Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1965

Bishops (102)ElectedConsecratedAscending
CanadaBishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. (Slovak Rite)

former Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovaks (Canada)

1964.08.251965.01.02
MaliBishop Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr.

former Bishop of San (Mali)

1964.09.291965.01.09
FranceBishop Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin

former Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1964.11.151965.01.10
EnglandBishop Joseph Francis Cleary

former Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England)

1964.12.081965.01.25
USABishop Joseph Francis Donnelly

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA)

1964.11.091965.01.28
FranceBishop Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard

former Bishop of Vannes (France)

1964.09.241965.02.01
MaliBishop Georges Biard, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Mopti (Mali)

1964.09.291965.02.02
MyanmarArchbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

1964.11.091965.02.02
PolandBishop Tadeusz Stanisław Szwagrzyk

former Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1964.11.031965.02.07
PolandBishop Franz Brazys, M.I.C.

former Titular Bishop of Zella

1964.12.221965.02.14
UgandaArchbishop James Odongo

former Military Director of Uganda (Uganda)

1964.11.251965.02.16
ItalyCardinal Giulio Bevilacqua, C.O.

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Girolamo della Carità

1965.02.151965.02.18
SwitzerlandCardinal Charles Journet

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title

1965.02.151965.02.20
ItalyCardinal Federico Callori di Vignale

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

former Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

1965.02.151965.02.21
BelgiumCardinal Josef-Léon Cardijn

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Michele Arcangelo

1965.02.151965.02.21
ScotlandBishop Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson

former Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

1964.12.081965.02.24
CanadaBishop Adolphe E. Proulx

former Bishop of Gatineau–Hull (Canada)

1965.01.021965.02.24
Puerto RicoBishop Rafael Grovas Felix

former Bishop of Caguas (Puerto Rico)

1965.01.191965.03.02
SpainBishop Angel Morta Figuls

former Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)

1965.01.191965.03.19
LibyaBishop Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi (Libya)

1965.01.111965.03.21
ScotlandBishop Michael Foylan

former Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland)

1964.12.081965.03.25
VenezuelaBishop Eduardo Herrera Riera

former Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)

1965.01.071965.03.25
MalawiArchbishop James Chiona

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

1965.01.111965.03.28
USABishop Romeo Roy Blanchette

former Bishop of Joliet (USA)

1965.02.081965.04.03
TunisiaArchbishop Michel Callens, M. Afr.

former Bishop-Prelate of Tunis (Tunisia)

1965.01.091965.04.11
CanadaArchbishop James Martin Hayes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

1965.02.051965.04.20
BrazilBishop Silvio Maria Dário

former Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

1965.02.221965.05.02
VietnamBishop Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang

former Bishop of Cân Tho (Vietnam)

1965.03.221965.05.05
ItalyCardinal Luigi Poggi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

1965.04.031965.05.09
IndiaBishop Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R.

former Bishop of Bhagalpur (India)

1965.01.111965.05.10
IndiaBishop Basil Salvadore D’Souza

former Bishop of Mangalore (India)

1965.03.221965.05.11
DenmarkBishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J.

former Bishop of København (Denmark)

1965.03.221965.05.16
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Pedroni

former Referendary Prelate of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

1965.04.071965.05.22
PortugalBishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral

former Bishop of Beira (Mozambique)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal)

1965.01.161965.05.25
EcuadorBishop Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez

former Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador)

1965.03.171965.05.26
USABishop Frank Henry Greteman

former Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

1965.04.141965.05.26
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S.

former Bishop of Tulle (France)

1965.03.121965.05.27
South KoreaBishop Peter Hwang Min-sung (황민성 베드로)

former Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

1965.03.221965.05.31
MalawiBishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi)

1965.03.221965.06.05
PanamaBishop Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R.

former Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama)

1963.11.061965.06.06
Congo-KinshasaBishop Gabriel Ukec

former Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

1964.09.291965.06.06
USAArchbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA)

1965.04.211965.06.15
USABishop Cyril John Vogel

former Bishop of Salina (USA)

1965.04.141965.06.17
ItalyBishop Alessandro Piazza

former Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

1965.05.181965.06.24
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Carata

former Archbishop of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie (Italy)

1965.05.171965.06.26
IrelandBishop Anthony Columba McFeely

former Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

1965.05.141965.06.27
South KoreaBishop Daniel Tji Hak-sun (지학순 다니엘)

former Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea)

1965.03.221965.06.29
USABishop Alfred Michael Watson

former Bishop of Erie (USA)

1965.05.171965.06.29
FranceArchbishop Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (France)

1965.05.191965.06.30
FranceBishop Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix

former Bishop of Le Mans (France)

