Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1961

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Newly Elected Bishops (164)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Nicholas Shi Ling-ge (石麟閣) ▼

former Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China) ▼

(1961)1960.05 ▼
South KoreaArchbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

1961.01.031961.03.12
LesothoBishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

1961.01.031961.05.21
ZambiaBishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

1961.01.031961.06.18
IndonesiaBishop Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

1961.01.031961.06.29
IndonesiaBishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

1961.01.031961.10.29
IndonesiaBishop Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia)

1961.01.031962.01.06
VenezuelaArchbishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1961.01.161961.02.02
FranceBishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies

former Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

1961.01.161961.04.25
MalawiBishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

1961.01.171961.05.22
ItalyBishop Vittorio Moietta

former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

1961.01.181961.03.19
CroatiaBishop Karmelo Zazinović

former Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

1961.01.181961.04.23
FranceBishop François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou

former Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

1961.01.191961.03.06
PhilippinesBishop Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P.

former Bishop-Prelate of Marbel (Philippines)

1961.01.191961.04.25
NetherlandsBishop Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1961.01.211961.03.07
BrazilBishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Formosa (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.04.09
BrazilBishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Parintins (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.05.14
BrazilBishop Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.07.09
EnglandBishop Charles Alexander Grant

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1961.02.061961.04.25
ColombiaBishop Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco (Colombia)

1961.02.071961.04.09
FranceBishop Michel-Louis Vial

former Bishop of Nantes (France)

1961.02.081961.04.15
ItalyBishop Vittorio Cecchi

former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy)

1961.02.101961.04.03
ItalyBishop Mario Ghiga

former Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

former Bishop of Ampurias (Italy)

1961.02.101961.04.25
UgandaBishop Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C.

former Bishop of Fort Portal (Uganda)

1961.02.211961.05.18
MyanmarBishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S.

former Bishop of Prome (Myanmar)

1961.02.211961.05.21
MyanmarBishop John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

1961.02.211961.07.01
IraqBishop Abdul-Ahad Sana (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1961.02.241961.03.19
SyriaCardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1961.02.261961.04.16
BrazilBishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil)

1961.02.271961.05.22
IndiaArchbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

1961.03.071961.05.21
FranceBishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois

former Bishop of Corbeil (France)

1961.03.091961.04.22
USABishop Henry Joseph Soenneker

former Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

1961.03.101961.04.26
CanadaCardinal George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle

former Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

1961.03.101961.05.31
IndiaBishop William Zephyrine Gomes

former Bishop of Poona (India)

1961.03.181961.05.21
BrazilBishop José Gomes

former Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

1961.03.181961.06.25
MexicoArchbishop Carlos Quintero Arce

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

1961.03.201961.05.14
MexicoBishop Miguel González Ibarra

former Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

1961.03.201961.05.28
TaiwanArchbishop Joseph Cheng Tien-Siang (鄭天祥), O.P.

former Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan)

former Archbishop ad personam

1961.03.211961.05.21
TaiwanArchbishop Stanislaus Lo Guang (Lokuang) (羅光)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei 臺北 (Taiwan)

1961.03.211961.05.21
NigerBishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Niamey (Niger)

1961.03.211961.05.21
MyanmarBishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar)

1961.03.211961.05.21
TaiwanBishop Peter Tou Pao-Zin (杜寶晉)

former Bishop of Hsinchu 新竹 (Taiwan)

1961.03.211961.05.21
MyanmarBishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk

former Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar)

1961.03.211961.05.21
BrazilBishop Walfrido Teixeira Vieira

former Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

1961.03.251961.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1961.03.291961.05.21
ColombiaBishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano

former Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

1961.04.081961.05.28
EritreaBishop François Abraha (Eritrean Rite)

former Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

1961.04.091961.10.08
ColombiaBishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Florencia (Colombia)

1961.04.181961.05.21
KenyaBishop Caesar Gatimu

former Bishop of Nyeri (Kenya)

1961.04.181961.05.21
TanzaniaBishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

1961.04.181961.05.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando

former Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.04.181961.07.09
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Almici

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1961.04.241961.05.28
PolandBishop Jan Mazur

former Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

1961.04.251961.08.06
LebanonArchbishop Augustin Farah (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1961.04.281961.06.18
PalestineArchbishop Gabriel Abou-Saada (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

