joseph Albert Malula former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1959.07.18 | 1959.09.20 |
 Bishop Alfred Pichlerformer Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 1959.07.22 | 1959.10.18 |
| Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli former President of Caritas Internationalis | 1959.07.22 | 1959.10.25 |
| Bishop Tadeusz Etter former Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland) | 1959.07.22 | 1959.10.25 |
| Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges former Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) | 1959.08.01 | 1959.10.25 |
| Bishop Charles Albert Buswell former Bishop of Pueblo (USA) | 1959.08.08 | 1959.09.30 |
| Bishop Jolando Nuzzi former Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy) | 1959.08.08 | 1959.10.18 |
| Bishop Augusto Carvalho former Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) | 1959.08.08 | 1959.10.25 |
| Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli former Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) former Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) former Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) former Archbishop-Bishop of Nusco (Italy) | 1959.08.08 | 1959.11.01 |
| Archbishop Georges Layek (Armenian Rite) former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) | 1959.08.26 | 1959.10.25 |
| Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil (Greek-Melkite Rite) former Archbishop-Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA) | 1959.08.29 | 1960.01.01 |
 Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M.former General Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine) | 1959.08.31 | 1959.10.25 |
| Bishop Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla former Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines) | 1959.09.07 | 1959.12.12 |
 Bishop József Winklerformer Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary) | 1959.09.15 | 1964.10.28 |
 Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranovformer Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria) | 1959.10.10 | 1959.11.08 |
 Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S.former Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) | 1959.10.13 | 1960.11.20 |
| Bishop Wincenty Urban former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) | 1959.10.21 | 1960.02.07 |
 Archbishop Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (Syriac Rite)former Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq) | 1959.10.23 | 1959.12.08 |
| Bishop Stéphane Bello (Chaldean Rite) former Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldeans (Syria) | 1959.10.23 | 1960.01.10 |
| Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) | 1959.10.24 | 1959.11.29 |
| Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) | 1959.11.04 | 1959.12.21 |
| Bishop Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé former Bishop of Nîmes (France) | 1959.11.08 | 1960.02.02 |
| Bishop James John Hogan former Bishop of Altoona–Johnstown (USA) | 1959.11.27 | 1960.02.25 |
| Bishop Ernest John Primeau former Bishop of Manchester (USA) | 1959.11.27 | 1960.02.25 |
| Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines former Bishop of Norwich (USA) | 1959.11.27 | 1960.03.17 |
| Bishop José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda former Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) | 1959.11.28 | 1960.02.25 |
| Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo former Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) | 1959.12.14 | 1960.03.27 |
| Bishop Henri Gufflet former Bishop of Limoges (France) | 1959.12.16 | 1960.04.01 |
| Archbishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) | 1959.12.17 | 1960.02.25 |
| Bishop Renato Luisi former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy) | 1959.12.17 | 1960.02.28 |
| Archbishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin former Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) | 1959.12.17 | 1960.03.13 |
| Bishop Cesar Gerardo Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. former Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.02.07 |
 Bishop Bernard Schilling, S.V.D.former Vicar Apostolic of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.03.19 |
| Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.04.21 |
| Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. former Archbishop-Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.04.27 |
 Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.former Bishop of Moundou (Chad) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.04.28 |
| Bishop François Vòllaro, O.SS.T. former Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.05.01 |
 Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubageformer Bishop of Mwanza (Tanzania) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.05.08 |
 Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ 野口由松)former Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) | 1959.12.19 | 1960.05.08 |
 Archbishop Thomas Morrisformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland) | 1959.12.21 | 1960.02.28 |
| Bishop Alfons Karl Kempf former Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) | 1959.12.27 | 1960.02.25 |
