Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1967

Newly Elected Bishops (164)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ItalyArchbishop Costante Maltoni

former Titular Archbishop of Thugga

1967.01.021967.03.12
ColombiaBishop Julián Mendoza Guerrero

former Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

1967.01.031967.03.05
ChileBishop Carlos González Cruchaga

former Bishop of Talca (Chile)

1967.01.041967.05.07
IndiaPatriarch Raul Nicolau Gonsalves

former Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

1967.01.051967.03.05
ItalyBishop Carlo Fanton

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

1967.01.071967.02.24
BrazilBishop Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.J.

former Bishop of Balsas (Brazil)

1967.01.121967.04.02
PhilippinesBishop Antonio Yapsutco Fortich

former Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

1967.01.131967.02.24
TurkiyeArchbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1967.01.161967.03.05
GermanyBishop Martin Wiesend

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (Germany)

1967.01.191967.03.27
ItalyBishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo

former Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

1967.01.231967.03.18
ThailandBishop Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

1967.02.091967.04.13
Sri LankaBishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai

former Bishop of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

1967.02.091967.05.11
MalaysiaBishop Karl Reiterer, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

1967.02.091967.05.18
PhilippinesCardinal Jaime Lachica Sin

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

1967.02.101967.03.18
FranceCardinal Robert Coffy

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

former Archbishop of Marseille (France)

1967.02.111967.04.23
BrazilBishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

1967.02.131967.05.30
MaltaArchbishop Emanuele Gerada

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

1967.02.151967.06.18
USACardinal James Aloysius Hickey

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

1967.02.181967.04.14
ColombiaBishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros

former Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia)

1967.02.201967.05.01
BrazilBishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S.

former Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

1967.02.201967.05.14
FranceBishop André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet

former Bishop of Troyes (France)

1967.02.211967.05.01
MaltaBishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi

former Bishop of Gozo (Malta)

1967.02.241967.04.09
MexicoBishop Antonio Hernández Gallegos

former Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

1967.02.241967.05.11
FranceBishop Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens

former Bishop of Agen (France)

1967.02.271967.05.21
USABishop Joseph Vincent Sullivan

former Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

1967.03.041967.04.03
USABishop Edwin Bernard Broderick

former Bishop of Albany (USA)

1967.03.081967.04.21
AngolaBishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Uíje (Angola)

1967.03.141967.04.30
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Salamé (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria)

1967.03.151967.05.14
LebanonBishop Chucrallah Harb (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1967.03.151967.05.14
ItalyBishop Giovanni Stamati (Italo-Albanese Rite)

former Bishop of Lungro of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1967.03.251967.06.29
PhilippinesBishop Jesus Yu Varela

former Bishop of Sorsogon (Philippines)

1967.03.281967.04.30
BrazilBishop Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S.

former Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (Brazil)

1967.03.291967.06.25
VenezuelaBishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, Opus Dei

former Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela)

1967.03.311967.05.21
VenezuelaBishop Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce

former Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela)

1967.03.311967.05.21
CanadaArchbishop Francis John Spence

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

1967.04.011967.06.15
ItalyBishop Roberto Carniello

former Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

1967.04.021967.05.14
PhilippinesArchbishop Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

1967.04.041967.07.05
LuxembourgArchbishop Jean Hengen

former Archbishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

1967.04.081967.06.04
ItalyBishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P.

former Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

1967.04.081967.06.11
ItalyBishop Mario De Santis

former Auxiliary Bishop of Foggia (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Troia (Italy)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bovino (Italy)

1967.04.081967.06.24
CroatiaBishop Severin Pernek

former Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

1967.04.101967.06.18
ItalyBishop Francesco Amadio

former Bishop of Rieti (Italy)

1967.04.111967.06.11
VietnamVenerable Cardinal François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala

former Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam)

former President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

1967.04.131967.06.24
LesothoArchbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho)

1967.04.131967.06.29
IndiaBishop Alfred Fernández

former Bishop of Allahabad (India)

1967.04.131967.06.29
FranceArchbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

1967.04.131967.07.07
IndiaArchbishop Justin Diraviam

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

1967.04.131967.07.09
South AfricaBishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I.

former Bishop of De Aar (South Africa)

1967.04.131967.07.19
IndonesiaBishop Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Manado (Indonesia)

1967.04.131967.07.25
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.04.131967.08.13
IndonesiaArchbishop Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kupang (Indonesia)

1967.04.131967.08.15
MadagascarBishop Luigi Dusio, C.M.

former Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar)

1967.04.131967.10.22
MozambiqueArchbishop Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique)

1967.04.211967.06.29
ItalyBishop Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli

former Bishop of Belluno–Feltre (Italy)

1967.04.221967.05.14
ItalyBishop Aldo Gobbi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Imola (Italy)

1967.04.221967.05.14
BrazilCardinal José Freire Falcão

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

1967.04.241967.06.17
ArgentinaBishop Pedro Boxler

former Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina)

