Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1959

Bishops (116)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ChinaBishop Wang Ju-guang (王炬光)

former Bishop of Suifu 敘府 (China)

(1959)1959
SpainBishop Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo

former Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)

1958.11.151959.01.04
EgyptBishop Raphaël Bayan (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

1958.12.121959.01.06
ColombiaBishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras

former Bishop of Cartago (Colombia)

1958.12.181959.01.06
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
MexicoBishop José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz

former Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

1958.12.181959.01.25
PolandBishop Jan Czerniak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

1958.11.181959.02.02
NigeriaBishop Richard Finn, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

1958.04.281959.02.08
PolandBishop Jerzy Modzelewski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1958.11.181959.02.08
MexicoBishop Miguel Garcia Franco

former Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)

1958.12.181959.02.22
BrazilBishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil)

1958.11.251959.02.24
Solomon IslandsArchbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Honiara (Solomon Islands)

1958.11.271959.02.24
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
SpainBishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar

former Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

1959.02.021959.03.08
NetherlandsBishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors

former Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

1959.01.261959.03.17
AustraliaBishop John Neil Cullinane

former Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

1959.01.131959.03.18
AustraliaBishop John Jobst, S.A.C.

former Bishop of Broome (Australia)

1959.01.131959.03.19
USABishop James Joseph Gerrard

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA)

1959.02.021959.03.19
SyriaArchbishop Jean Karroum (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

1959.02.211959.03.19
MexicoBishop Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco

former Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

1959.02.061959.03.22
AlbaniaBishop Nikollë Troshani

former Titular Bishop of Cisamus

1958.04.181959.03.25
ChinaBishop Li Sheng-xue (李聖學)

former Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China)

(1959)1959.03.26
IndiaArchbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

1959.02.051959.03.31
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
BrazilArchbishop Alfonso Niehues

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

1959.01.081959.04.05
BrazilBishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo

former Bishop of Caicó (Brazil)

1959.01.081959.04.05
BrazilBishop José Thurler

former Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil)

1959.02.121959.04.05
IndiaBishop Raymond D’Mello

former Bishop of Allahabad (India)

1959.02.051959.04.06
USABishop John William Comber, M.M.

former Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

1959.01.231959.04.09
MexicoArchbishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

1959.01.201959.04.12
GermanyBishop Julius Angerhausen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany)

1959.01.271959.04.12
PeruBishop Ignacio Arbulú Pineda

former Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

1959.02.061959.04.12
USABishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

1959.02.241959.04.22
USABishop Charles Richard Mulrooney

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

1959.02.241959.04.22
ItalyBishop Angelo Zambarbieri

former Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

1959.03.121959.04.25
VietnamBishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo

former Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

1959.01.241959.04.26
PeruBishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Puno (Peru)

1959.03.021959.04.26
UgandaBishop Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Arua (Uganda)

1959.02.121959.05.01
BrazilCardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araújo

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

1959.01.191959.05.07
PhilippinesBishop Juan Nicolasora Nilmar

former Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines)

1959.02.201959.05.11
NigeriaBishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria)

1959.02.191959.05.17
BrazilBishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena

former Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

1959.02.191959.05.17
UruguayBishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies

former Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

1959.02.031959.05.18
FranceArchbishop Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

1959.03.141959.05.18
USABishop Robert Emmet Tracy

former Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

1959.03.131959.05.19
EgyptBishop Amand Hubert, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt)

1959.04.071959.05.24
ChinaBishop Wang Wei-min (王維民)

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

19591959.05.31
Congo-KinshasaBishop Petrus Frans Lehaen, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa)

1959.02.121959.05.31
Dominican RepublicBishop Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman

former Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

1959.04.011959.05.31
ItalyBishop Costanzo Micci

former Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

former Bishop of Cagli (Italy)

former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

former Bishop of Fano (Italy)

1959.04.211959.06.07
CanadaBishop Paul Piché, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith (Canada)

1959.03.051959.06.11
ChileBishop Alejandro Durán Moreira

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1959.04.171959.06.11
GermanyCardinal Alfred Bengsch

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia pro hac vice Title

former Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany)

1959.05.021959.06.11
ItalyBishop Paolo Savino

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1959.04.271959.06.21
ItalyBishop Diego Parodi, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

1959.05.091959.06.21
GreeceArchbishop Venedictos Printesis

former Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

1959.05.151959.06.21
FranceBishop Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem

former Bishop of Laval (France)

1959.04.081959.06.22
CzechiaBishop Ferdinand Piontek

former Titular Bishop of Barca

1959.05.231959.06.24
ZambiaBishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mbala (Zambia)

1958.12.111959.06.29
BrazilBishop José Dalvit, F.S.C.I.

former Bishop of São Mateus (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

