Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1963

Newly Elected Bishops (123)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Shi Ming-liang (石明良)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

(1963)1963.03.31
ChinaBishop Fan Dao-jiang (范導江)

former Bishop of Shunqing 順慶 (China)

(1963)1963.04.07
VietnamBishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh

former Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

19631964.02.13
BrazilBishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

1963.01.071963.04.25
NicaraguaBishop Clemente Carranza y López

former Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua)

1963.01.121963.03.19
MexicoBishop José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano

former Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico)

1963.01.151963.03.19
MexicoBishop Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo

former Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

1963.01.151963.03.25
NigeriaBishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

1963.01.181963.04.28
CameroonBishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou

former Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon)

1963.01.181963.06.02
PanamaBishop José María Carrizo Villarreal

former Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

1963.01.211963.03.24
ItalyBishop Marcello Rosina

former Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

1963.01.311963.03.19
VietnamBishop Paul Trần Ðình Nhiên

former Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

1963.02.051963.03.15
VietnamCardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

1963.02.051963.06.02
FranceBishop André Rousset

former Bishop of Pontoise (France)

1963.02.071963.03.30
ItalyBishop Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas.

former Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy)

former Provost of Atina (Italy)

1963.02.101963.03.12
ItalyArchbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

1963.02.121963.03.24
USABishop George Henry Speltz

former Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

1963.02.121963.03.25
FranceBishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet

former Bishop of Amiens (France)

1963.02.141963.05.09
CroatiaArchbishop Joakim Segedi (Croatian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

1963.02.241963.07.28
BrazilBishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira

former Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

1963.02.251963.05.26
SloveniaArchbishop Jožef Pogačnik

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

1963.02.281963.04.07
ZimbabweBishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E.

former Bishop of Hwange (Zimbabwe)

1963.03.011963.04.28
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Johannes Höhne, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

1963.03.011963.05.11
TanzaniaBishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

1963.03.011963.05.28
AustriaArchbishop Eduard Macheiner

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1963.03.011963.06.29
ChileBishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

1963.03.041963.04.21
PhilippinesBishop Jesus J. Sison

former Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

1963.03.081963.05.11
PhilippinesArchbishop Mariano Gaviola y Garcés

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa (Philippines)

1963.03.081963.06.04
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Rossi

former Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

1963.03.091963.04.21
GermanyBishop Heinrich Theissing

former Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin (Germany)

1963.03.131963.05.07
ItalyBishop Salvatore Nicolosi

former Bishop of Noto (Italy)

1963.03.211963.04.21
ItalyBishop Antonio Cunial

former Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

1963.03.211963.05.11
BrazilBishop Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro

former Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

1963.04.041963.06.11
BeninBishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka

former Bishop of Abomey (Benin)

1963.04.051963.07.21
VietnamCardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

1963.04.051963.08.15
Congo-KinshasaBishop Noël Mala

former Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1963.04.051963.09.01
PeruBishop Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

1963.04.071967.06.04
USABishop Lawrence Michael De Falco

former Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

1963.04.161963.05.30
ItalyArchbishop Franco Costa

former Bishop of Crema (Italy)

former General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

1963.04.171963.06.02
ItalyBishop Francesco Rossi

former Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1963.04.211963.05.26
BrazilArchbishop Nivaldo Monte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

1963.04.251963.07.21
BulgariaArchbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. (Bulgarian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1963.04.281965.09.05
EgyptBishop Basile Pierre Habra (Syriac Rite)

former Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

1963.05.011963.08.15
ItalyBishop Abele Conigli

former Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

1963.05.021963.06.09
BrazilBishop Felipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Caravelas (Brazil)

1963.05.021963.07.25
IrelandBishop Thomas Ryan

former Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

1963.05.091963.06.16
BrazilBishop Salomão Barbosa Ferraz

former Titular Bishop of Eleutherna

1963.05.101945.08.15
ChileBishop José Luis Castro Cabrera

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

1963.05.101963.07.14
FranceBishop Jean Hermil

former Bishop of Viviers (France)

1963.05.151963.07.02
MexicoArchbishop José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1963.05.211963.07.25
CanadaBishop René Audet

former Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

1963.05.211963.07.31
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Garcia Ayala

former Bishop of Campeche (Mexico)

1963.05.211963.08.02
FranceBishop Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth

former Bishop of Soissons (France)

1963.05.221963.07.01
ItalyBishop Giovanni Melis Fois

former Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

1963.05.251963.07.28
CubaArchbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

1963.05.271963.07.16
BrazilBishop Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Viana (Brazil)

1963.05.301963.07.14
ColombiaBishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo

former Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

1963.06.251963.08.04
CanadaArchbishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

1963.06.251963.08.22
VenezuelaBishop Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez

former Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

1963.06.251963.08.25
CanadaBishop Laurent Noël

former Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

1963.06.251963.08.29
PolandBishop Bohdan Bejze

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1963.06.251963.09.01
PolandBishop Jan Zareba

former Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

1963.06.251963.09.08
CanadaBishop Norman Joseph Gallagher

former Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

1963.06.251963.09.12
AngolaBishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Luso (Angola)

1963.07.011963.09.08
BrazilBishop Tomás Vaquero

former Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

1963.07.021963.08.15
LebanonArchbishop Clément Ignace Mansourati (Syriac Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1963.07.061963.08.15
LebanonArchbishop Flavien Zacharie Melki (Syriac Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Lebanon of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1963.07.061963.08.15
LebanonBishop Mesrob Terzian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1963.07.061963.08.25
MaliBishop Étienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Kayes (Mali)

