Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1961

Bishops (165)ElectedConsecratedAscending
USABishop David Monas Maloney

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1960.11.051961.01.04
PolandBishop Stefan Barela

former Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1960.10.261961.01.08
GreeceArchbishop Ioánnis Perrís

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

1960.10.241961.01.12
GermanyBishop Karl Gnädinger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1960.11.051961.01.12
CanadaBishop Paul-Émile Charbonneau

former Bishop of Hull (Canada)

1960.11.151961.01.18
CanadaBishop Joseph Raymond Windle

former Bishop of Pembroke (Canada)

1960.11.151961.01.18
VietnamArchbishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

1960.11.241961.01.22
VietnamBishop Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ

former Bishop of Long Xuyên (Vietnam)

1960.11.241961.01.22
VietnamBishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện

former Bishop of Vinh Long (Vietnam)

1960.11.241961.01.22
VietnamBishop Joseph Trần Văn Thiện

former Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam)

1960.11.241961.01.22
CanadaArchbishop Jean-Marie Fortier

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1960.11.151961.01.23
ItalyBishop Tito Mancini

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy)

1960.12.221961.01.29
PolandBishop Walenty Wójcik

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland)

1960.10.261961.02.02
VenezuelaArchbishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1961.01.161961.02.02
BrazilBishop Elias Coueter

former Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

1960.11.251961.02.05
AustraliaArchbishop Francis Roberts Rush

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

1960.11.071961.02.08
BrazilBishop Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P.

former Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil)

1960.11.091961.02.11
UruguayBishop Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin

former Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

1960.12.311961.02.11
Congo-KinshasaBishop Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda

former Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1960.11.151961.02.12
FranceBishop Vladimiro Malanczuk, C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France)

1960.07.221961.02.19
BrazilBishop José Costa Campos

former Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

1960.12.091961.02.24
BelgiumBishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

1960.12.281961.02.24
SpainCardinal Marcelo González Martín

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

1960.12.311961.03.05
AlgeriaBishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier

former Auxiliary Bishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

1960.12.041961.03.06
ItalyArchbishop Valentino Vailati

former Archbishop of Manfredonia–Vieste (Italy)

1960.12.081961.03.06
FranceBishop François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou

former Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

1961.01.191961.03.06
BoliviaBishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

1960.11.151961.03.07
NetherlandsBishop Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1961.01.211961.03.07
ArgentinaBlessed Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti

former Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

1960.12.121961.03.12
South KoreaArchbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

1961.01.031961.03.12
IraqArchbishop Emmanuel Daddi (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1960.10.241961.03.19
ItalyBishop Vittorio Moietta

former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

1961.01.181961.03.19
IraqBishop Abdul-Ahad Sana (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Alquoch of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1961.02.241961.03.19
ItalyBishop Vittorio Cecchi

former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

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

1961.02.101961.04.03
EritreaBishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea)

1959.07.101961.04.09
BoliviaArchbishop Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1960.12.091961.04.09
BrazilBishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Formosa (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.04.09
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
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
FranceBishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois

former Bishop of Corbeil (France)

1961.03.091961.04.22
CroatiaBishop Karmelo Zazinović

former Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

1961.01.181961.04.23
BrazilBishop Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil)

1960.12.221961.04.25
FranceBishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies

former Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

1961.01.161961.04.25
PhilippinesBishop Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P.

former Bishop-Prelate of Marbel (Philippines)

1961.01.191961.04.25
EnglandBishop Charles Alexander Grant

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1961.02.061961.04.25
ItalyBishop Mario Ghiga

former Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

former Bishop of Ampurias (Italy)

1961.02.101961.04.25
USABishop Henry Joseph Soenneker

former Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

1961.03.101961.04.26
PeruArchbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

1961.04.301961.04.30
BrazilBishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Parintins (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.05.14
MexicoArchbishop Carlos Quintero Arce

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

1961.03.201961.05.14
UgandaBishop Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C.

former Bishop of Fort Portal (Uganda)

1961.02.211961.05.18
SlovakiaBishop Peter Dubovský, S.J.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

1991.01.121961.05.18
LiberiaArchbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia)

1960.12.201961.05.21
LesothoBishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho)

1961.01.031961.05.21
MyanmarBishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S.

former Bishop of Prome (Myanmar)

1961.02.211961.05.21
IndiaArchbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

1961.03.071961.05.21
IndiaBishop William Zephyrine Gomes

former Bishop of Poona (India)

1961.03.181961.05.21
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
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1961.03.291961.05.21
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
MalawiBishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

1961.01.171961.05.22
BrazilBishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil)

1961.02.271961.05.22
MexicoBishop Miguel González Ibarra

former Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

1961.03.201961.05.28
ColombiaBishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano

former Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)

1961.04.081961.05.28
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Almici

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1961.04.241961.05.28
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
PeruArchbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru)

1961.05.031961.06.11
ZambiaBishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mansa (Zambia)

1961.01.031961.06.18
LebanonArchbishop Augustin Farah (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1961.04.281961.06.18
ItalyArchbishop Calogero Lauricella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

1961.05.131961.06.24
BrazilBishop José Gomes

former Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

1961.03.181961.06.25
PalestineArchbishop Gabriel Abou-Saada (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1961.04.281961.06.25
IndonesiaBishop Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

