Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1963

Bishops (129)ElectedConsecratedAscending
BrazilBishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1962.10.161963.01.02
ColombiaArchbishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

1962.10.261963.01.06
UruguayBishop Miguel Balaguer

former Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay)

1962.11.201963.01.06
GermanyBishop Gerhard Schaffran

former Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany)

1962.11.241963.01.22
USABishop Joseph Arthur Costello

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1962.11.171963.01.24
USABishop John Joseph Dougherty

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1962.11.171963.01.24
BrazilBishop José Nicomedes Grossi

former Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil)

1962.08.281963.01.25
FranceBishop Henri Clément Victor Donze

former Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

1962.11.151963.01.26
BrazilBishop Estanislau Arnoldo van Melis, C.P.

former Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil)

1962.11.261963.02.02
ItalyBishop Vittorio Ottaviani

former Bishop of Marsi (Italy)

1962.12.191963.02.03
UkraineBlessed Bishop Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

19591963.02.04
BrazilArchbishop Bernardo José Bueno Miele

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

1962.11.221963.02.10
BrazilBishop Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil)

1962.11.221963.02.17
CambodiaBishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1962.11.121963.02.24
PolandBishop Józef Kurpas

former Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1962.11.231963.02.24
BrazilArchbishop José Lamartine Soares

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

1962.11.161963.03.03
AngolaBishop Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Malanje (Angola)

1962.12.201963.03.10
ItalyBishop Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. Cas.

former Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy)

former Provost of Atina (Italy)

1963.02.101963.03.12
VietnamBishop Paul Trần Ðình Nhiên

former Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

1963.02.051963.03.15
ItalyBishop Antonio D’Erchia

former Bishop of Conversano–Monopoli (Italy)

1962.12.171963.03.19
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
ItalyBishop Marcello Rosina

former Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

1963.01.311963.03.19
UgandaBishop Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire

former Bishop of Gulu (Uganda)

1962.11.121963.03.24
PolandArchbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański

former Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

former Archbishop ad personam

1962.11.191963.03.24
MozambiqueBishop Félix Niza Ribeiro

former Bishop of João Belo (Mozambique)

1962.12.201963.03.24
NorwayBishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O.

former Bishop of Oslo (Norway)

1962.12.271963.03.24
PanamaBishop José María Carrizo Villarreal

former Bishop of Chitré (Panama)

1963.01.211963.03.24
ItalyArchbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trento (Italy)

1963.02.121963.03.24
Costa RicaBishop Enrique Bolaños Quesada

former Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

1962.12.061963.03.25
Sri LankaBishop Anthony de Saram

former Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka)

1962.12.271963.03.25
MexicoBishop Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo

former Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

1963.01.151963.03.25
USABishop George Henry Speltz

former Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

1963.02.121963.03.25
FranceBishop André Rousset

former Bishop of Pontoise (France)

1963.02.071963.03.30
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
SloveniaArchbishop Jožef Pogačnik

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

1963.02.281963.04.07
PolandVenerable Bishop Jan Pietraszko

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

1962.11.231963.04.15
IraqCardinal Emmanuel III Delly (Chaldean Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1962.12.261963.04.19
PolandBishop Wacław Skomorucha

former Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce (Poland)

1962.11.211963.04.21
ChileBishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

1963.03.041963.04.21
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Rossi

former Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household

1963.03.091963.04.21
ItalyBishop Salvatore Nicolosi

former Bishop of Noto (Italy)

1963.03.211963.04.21
BrazilBishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

1963.01.071963.04.25
NigeriaBishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

1963.01.181963.04.28
ZimbabweBishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E.

former Bishop of Hwange (Zimbabwe)

1963.03.011963.04.28
GermanyBishop Heinrich Theissing

former Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin (Germany)

1963.03.131963.05.07
FranceBishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet

former Bishop of Amiens (France)

1963.02.141963.05.09
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Johannes Höhne, M.S.C.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

1963.03.011963.05.11
PhilippinesBishop Jesus J. Sison

former Bishop of Tarlac (Philippines)

1963.03.081963.05.11
ItalyBishop Antonio Cunial

former Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy)

1963.03.211963.05.11
ChinaBishop Li De-pei (李德培)

former Bishop of Tianjin 天津 (China)

19581963.05.14
BrazilBishop Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M.

former Bishop-Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil)

1961.12.231963.05.19
BrazilBishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira

former Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

1963.02.251963.05.26
ItalyBishop Francesco Rossi

former Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1963.04.211963.05.26
TanzaniaBishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

1963.03.011963.05.28
USABishop Lawrence Michael De Falco

former Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

1963.04.161963.05.30
LithuaniaBishop Adam Sawicki

former Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ

former Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1962.11.231963.06.02
CameroonBishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou

former Bishop of Sangmélima (Cameroon)