1963.07.061963.10.20
HondurasBishop José García Villas, C.M.

former Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

1963.07.061963.10.20
Congo-KinshasaBishop Franz Hoenen, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

1963.07.061963.10.20
IndiaBishop Baptist Mudartha

former Bishop of Allahabad (India)

1963.07.061963.10.20
MaliBishop Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

1963.07.061963.10.20
ChileBishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo

former Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

1963.07.251963.08.25
USABishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich

former Bishop of Gallup (USA)

1963.07.251963.09.03
ArgentinaBishop Luis Juan Tomé

former Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

1963.07.261963.09.15
Puerto RicoBishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1963.08.011963.09.03
TanzaniaBishop Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S.

former Bishop of Nachingwea (Tanzania)

1963.08.051963.10.20
PakistanBishop Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

1963.08.051963.10.20
ItalyBishop Luigi Bettazzi

former Bishop of Ivrea (Italy)

1963.08.101963.10.04
ArgentinaBishop Juan Carlos Ferro

former Bishop of Concepción (Argentina)

1963.08.121963.12.21
ArgentinaArchbishop Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

1963.08.121964.04.19
ItalyArchbishop Paolino Limongi

former Titular Archbishop of Nicæa parva

1963.08.151963.10.20
ArgentinaBishop Enrique Pechuán Marín

former Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina)

1963.08.181963.09.21
MexicoArchbishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

1963.08.191963.12.17
ItalyBishop Enrico Petrilli

former Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy)

1963.09.021963.10.06
GermanyArchbishop Josef Stimpfle

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

former Archbishop ad personam

1963.09.101963.10.26
ZambiaArchbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

1963.09.131963.10.20
ThailandArchbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

1963.09.131963.10.20
JapanBishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル 田中英吉)

former Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

1963.09.131963.10.20
Cote d’IvoireBishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku

former Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire)

1963.09.131963.11.24
AustraliaBishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1963.09.291963.10.20
ItalyBishop Federico Sargolini

former Auxiliary Bishop of Camerino (Italy)

1963.10.011963.11.17
ItalyArchbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale

former Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State

1963.10.041963.10.20
South KoreaArchbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (101)Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (윤공희 빅토리노 / 尹恭熙) (101)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

1963.10.071963.10.20
ChileBishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J.

former Bishop of Arica (Chile)

1963.10.081967.03.11
EnglandBishop Gerard William Tickle

former Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

1963.10.121963.12.01
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Petralia

former Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

1963.10.141963.11.03
USABishop John James Ward

former Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

1963.10.161963.12.12
PeruBishop Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Huamachuco (Peru)

1963.10.231967.07.25
PhilippinesBishop José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F.

former Bishop-Prelate of Isabela (Philippines)

1963.10.241964.01.25
PolandBishop Bolesław Lukasz Taborski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1963.10.311964.02.02
EcuadorBishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1963.11.021963.12.08
PanamaBishop Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R.

former Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

1963.11.061965.06.06
PeruBishop Elías Prado Tello

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

1963.11.141964.01.19
IndiaBishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello

former Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India)

1963.11.151963.12.21
IndiaBishop Sebastião Francisco Mathias Fernandes

former Bishop of Mysore (India)

1963.11.161964.02.03
IndiaArchbishop Alphonsus Mathias

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

1963.11.161964.02.05
KenyaBishop William Dunne, S.P.S.

former Bishop of Kitui (Kenya)

1963.11.161964.02.09
ChileBishop Raul Silva Silva

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1963.11.231963.12.29
USABishop Joseph Thomas Daley

former Bishop of Harrisburg (USA)

1963.11.251964.01.07
USABishop John Joseph Graham

former Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

1963.11.251964.01.07
USABishop Bernard Matthew Kelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA)

1963.11.251964.01.30
EcuadorBishop Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia

former Bishop-Prelate of Los Ríos (Ecuador)

1963.11.291964.01.30
EcuadorBishop Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán

former Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

1963.11.291964.02.02
ChileArchbishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

1963.12.101964.02.13
IndonesiaBishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

1963.12.101964.02.25
IndonesiaCardinal Justinus Darmojuwono

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title

former Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia)

1963.12.101964.04.06
IndiaBishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

1963.12.101964.04.07
IndiaBishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Bellary (India)

1963.12.101964.04.14
FranceBishop Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent

former Bishop of Bayonne (France)

1963.12.181964.02.11
ItalyBishop Carlo Manziana

former Bishop of Crema (Italy)

1963.12.191964.02.02
HondurasBishop Nicholas D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras)

1963.12.281966.07.25

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