1961.01.031961.06.29
BrazilBishop Walfrido Teixeira Vieira

former Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

1961.03.251961.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Maccari

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona–Osimo (Italy)

1961.06.101961.06.29
MyanmarBishop John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

1961.02.211961.07.01
GabonBishop François Ndong

former Bishop of Oyem (Gabon)

1960.11.151961.07.02
USABishop Gerald Francis O’Keefe

former Bishop of Davenport (USA)

1961.05.051961.07.02
USAArchbishop John Francis Whealon

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

1961.06.051961.07.06
BrazilBishop Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

1961.02.041961.07.09
Congo-KinshasaBishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando

former Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.04.181961.07.09
LebanonCardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Maronite Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1961.06.231961.07.16
PhilippinesBishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad

former Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

1961.05.291961.07.25
PhilippinesArchbishop Antonio Lloren Mabutas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

1961.06.051961.07.27
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
PolandBishop Jan Mazur

former Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

1961.04.251961.08.06
USABishop George Joseph Gottwald

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1961.06.231961.08.08
MontenegroBishop Ivo Gugic

former Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

1961.07.121961.08.13
IndonesiaBishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

1961.05.161961.08.15
ItalyBishop Gaetano Michetti

former Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

1961.05.311961.08.15
MexicoCardinal José Salazar López

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

1961.05.221961.08.20
ArgentinaBishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.08.20
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Vairo

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

1961.07.081961.08.20
BrazilBishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho

former Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

1961.05.251961.08.24
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 Geraldo Ferreira Reis

former Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

1961.06.161961.08.24
PolandBishop Edward Jan Muszynski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1960.10.261961.08.27
ArgentinaBishop Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.08.27
NigeriaBishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

1961.05.161961.09.03
ArgentinaArchbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.03
CroatiaBishop Josip Arnerić

former Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

1961.07.171961.09.03
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
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
BrazilBishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

1961.06.081961.09.21
MexicoArchbishop Luis Mena Arroyo

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1961.07.131961.09.21
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
MacauBishop Paulo José Tavares (戴維理)

former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1961.08.191961.09.21
ArgentinaBishop Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Orán (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.09.24
ParaguayArchbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

1961.08.101961.09.24
VenezuelaBishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro

former Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

1961.08.241961.10.01
IndonesiaBishop Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia)

1961.07.041961.10.03
EritreaBishop François Abraha (Eritrean Rite)

former Bishop of Asmara of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

1961.04.091961.10.08
Congo-KinshasaBishop Pierre Bouckaert, S.J.

former Bishop of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.06.241961.10.08
PanamaArchbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

1961.08.081961.10.08
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
ArgentinaArchbishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

1961.07.241961.10.22
USABishop Jaroslav Gabro (Ukrainian Rite)

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

1961.07.141961.10.26
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
FranceBishop Guy-Marie-Joseph Riobé

former Bishop of Orléans (France)

1961.07.221961.10.28
IndonesiaBishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

1961.01.031961.10.29
ArgentinaBishop Ricardo Rösch

former Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

1961.06.121961.10.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu

former Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.06.241961.10.29
BrazilArchbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)

1961.08.251961.10.29
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
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jacques Mbali

former Bishop of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.07.041961.11.12
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Weigl, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961.09.111961.11.12
ItalyArchbishop Carmine Rocco

former Titular Archbishop of Giustinianopolis in Galatia

former Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

1961.10.051961.11.12
ItalyArchbishop Ambrogio Marchioni

former Titular Archbishop of Severiana

1961.10.141961.11.12
KiribatiBishop Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Tarawa (Kiribati)

1961.07.191961.11.18
GermanyBishop Antonius Hofmann

former Bishop of Passau (Germany)

1961.09.201961.11.26
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Ferrofino

former Titular Archbishop of Zenopolis in Isauria

1961.10.281961.11.26
FranceBishop René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret

former Bishop of Angoulême (France)

1961.07.221961.11.30
RwandaBishop Joseph Sibomana

former Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda)

1961.08.211961.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Sante Portalupi

former Titular Archbishop of Christopolis

former Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

1961.10.141961.12.03
ItalyBishop Luigi Oldani

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1961.10.311961.12.07
BurundiArchbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)

1961.08.211961.12.08
ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Alibrandi

former Titular Archbishop of Binda

1961.10.051961.12.08
ItalyArchbishop Vittore Ugo Righi

former Titular Archbishop of Bilta

1961.10.141961.12.08
ItalyBishop Angelo Prinetto

former Apostolic Administrator of Loreto (Italy)

1961.10.181961.12.08
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
SwitzerlandArchbishop Bruno Bernard Heim

former Titular Archbishop of Xanthus

1961.11.091961.12.10
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 Antonino Pinci

former Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in Numidia

1961.10.311961.12.17
SyriaArchbishop Paul Achkar, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1961.11.111961.12.17
CameroonArchbishop Jean Zoa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1961.09.111961.12.21
FranceArchbishop Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

1961.09.181961.12.21
GermanyBishop Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1961.10.281961.12.21
USABishop Eldon Bernard Mathias Schuster

former Bishop of Great Falls (USA)

1961.10.301961.12.21
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
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

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