1959.05.091959.06.29
USAArchbishop John Joseph Maguire

former Coadjutor Archbishop of New York (USA)

1959.05.161959.06.29
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Bonacini

former Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

1959.05.161959.06.29
ThailandArchbishop Michel Kien Samophithak

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng (Thailand)

1959.02.121959.07.01
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo

former Bishop of Mbujimayi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1959.04.251959.07.01
FranceCardinal 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)

1959.07.071959.07.01
GermanyBishop Platon V. Kornyljak (Ukrainian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany)

1959.04.171959.07.07
ChinaBishop Peter Wang Rui-huan (王瑞寰)

former Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

1959.07.12
BoliviaBishop Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Coroico (Bolivia)

1959.04.211959.07.14
MadagascarBishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T.

former Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

1958.12.111959.07.19
GuatemalaBishop Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Sololá (Guatemala)

1959.06.271959.07.19
GermanyBishop Johannes Lenhardt

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany)

1959.06.131959.07.25
ChinaBishop Joseph Yao Guang-yu (姚光裕), C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

(1959)1959.07.26
EthiopiaBishop Frans Janssen, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gimma (Ethiopia)

1959.05.211959.07.31
IndiaArchbishop Vivian Anthony Dyer

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

1959.04.251959.08.09
ChinaBishop Anthony Tu Shi-hua (涂世華)

former Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

(1959)1959.08.15
ChinaBishop Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian (張鳴謙), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

(1959)1959.08.15
LebanonPatriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Syriac Rite)

former Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1959.05.271959.08.15
PolandBishop Henryk Grzondziel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland)

1959.05.201959.08.16
ItalyArchbishop Lino Zanini

former Delegate of Fabric of Saint Peter

1959.06.161959.09.03
GermanyBishop Bernhard Schräder

former Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1959.06.221959.09.08
GabonBishop Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

1959.05.141959.09.13
HaitiBishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

1959.06.061959.09.15
Congo-KinshasaCardinal Joseph Albert Malula

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

1959.07.181959.09.20
GuineaBishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr.

former Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

1959.04.251959.09.27
FranceArchbishop Georges Jacquot

former Archbishop of Marseille (France)

1959.05.201959.09.30
USABishop Charles Albert Buswell

former Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

1959.08.081959.09.30
Sri LankaBishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. Silv.

former Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka)

1959.07.021959.10.03
PolandBishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1959.07.151959.10.04
BurundiBishop Michel Ntuyahaga

former Bishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

1959.06.111959.10.11
BrazilBishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil)

1959.06.201959.10.11
BrazilBishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

1959.07.111959.10.11
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Alfred Pichler

former Bishop of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1959.07.221959.10.18
ItalyBishop Jolando Nuzzi

former Bishop of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno (Italy)

1959.08.081959.10.18
MadagascarBishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A.

former Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

1959.04.251959.10.25
ItalyBishop Ferdinando Baldelli

former President of Caritas Internationalis

1959.07.221959.10.25
PolandBishop Tadeusz Etter

former Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań (Poland)

1959.07.221959.10.25
BrazilBishop Alberto Frederico Etges

former Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

1959.08.011959.10.25
BrazilBishop Augusto Carvalho

former Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

1959.08.081959.10.25
SyriaArchbishop Georges Layek (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1959.08.261959.10.25
PalestineBishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M.

former General Vicar of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1959.08.311959.10.25
IndiaArchbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

1959.06.041959.11.01
IndiaBishop John Burke

former Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

1959.06.041959.11.01
ItalyArchbishop 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)

1959.08.081959.11.01
BulgariaBishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov

former Bishop of Sofia–Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

1959.10.101959.11.08
MexicoBishop Luis Munive Escobar

former Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

1959.06.131959.11.12
ChinaBishop John Li Wei-guang (李維光)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China)

(1959)1959.11.15
ChinaBishop Thomas Qian Yu-rong (錢余榮)

former Bishop of Xuzhou 徐州 (China)

(1959)1959.11.15
ChinaBishop Shen Chu-ming (沈初鳴)

former Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China)

(1959)1959.11.15
ChinaBishop Matthew Yu Cheng-cai (郁成才)

former Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

(1959)1959.11.15
ChileCardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

1959.10.241959.11.29
IraqArchbishop Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Mossul of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1959.10.231959.12.08
PhilippinesBishop Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla

former Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines)

1959.09.071959.12.12
USABishop Thomas Joseph Riley

former Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

1959.11.041959.12.21

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