Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1971

Bishops (161)ElectedConsecratedAscending
NigeriaBishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.

former Bishop of Kano (Nigeria)

1970.09.211971.01.06
USABishop Carroll Thomas Dozier

former Bishop of Memphis (USA)

1970.11.121971.01.06
ItalyBishop Sebastiano Rosso

former Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy)

1970.11.181971.01.06
USABishop John Raymond McGann

former Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

1970.11.121971.01.07
IndiaBishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.

former Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)

1970.06.251971.01.09
ColombiaBlessed Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y.

former Bishop of Arauca (Colombia)

1970.11.111971.01.10
GuatemalaArchbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala)

1970.11.301971.01.10
CubaBishop Evelio Ramos Díaz

former Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba)

1970.10.261971.01.14
CubaBishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal

former Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba)

1970.11.131971.01.14
USABishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary

former Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

1970.11.161971.01.25
BarbadosBishop Anthony Hampden Dickson

former Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

1970.10.191971.01.29
SpainArchbishop Joan Martí i Alanis

former Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

former Archbishop ad personam

1970.11.251971.01.31
ItalyBishop Aldo Del Monte

former Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1970.12.291971.01.31
ColombiaBishop Octavio Betancourt Arango

former Bishop of Garzón (Colombia)

1970.11.231971.02.02
SwitzerlandBishop Gabriel Bullet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

1970.12.291971.02.06
ZambiaCardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia)

1970.11.111971.02.07
ItalyArchbishop Luciano Angeloni

former Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia

1970.12.241971.02.07
FranceBishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S.

former Bishop of Créteil (France)

1971.01.021971.02.07
USABishop Charles Roman Koester

former Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1971.01.021971.02.11
BrazilBishop Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)

1970.11.271971.02.13
ItalyArchbishop Franco Brambilla

former Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

1970.12.241971.02.14
GuatemalaBishop José Julio Aguilar García

former Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala)

1969.05.091971.02.15
IndiaArchbishop Marianus Arokiasamy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

1970.11.231971.02.17
Sierra LeoneArchbishop Joseph Henry Ganda

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

1970.11.111971.02.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P.

former Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1970.09.011971.03.07
VietnamBishop Pierre-Marie Nguyễn Năng

former Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

1971.01.051971.03.12
ColombiaBishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Ipiales (Colombia)

1971.01.161971.03.13
VenezuelaArchbishop Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (93)Archbishop Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (93)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Los Teques (Venezuela)

1970.12.021971.03.19
NetherlandsCardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1970.12.291971.03.20
CanadaBishop Leonard James Crowley

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1971.02.081971.03.24
USABishop Juan Alfredo Arzube

former Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA)

1971.02.091971.03.25
USABishop William Robert Johnson

former Bishop of Orange (USA)

1971.02.191971.03.25
ColombiaCardinal Alfonso López Trujillo

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

former President of Pontifical Council for the Family

1971.02.251971.03.25
ColombiaBishop Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R.

former Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia)

1971.02.251971.03.25
FranceBishop Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux

former Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

1971.01.261971.03.27
FranceBishop Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond

former Auxiliary Bishop of Meaux (France)

1971.01.261971.03.28
ItalyBishop Carlo Urru

former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

1971.03.071971.03.28
IndiaArchbishop Cornelius Elanjikal

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

1971.01.161971.04.04
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Kelanthara

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

1971.01.161971.04.04
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Tomislav Jablanovic

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1970.11.161971.04.18
MadagascarCardinal Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

1971.01.161971.04.18
GuyanaBishop Benedict Ganesh Singh

former Bishop of Georgetown (Guyana)

1971.01.161971.04.18
ItalyBishop Carlo Cavalla

former Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy)

1971.03.011971.04.18
IndiaBishop Royappan Antony Muthu

former Bishop of Vellore (India)

1970.11.231971.04.21
PhilippinesBishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan

former Bishop of Ilagan (Philippines)

1971.01.231971.04.22
USABishop Francis James Harrison

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1971.03.011971.04.22
TanzaniaBishop Raymond Mwanyika

former Bishop of Njombe (Tanzania)

1971.01.161971.04.25
PhilippinesBishop Rafael Montiano Lim

former Bishop of Boac (Philippines)

1971.02.121971.04.27
IndiaArchbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy

former Archbishop-Bishop of Tanjore (India)

1971.01.161971.04.28
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBishop Pavao Žanić

former Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1970.12.091971.05.02
PeruBishop Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (Peru)

1971.03.111971.05.02
SpainBishop José Gea Escolano

former Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain)

1971.03.251971.05.08
SpainBishop Jesús Pla Gandía

former Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)