1965.05.191965.07.05
ThailandBishop Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand)

1965.03.221965.07.22
MexicoBishop José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco

former Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

1965.05.201965.07.25
ItalyCardinal Aurelio Sabattani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title

former Bishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy)

former President of Fabric of Saint Peter

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

former Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy)

1965.06.241965.07.25
USABishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm.

former Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

1959.01.101965.08.05
USABishop Raymond Joseph Gallagher

former Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

1965.06.211965.08.11
BurundiBishop Nestor Bihonda

former Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)

1965.05.061965.08.15
Puerto RicoBishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caguas (Puerto Rico)

1965.05.251965.08.15
SpainBishop Vincente Puchol Montis

former Bishop of Santander (Spain)

1965.07.021965.08.15
MexicoBishop Juan Navarro Ramirez

former Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)

1965.07.011965.08.17
Sri LankaBishop Frank Marcus Fernando

former Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)

1965.07.061965.08.19
BrazilBishop Giocondo María Grotti, O.S.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil)

1962.11.161965.08.22
VenezuelaBishop Rafael Angel González Ramírez

former Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

1965.07.231965.08.22
SpainArchbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

1965.08.221965.08.22
BrazilBishop Marcos Antônio Noronha

former Bishop of Itabira (Brazil)

1965.07.071965.08.24
USABishop Loras Joseph Watters

former Bishop of Winona (USA)

1965.06.211965.08.26
NigeriaCardinal Francis Arinze (93)Cardinal Francis Arinze (93)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni

Prefect emeritus of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

1965.07.061965.08.29
SenegalBishop Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Kaolack (Senegal)

1965.07.061965.08.29
VenezuelaBishop Jesús Maria Pellin

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1965.07.131965.08.29
VenezuelaBishop Constantino Maradei Donato

former Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

1965.07.231965.08.29
BulgariaArchbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. (Bulgarian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1963.04.281965.09.05
PalestineArchbishop Hilarion Capucci, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

1965.07.301965.09.05
LebanonArchbishop Georges Haddad (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1965.07.301965.09.05
LebanonArchbishop Grégoire Haddad (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1965.07.301965.09.05
LebanonArchbishop Nicolas Hajj (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1965.07.301965.09.05
BrazilBishop José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares

former Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

1965.07.261965.09.08
PanamaBishop Carlos Ambrosio Lewis, S.V.D.

former Coadjutor Bishop of David (Panama)

1965.06.221965.10.03
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Georges Benoit Gassongo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

1965.07.061965.10.10
PalestinePatriarch Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti

former Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine)

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

1965.09.211965.10.10
PalestineBishop Neemeh Simaan

former Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1965.09.211965.10.10
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Maverna

former Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy)

1965.09.151965.10.17
ItalyCardinal Michele Pellegrino

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Gesù pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

1965.09.181965.10.17
MyanmarArchbishop Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

1965.08.091965.11.21
PortugalBishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva

former Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

1965.08.301965.11.21
FranceArchbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M.

former Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

1965.10.021965.11.21
TogoBishop Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi

former Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)

1965.08.091965.12.05
ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Poledrini

former Titular Archbishop of Vazari

1965.10.271965.12.05
BrazilBishop Luís Gonzaga Fernandes

former Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil)

1965.11.061965.12.05
LithuaniaBishop Juozas Matulaitis-Labukas

former Titular Bishop of Mopta

former President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

former Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas (Lithuania)

former Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania)

1965.11.241965.12.05
Equatorial GuineaArchbishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

1965.08.091965.12.12
USACardinal Terence James Cooke

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

former Military Vicar of United States of America (USA)

1965.09.051965.12.13
USABishop William Joseph Moran

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA)

1965.09.151965.12.13
Papua New GuineaBishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Mendi (Papua New Guinea)

1965.07.061965.12.15
WalesBishop Langton Douglas Fox

former Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

1965.10.181965.12.16
RomaniaBishop Petru Plesca

former Titular Bishop of Voli

1965.12.041965.12.16
IrelandBishop Michael Russell

former Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Ireland)

1965.11.081965.12.19
USABishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck

former Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

1965.10.181965.12.20
EnglandArchbishop Derek John Worlock

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

1965.10.181965.12.21
USABishop Paul Francis Tanner

former Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

1965.10.181965.12.21
PortugalArchbishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas

former Archbishop-Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

1965.09.271965.12.26
MexicoArchbishop Manuel Castro Ruiz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)

1965.07.211965.12.27
CanadaBishop Charles Henri Lévesque

former Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

1965.10.181965.12.27
NetherlandsBishop Hendrik Theodorus Edmund Beel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

1965.08.301965.12.29

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