1961.04.281961.06.25
PeruArchbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

1961.04.301961.04.30
PeruArchbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru)

1961.05.031961.06.11
USABishop Gerald Francis O’Keefe

former Bishop of Davenport (USA)

1961.05.051961.07.02
ItalyArchbishop Calogero Lauricella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

1961.05.131961.06.24
IndonesiaBishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

1961.05.161961.08.15
NigeriaBishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

1961.05.161961.09.03
MexicoCardinal José Salazar López

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

1961.05.221961.08.20
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (104)Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (104)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

1961.05.221961.09.08
BrazilBishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho

former Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

1961.05.251961.08.24
PhilippinesBishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad

former Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

1961.05.291961.07.25
ItalyBishop Gaetano Michetti

former Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

1961.05.311961.08.15
USAArchbishop John Francis Whealon

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

1961.06.051961.07.06
PhilippinesArchbishop Antonio Lloren Mabutas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

1961.06.051961.07.27
GermanyBishop Paul Heinrich Nordhues

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1961.06.051961.08.24
South KoreaBishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M.

former Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

1961.06.061961.08.24
BrazilBishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

1961.06.081961.09.21
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Maccari

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona–Osimo (Italy)

1961.06.101961.06.29
ArgentinaBishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.08.20
ArgentinaBishop Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.08.27
ArgentinaArchbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.03
ArgentinaBishop Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.10
ArgentinaBishop Alberto Devoto

former Bishop of Goya (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.17
ArgentinaBishop Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.24
ArgentinaBishop Ricardo Rösch

former Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.10.29
BrazilBishop Geraldo Ferreira Reis

former Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

1961.06.161961.08.24
LebanonCardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Maronite Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1961.06.231961.07.16
USABishop George Joseph Gottwald

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1961.06.231961.08.08
Congo-KinshasaBishop Pierre Bouckaert, S.J.

former Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.06.241961.10.08
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu

former Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.06.241961.10.29
IndonesiaBishop Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia)

1961.07.041961.10.03
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jacques Mbali

former Bishop of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.07.041961.11.12
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Canestri

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

1961.07.081961.07.30
ItalyBishop Filippo Pocci

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1961.07.081961.07.30
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Vairo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

1961.07.081961.08.20
MontenegroBishop Ivo Gugic

former Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

1961.07.121961.08.13
MexicoArchbishop Luis Mena Arroyo

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1961.07.131961.09.21
USABishop Jaroslav Gabro (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

1961.07.141961.10.26
CroatiaBishop Josip Arnerić

former Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

1961.07.171961.09.03
KiribatiBishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Tarawa (Kiribati)

1961.07.191961.11.18
FranceBishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé

former Bishop of Orléans (France)

1961.07.221961.10.28
FranceBishop René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret

former Bishop of Angoulême (France)

1961.07.221961.11.30
ArgentinaArchbishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

1961.07.241961.10.22
PanamaArchbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

1961.08.081961.10.08
USABishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M.

former Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

1961.08.081962.07.22
ParaguayArchbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

1961.08.101961.09.24
El SalvadorBishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M.

former Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

1961.08.111961.09.21
Costa RicaArchbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

1961.08.121961.09.21
ArgentinaBishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

1961.08.141961.10.15
EnglandBishop Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England)

1961.08.141961.10.26
MacauBishop Paulo José Tavares (戴維理)

former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1961.08.191961.09.21
RwandaBishop Joseph Sibomana

former Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

1961.08.211961.12.03
BurundiArchbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)

1961.08.211961.12.08
VenezuelaBishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro

former Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

1961.08.241961.10.01
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

1961.08.251961.10.29
USABishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1961.09.101966.01.25
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.09.111961.11.12
CameroonArchbishop Jean Zoa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1961.09.111961.12.21
RwandaBishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi

former Bishop of Butare (Rwanda)

1961.09.111962.01.06
FranceArchbishop Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

1961.09.181961.12.21
GermanyBishop Antonius Hofmann

former Bishop of Passau (Germany)