1971.03.251971.05.08
ItalyBishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Avezzano (Italy)

1971.04.171971.05.19
AustriaBishop Jakob Mayr

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1971.03.121971.05.20
Saint Pierre and MiquelonBishop François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1970.11.161971.05.23
BrazilBishop Constantino Amstalden

former Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

1971.03.111971.05.23
USABishop John Stock (Ukrainian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

1971.01.111971.05.25
USABishop Basil Harry Losten (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA)

1971.03.151971.05.25
ArgentinaBishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

1971.04.051971.05.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe

former Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1971.01.161971.05.30
CameroonBishop Pius Suh Awa

former Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

1971.02.201971.05.30
NigeriaBishop Alexius Obabu Makozi

former Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

1971.02.201971.05.30
LebanonPatriarch Hemaiag Bédros XVII Guédiguian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1971.03.031971.05.30
Cote d’IvoireArchbishop Noël Kokora-Tekry

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)

1971.03.111971.05.30
BrazilBishop Diógenes da Silva Matthes

former Bishop of Franca (Brazil)

1971.03.111971.06.11
PakistanBishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

1971.03.111971.06.14
SpainBishop Miguel Peinado Peinado

former Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

1971.04.301971.06.20
MexicoCardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

1971.04.301971.06.21
BrazilBishop Érico Ferrari

former Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

1971.04.291971.06.26
BrazilBishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S.

former Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1971.04.261971.06.27
ColombiaBishop Javier Naranjo Villegas

former Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

1971.06.021971.06.29
IndiaCardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

1971.06.051971.06.29
USABishop Thomas Joseph Connolly

former Bishop of Baker (USA)

1971.05.041971.06.30
FranceCardinal Albert Decourtray

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1971.05.271971.07.03
NigeriaArchbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (87)Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (87)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ibadan (Nigeria)

1971.03.111971.07.04
BrazilBishop Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

1971.03.131971.07.04
BrazilBishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo

former Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

1971.04.211971.07.04
Congo-KinshasaBishop Raphaël Lubaki Nganga

former Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1971.04.241971.07.04
ColombiaCardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz

former Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

1971.06.021971.07.11
USABishop Edward William O’Rourke

former Bishop of Peoria (USA)

1971.05.241971.07.15
MexicoBishop Jorge Martínez Martínez

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1971.06.051971.07.16
ColombiaCardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

former President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

1971.06.021971.07.18
USACardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

former President of Governorate of Vatican City State

former President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

1971.06.111971.07.20
PhilippinesBishop Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng

former Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines)

1971.04.241971.07.21
USABishop Paul Vincent Donovan

former Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA)

1971.06.151971.07.21
BrazilBishop Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

1971.05.181971.07.25
EnglandBishop John Brewer

former Bishop of Lancaster (England)

1971.05.311971.07.28
BrazilBishop Aldo Gerna, M.C.C.J. (94)Bishop Aldo Gerna, M.C.C.J. (94)

Bishop emeritus of São Mateus (Brazil)

1971.05.181971.08.01
ParaguayBishop Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino

former Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay)

1971.06.121971.08.01
MexicoBishop Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla

former Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico)

1971.05.041971.08.03
PeruBishop Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J.

former Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

1971.04.241971.08.15
MexicoBishop Arturo Lona Reyes

former Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

1971.05.041971.08.15
SyriaArchbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1971.05.101971.08.15
MexicoCardinal Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera

former Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1971.05.141971.08.15
BrazilBishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

1971.05.181971.08.15
USABishop Joseph Robert Crowley

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA)

1971.06.161971.08.24
South KoreaBishop Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘)

former Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

1971.07.251971.08.24
BrazilBishop Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Lábrea (Brazil)

1971.06.071971.08.28
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Jacob Abiad (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

1971.05.111971.08.29
NigeriaCardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (89)Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lagos (Nigeria)

former Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

1971.06.051971.08.29
ItalyBishop Odo Fusi Pecci

former Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)

1971.07.151971.08.29
ItalyArchbishop Remigio Ragonesi

former Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1971.06.291971.09.04
LebanonArchbishop Élias Nijmé, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1971.08.161971.09.05
Hong KongBishop Peter Li Hong-ji (Lei Wang-kei) (李宏基)

former Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

1971.07.031971.09.08
USAArchbishop John Robert Roach

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1971.07.121971.09.08
USABishop Raymond Alphonse Lucker

former Bishop of New Ulm (USA)

1971.07.121971.09.08
IndiaBishop Gilbert Blaize Rego

former Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

1971.03.111971.09.11
GermanyBishop Ernst Gutting

former Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany)

1971.05.311971.09.12
FranceBishop Léon-Raymond Soulier

former Bishop of Limoges (France)