1967.04.251967.06.18
GuatemalaBishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera

former Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

1967.05.051967.07.30
EgyptCardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas (Coptic Rite)

former Cardinal-Patriarch

former Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

1967.05.081967.06.09
SpainBishop Antonio Briva Mirabent

former Bishop of Astorga (Spain)

1967.05.181967.07.02
ChileBishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz

former Bishop of Copiapó (Chile)

1967.05.251967.07.09
EnglandBishop Geoffrey Burke

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salford (England)

1967.05.261967.06.29
Northern IrelandCardinal Cahal Brendan Daly

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

1967.05.261967.07.16
ItalyArchbishop Amelio Poggi

former Titular Archbishop of Cercina

former Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

1967.05.271967.07.16
BelgiumBishop Pierre Samain

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai (Belgium)

1967.05.311967.07.25
USABishop Gerard Louis Frey

former Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

1967.05.311967.08.08
BrazilCardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in commendum

former Prefect of Congregation for Bishops

former President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

1967.06.091967.08.26
SwitzerlandCardinal Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B.

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

former Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

1967.06.101967.06.18
USACardinal Francis James Brennan

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline

1967.06.101967.06.25
USABishop William Edward McManus

former Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA)

1967.06.111967.08.24
BermudaBishop Bernard James Murphy, C.R.

former Bishop of Hamilton (Bermuda)

1967.06.121967.09.01
AustraliaArchbishop Francis Patrick Carroll

former Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

1967.06.121967.09.05
IndiaBishop Joseph Rajappa

former Bishop of Khammam (India)

1967.06.121967.09.07
LaosBishop Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Pakse (Laos)

1967.06.121967.09.27
Hong KongBishop Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping (徐誠斌)

former Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

former Secretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

1967.06.121967.10.07
Congo-KinshasaBishop Léon Lesambo Ndamwize

former Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.06.121967.10.15
BrazilBishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B.

former Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

1967.06.131967.08.24
USAArchbishop John Lawrence May

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1967.06.161967.08.24
USABishop Thomas Joseph Grady

former Bishop of Orlando (USA)

1967.06.211967.08.24
VietnamBishop Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai

former Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)

1967.06.221967.08.15
IndiaBishop Bala Shoury Thumma

former Bishop of Nellore (India)

1967.06.221967.10.11
ItalyCardinal Loris Francesco Capovilla

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

former Archbishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy)

1967.06.261967.07.16
ItalyCardinal Ernesto Civardi

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops

1967.06.261967.07.16
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Cocolin

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

1967.06.261967.09.03
CubaArchbishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estíu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

1967.07.011967.08.30
AustriaBishop Alois Stöger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

1967.07.031967.08.15
PortugalCardinal António Ribeiro

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

former Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

former Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal)

1967.07.031967.09.17
ItalyCardinal Agostino Casaroli

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina

former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

1967.07.041967.07.16
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Mauro

former Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua

1967.07.041967.07.16
ItalyBishop Angelo Scapecchi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)

1967.07.111967.10.08
NigeriaBishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P.

former Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria)

1967.07.131967.08.15
CanadaArchbishop Henri Légaré, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Grouard–McLennan (Canada)

1967.07.131967.09.09
UgandaBishop Joseph Benard Willigers, M.H.M.

former Bishop of Jinja (Uganda)

1967.07.131967.12.03
ParaguayBishop Juan Moleón Andreu

former Military Vicar of Paraguay (Paraguay)

1967.07.171967.08.13
SyriaArchbishop Jacques Michel Djarwé (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Hassaké–Nisibi of the Syriacs (Syria)

1967.07.181967.08.20
SpainBishop José Antonio Infantes Florido

former Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

1967.07.201967.09.21
ItalyCardinal Angelo Felici

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari pro hac vice Title

former President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

1967.07.221967.09.24
MexicoBishop Leonardo Viera Contreras

former Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico)

1967.07.251967.09.08
GermanyBishop Laurenz Böggering

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1967.07.251967.09.24
MexicoBishop Everardo López Alcocer

former Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)

1967.07.251967.09.29
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Santoro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Campobasso–Boiano (Italy)

1967.07.251967.10.28
PhilippinesBishop Felix Sanchez Zafra

former Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

1967.07.311967.10.22
PeruArchbishop Eduardo Picher Peña

former Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

1967.08.031967.09.08
PeruBishop Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.

former Bishop of Huacho (Peru)

1967.08.031967.09.17
PeruBishop Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.J.

former Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru)

1967.08.031967.11.01
LebanonBishop Léonce Tchantayan (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Ispahan of the Armenians (Iran)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1967.08.051967.11.19
BrazilBishop Tomás Balduino, O.P.

former Bishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1967.08.151967.11.26
SyriaArchbishop Nicolas Naaman, M.S.P. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1967.08.231967.10.08
PeruBishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P.

former Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

1967.08.251967.11.21
IranArchbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi (Chaldean Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans (Iran)

1967.09.011967.10.22
ItalyArchbishop Ippolito Rotoli

former Titular Archbishop of Thibiuca

former Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan

1967.09.021967.12.08
TurkiyeArchbishop Giovanni Enrico Boccella, T.O.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1967.09.091968.04.17
ItalyBishop Ferdinando Maggioni

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1967.09.141967.10.29
AustraliaBishop Henry Joseph Kennedy

former Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

1967.09.141967.11.23
AustraliaArchbishop Leonard Anthony Faulkner

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

1967.09.141967.11.28
JamaicaArchbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica)

1967.09.141967.11.30
PeruBishop Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas (Peru)

1967.09.141967.11.30
AustraliaBishop John Ahern Torpie

former Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

1967.09.141967.11.30
ItalyArchbishop Cesare Zacchi

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1967.09.161967.12.12
Congo-KinshasaBishop Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.09.161968.02.11
CanadaBishop James Patrick Mahoney

former Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

1967.09.201967.12.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop François Kabangu wa Mutela

former Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.09.261967.12.17
Congo-KinshasaBishop Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A.

former Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.09.261968.01.25
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

1967.09.261968.01.28
IndiaBishop Ignatius P. Lobo

former Bishop of Belgaum (India)

1967.09.261968.06.02
IrelandBishop Michael Anthony Harty

former Bishop of Killaloe (Ireland)

1967.09.281967.11.19
FranceBishop Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux

former Bishop of Versailles (France)

1967.09.301967.11.26
FranceBishop Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1967.09.301968.01.06
FranceBishop Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1967.09.301968.01.06
South AfricaBishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S.

former Bishop of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa)

1967.10.121968.01.10
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Accogli (艾可儀)

former Titular Archbishop of Treba

1967.10.161967.11.26
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Mariani

former Titular Archbishop of Missua

1967.10.161967.12.03
USAArchbishop John Raphael Quinn

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

1967.10.211967.12.12
USABishop John Charles Reiss

former Bishop of Trenton (USA)

1967.10.211967.12.12
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Zama

former Archbishop of Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1967.10.241967.12.08
NetherlandsBishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst

former Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

1967.11.031967.12.17
BrazilBishop Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R.

former Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

1967.11.031968.02.25
LithuaniaBishop Juozapas Pletkus

former Bishop-Prelate of Klaipėda (Lithuania)

1967.11.081968.02.25
CroatiaArchbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli

former Titular Archbishop of Castello

1967.11.091967.12.08
ItalyArchbishop Paolo Mosconi

former Titular Archbishop of Leges

1967.11.091967.12.10
IraqBishop Curiacos Moussess (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1967.11.171968.03.03
USABishop Mark Joseph Hurley

former Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

1967.11.211968.01.04
USABishop James Richard Ham, M.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1967.11.281968.01.06
GuatemalaBishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

1967.11.281968.01.06
SloveniaBishop Stanislav Lenic

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

1967.11.291968.01.14
IndiaBishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

1967.11.291968.02.03
BrazilBishop José da Silva Chaves (95)Bishop José da Silva Chaves (95)

Bishop emeritus of Uruaçu (Brazil)

1967.11.291968.02.11
Trinidad and TobagoArchbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

1967.11.291968.03.19
MexicoBishop Román Acevedo Rojas

former Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico)

1967.11.291968.03.19
BrazilBishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

1967.11.291968.03.25
IndiaBishop Francis Ekka

former Bishop of Raigarh (India)

1967.11.291968.03.30
EcuadorArchbishop Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

1967.12.011968.01.07
PeruBishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.

former Bishop of Chimbote (Peru)

1967.12.011968.01.07
EcuadorArchbishop Ernesto Álvarez Álvarez, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador)

former Archbishop ad personam

1967.12.011968.01.14
FranceBishop Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard

former Bishop of Nancy (France)

1967.12.041968.02.10
EnglandBishop Gerald Moverley

former Bishop of Hallam (England)

1967.12.061968.01.25
USABishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J.

former Bishop of Fairbanks (USA)

1967.12.061968.02.22
EnglandBishop Anthony Joseph Emery

former Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

1967.12.061968.03.04
IndiaArchbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1967.12.091968.02.24
MexicoBishop José López Lara

former Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

1967.12.111968.02.22
ItalyCardinal Antonio Innocenti

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

former President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

1967.12.151968.02.18
SwitzerlandBishop Anton Hänggi

former Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

1967.12.201968.02.11
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Gravelli

former Titular Archbishop of Suas

former Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

former Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico

1967.12.241968.01.21
MexicoBishop Alfredo Torres Romero

former Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

1967.12.301968.02.25

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