1961.09.201961.11.26
ItalyArchbishop Emanuele Clarizio

former Magister of Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum

1961.10.051961.10.29
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Martini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1961.10.051961.10.29
ItalyArchbishop Carmine Rocco

former Titular Archbishop of Giustinianopolis in Galatia

former Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

1961.10.051961.11.12
ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Alibrandi

former Titular Archbishop of Binda

1961.10.051961.12.08
BrazilBishop José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago

former Bishop of Iguatu (Brazil)

1961.10.131962.01.06
ItalyArchbishop Ambrogio Marchioni

former Titular Archbishop of Severiana

1961.10.141961.11.12
ItalyArchbishop Sante Portalupi

former Titular Archbishop of Christopolis

former Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

1961.10.141961.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Vittore Ugo Righi

former Titular Archbishop of Bilta

1961.10.141961.12.08
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria

former Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

1961.10.141961.12.17
ItalyArchbishop Mario Brini (Italo-Albanese Rite)

former Prelate of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1961.10.141962.01.28
IndonesiaBishop Raimondo Cesare Bergamin, S.X.

former Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

1961.10.161962.01.06
ItalyBishop Angelo Prinetto

former Apostolic Administrator of Loreto (Italy)

1961.10.181961.12.08
CanadaCardinal Paul Grégoire

former Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

1961.10.261961.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Ferrofino

former Titular Archbishop of Zenopolis in Isauria

1961.10.281961.11.26
ItalyCardinal Luigi Dadaglio

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1961.10.281961.12.08
GermanyBishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1961.10.281961.12.21
NetherlandsBishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluijssen

former Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

1961.10.281961.12.27
ItalyCardinal Guido del Mestri

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

1961.10.281961.12.31
ItalyArchbishop Felice Pirozzi

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1961.10.281961.12.31
ItalyArchbishop Saverio Zupi

former Titular Archbishop of Serra

1961.10.281962.01.14
USABishop Eldon Bernard Mathias Schuster

former Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

1961.10.301961.12.21
USABishop Thomas Joseph Drury

former Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

1961.10.301962.01.24
ItalyBishop Luigi Oldani

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1961.10.311961.12.07
ItalyArchbishop Antonino Pinci

former Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia

1961.10.311961.12.17
PhilippinesBishop Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

1961.11.061962.01.25
SwitzerlandArchbishop Bruno Bernard Heim

former Titular Archbishop of Xanthus

1961.11.091961.12.10
SyriaArchbishop Paul Achkar, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1961.11.111961.12.17
Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Théophile Mbemba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1961.11.111962.02.11
UgandaBishop Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu

former Bishop of Masaka (Uganda)

1961.11.111962.03.18
PolandBishop Paweł Latusek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1961.11.131962.02.11
PolandBishop Jan Wosiński

former Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1961.11.201962.02.04
PolandBishop Jan Wladysław Oblak

former Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

1961.11.201962.04.01
PolandArchbishop Bronisław Dabrowski, F.D.P.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1961.11.241962.03.25
CanadaCardinal Gerald Emmett Carter

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

1961.12.011962.02.02
ColombiaBishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

1961.12.041962.02.11
LebanonArchbishop Jean Bassoul, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1961.12.051962.04.28
USAArchbishop Charles Alexander K. Salatka

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA)

1961.12.091962.03.06
PhilippinesArchbishop Artemio G. Casas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

1961.12.111962.02.24
BoliviaBishop Jacinto Eccher, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Aiquile (Bolivia)

1961.12.111962.04.01
FranceBishop Antoine Caillot

former Bishop of Évreux (France)

1961.12.121962.03.26
USABishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler

former Bishop of Charleston (USA)

1961.12.131962.02.22
FranceBishop Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe

former Bishop of Arras (France)

1961.12.151962.04.11
JapanBishop Peter Saburo Hirata (ペトロ 平田三郎), P.S.S.

former Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

1961.12.221962.03.26
ChadBishop Henri Véniat, S.J.

former Bishop of Sarh (Chad)

1961.12.221962.04.01
Wallis and FutunaBishop Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M.

former Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

1961.12.221962.04.26
TanzaniaArchbishop James Joseph Komba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Songea (Tanzania)

1961.12.221962.05.03
ItalyBishop Paolo Ghizzoni

former Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

1961.12.231962.02.11
BrazilBishop Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M.

former Bishop-Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil)

1961.12.231963.05.19
SyriaArchbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1961.12.241962.02.25
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