1971.06.221971.09.12
CanadaBishop Bernard Hubert

former Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

1971.06.251971.09.12
ZambiaArchbishop Elias White Mutale

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

1971.07.031971.09.12
BrazilBishop Frederico Didonet

former Bishop of Rio Grande (Brazil)

1971.07.141971.09.12
SyriaArchbishop Denys Gaith, B.C. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1971.08.191971.09.12
FranceBishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt

former Bishop of Angers (France)

1971.06.141971.09.18
NigeriaArchbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

1971.04.241971.09.19
EthiopiaBishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. (Ethiopic Rite)

former Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

1971.06.121971.09.19
JordanBishop André Dikran Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. (Armenian Rite)

former Protosyncellus of Amman and Jerusalem of the Armenians (Jordan)

1971.07.241971.09.19
FranceBishop André Gustave Bossuyt

former Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

1971.08.031971.09.19
BrazilBishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M.

former Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil)

1971.07.141971.09.24
FranceBishop Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert

former Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France)

1971.06.041971.09.25
SpainBishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta

former Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)

1971.07.091971.09.25
FranceBishop Joseph Jean Marie Rozier

former Bishop of Poitiers (France)

1971.05.101971.09.26
BrazilBishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P.

former Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil)

1971.08.061971.09.26
GhanaArchbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

1971.07.031971.10.03
TanzaniaBishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando

former Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania)

1971.07.031971.10.03
ThailandBishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit (94)Bishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit (94)

Bishop emeritus of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

1971.07.031971.10.03
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Curis

former Titular Archbishop of Medeli

1971.07.141971.10.03
ItalyBishop Mario Rossi

former Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

1971.08.041971.10.03
SpainBishop Ramón Buxarrais Ventura (96)Bishop Ramón Buxarrais Ventura (96)

Bishop emeritus of Málaga (Spain)

1971.08.161971.10.03
PakistanArchbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

1971.07.031971.10.07
ItalyArchbishop Mario Schierano

former Archbishop Military Vicar of Italy (Italy)

former President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

1971.08.281971.10.09
BrazilBishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Rondonópolis (Brazil)

1970.11.271971.10.10
LaosBishop Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)

1971.06.281971.10.10
NigeriaBishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun

former Bishop of Ekiti (Nigeria)

1971.06.281971.10.10
ItalyArchbishop Edoardo Rovida (98)Archbishop Edoardo Rovida (98)

Titular Archbishop of Taormina

1971.07.311971.10.10
IndiaBishop George Victor Saupin, S.J.

former Bishop of Bhagalpur (India)

1971.06.051971.10.13
IndiaArchbishop Cecil DeSa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

1971.06.051971.10.16
IndiaBishop James Anthony Toppo

former Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

1971.04.241971.10.17
ItalyBishop Arnoldo Onisto

former Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

1971.09.111971.10.17
BrazilBishop Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F.

former Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil)

1971.08.271971.10.23
BrazilBishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Carolina (Brazil)

1971.08.061971.10.24
ItalyBishop Carlo Aliprandi

former Bishop of Cuneo (Italy)

1971.09.031971.10.24
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Moretti

former Titular Archbishop of Vartana

1971.09.091971.10.24
NigeriaBishop Ephraim Silas Obot

former Bishop of Idah (Nigeria)

1971.06.281971.10.31
PeruArchbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru)

1971.09.211971.11.13
NigeriaArchbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City (Nigeria)

1971.06.051971.11.21
BrazilArchbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

1971.06.251971.11.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu

former Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1971.08.301971.11.21
PeruArchbishop Luis Vallejos Santoni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

1971.09.201971.11.21
PhilippinesCardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu (Philippines)

1971.09.101971.11.30
ScotlandCardinal Thomas Joseph Winning

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

1971.10.221971.11.30
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Godefroy Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. (95)Archbishop Godefroy Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. (95)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

1971.08.301971.12.05
CanadaBishop Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Prince George (Canada)

1971.10.151971.12.08
ItalyBishop Dante Bernini

former Bishop of Albano (Italy)

1971.10.301971.12.08
IndiaBishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu

former Bishop of Coimbatore (India)

1971.08.301971.12.09
FranceBishop Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne

former Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

1971.09.181971.12.11
GermanyBishop Bernhard Huhn

former Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz (Germany)

1971.11.131971.12.11
ItalyCardinal Vincenzo Fagiolo

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro

former Bishop of Vasto (Italy)

former President of Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia

1971.11.201971.12.19
BrazilBishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.

former Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

1971.11.031971.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Cantisani

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Catanzaro–Squillace (Italy)

1971.11.181971.12.27

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