1963.01.181963.06.02
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
ItalyArchbishop Franco Costa

former Bishop of Crema (Italy)

former General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action

1963.04.171963.06.02
PhilippinesArchbishop Mariano Gaviola y Garcés

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa (Philippines)

1963.03.081963.06.04
ItalyBishop Abele Conigli

former Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy)

1963.05.021963.06.09
BrazilBishop Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro

former Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

1963.04.041963.06.11
IrelandBishop Thomas Ryan

former Bishop of Clonfert (Ireland)

1963.05.091963.06.16
PolandBishop Wladyslaw Jedruszuk

former Bishop of Drohiczyn (Poland)

1962.11.191963.06.23
AustriaArchbishop Eduard Macheiner

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1963.03.011963.06.29
FranceBishop Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth

former Bishop of Soissons (France)

1963.05.221963.07.01
FranceBishop Jean Hermil

former Bishop of Viviers (France)

1963.05.151963.07.02
ChileBishop José Luis Castro Cabrera

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

1963.05.101963.07.14
BrazilBishop Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Viana (Brazil)

1963.05.301963.07.14
CubaArchbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

1963.05.271963.07.16
BeninBishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka

former Bishop of Abomey (Benin)

1963.04.051963.07.21
BrazilArchbishop Nivaldo Monte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil)

1963.04.251963.07.21
BrazilBishop Felipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Caravelas (Brazil)

1963.05.021963.07.25
MexicoArchbishop José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1963.05.211963.07.25
CroatiaArchbishop Joakim Segedi (Croatian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

1963.02.241963.07.28
ItalyBishop Giovanni Melis Fois

former Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

1963.05.251963.07.28
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
ColombiaBishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo

former Bishop of Sonsón–Rionegro (Colombia)

1963.06.251963.08.04
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
EgyptBishop Basile Pierre Habra (Syriac Rite)

former Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

1963.05.011963.08.15
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
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
LebanonBishop Mesrob Terzian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1963.07.061963.08.25
ChileBishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo

former Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

1963.07.251963.08.25
CanadaBishop Laurent Noël

former Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

1963.06.251963.08.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop Noël Mala

former Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1963.04.051963.09.01
PolandBishop Bohdan Bejze

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1963.06.251963.09.01
USABishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich

former Bishop of Gallup (USA)

1963.07.251963.09.03
Puerto RicoBishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria

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

1963.08.011963.09.03
PolandBishop Jan Zareba

former Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

1963.06.251963.09.08
AngolaBishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Luso (Angola)

1963.07.011963.09.08
CanadaBishop Norman Joseph Gallagher

former Bishop of Thunder Bay (Canada)

1963.06.251963.09.12
ArgentinaBishop Luis Juan Tomé

former Bishop of Mercedes (Argentina)

1963.07.261963.09.15
ArgentinaBishop Enrique Pechuán Marín

former Bishop of Cruz del Eje (Argentina)

1963.08.181963.09.21
ItalyBishop Luigi Bettazzi

former Bishop of Ivrea (Italy)

1963.08.101963.10.04
ItalyBishop Enrico Petrilli

former Auxiliary Bishop of Siena (Italy)

1963.09.021963.10.06
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
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
ItalyArchbishop Paolino Limongi

former Titular Archbishop of Nicæa parva

1963.08.151963.10.20
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
AustraliaBishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1963.09.291963.10.20
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
GermanyArchbishop Josef Stimpfle

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

former Archbishop ad personam

1963.09.101963.10.26
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Petralia

former Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

1963.10.141963.11.03
ItalyBishop Federico Sargolini

former Auxiliary Bishop of Camerino (Italy)

1963.10.011963.11.17
Cote d’IvoireBishop Eugène Abissa Kwaku

former Bishop of Abengourou (Cote d’Ivoire)

1963.09.131963.11.24
EnglandBishop Gerard William Tickle

former Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

1963.10.121963.12.01
PeruBishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C.

former Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru)

1957.11.211963.12.07
EcuadorBishop Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1963.11.021963.12.08
PeruBishop Edward Louis Fedders, M.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru)

1957.08.031963.12.12
USABishop John James Ward

former Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

1963.10.161963.12.12
MexicoArchbishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

1963.08.191963.12.17
ArgentinaBishop Juan Carlos Ferro

former Bishop of Concepción (Argentina)

1963.08.121963.12.21
IndiaBishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello

former Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India)

1963.11.151963.12.21
ChileBishop Raul Silva Silva

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1963.11.231963.12.29

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