Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1974

Bishops (140)ElectedConsecratedAscending
BrazilBishop Eduardo Koaik

former Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)

1973.10.221974.01.06
PortugalArchbishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

1973.11.261974.01.13
AustraliaCardinal Edward Bede Clancy

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

1973.10.251974.01.19
AustraliaBishop David Cremin (96)Bishop David Cremin (96)

Titular Bishop of Cunga Féichin

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia)

1973.10.251974.01.19
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Cassisa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

1973.12.011974.01.24
PhilippinesBishop Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Calapan (Philippines)

1973.11.261974.01.26
ItalyCardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

1973.12.211974.02.02
ItalyBishop Alfredo Maria Garsia

former Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

1973.12.211974.02.02
PolandArchbishop Marian Przykucki

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

1973.12.121974.02.03
CanadaBishop Jean-Guy Hamelin

former Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (Canada)

1973.11.291974.02.09
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Agostino

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano (Italy)

1973.12.211974.02.11
CanadaBishop Noël Delaquis, O.C.S.O. (91)Bishop Noël Delaquis, O.C.S.O. (91)

Titular Bishop of Gravelbourg

Bishop emeritus of Gravelbourg (Canada)

1973.12.031974.02.19
IndiaArchbishop James Masilamony Arul Das

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)

1973.12.211974.02.20
MauritaniaBishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

1973.12.211974.02.23
TanzaniaBishop Nestorius Timanywa

former Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

1973.11.261974.02.24
UkraineBishop Marian Jozef Rechowicz

former Titular Bishop of Pupiana

former Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukraine)

1973.12.311974.03.03
IndonesiaBishop Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

1973.12.171974.03.06
MexicoBishop Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D.

former Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

1973.12.071974.03.09
PeruBishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)

1973.11.261974.03.10
IndiaBishop Balashoury Thanugundla

former Bishop of Guntur (India)

1973.11.261974.03.12
CanadaArchbishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

1974.01.161974.03.12
LiberiaBishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh

former Bishop of Cape Palmas (Liberia)

1973.12.171974.03.17
FranceBishop Jean Louis Joseph Dardel

former Bishop of Clermont (France)

1974.01.181974.03.17
PolandBishop Jan Stefan Gałecki

former Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

1974.02.041974.03.17
CroatiaBishop Ciril Kos

former Bishop of Đakovo i Srijem (Croatia)

1974.02.061974.03.17
ItalyBishop Angelo Rizzo

former Bishop of Ragusa (Italy)

1974.02.021974.03.18
MexicoBishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.

former Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)

1973.12.071974.03.19
IndiaBishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy

former Bishop of Nellore (India)

1973.12.171974.03.19
Puerto RicoBishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

1974.01.211974.03.23
BrazilBishop Urbano José Allgayer

former Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

1974.02.051974.03.24
MexicoArchbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

1974.02.121974.03.25
Northern IrelandBishop Edward Kevin Daly

former Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

1974.01.311974.03.31
MexicoBishop Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones

former Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1974.02.121974.04.05
BrazilBishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. (96)Bishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. (96)

Bishop emeritus of Assis (Brazil)

1974.02.091974.04.16
NigeriaBishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (91)Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (91)

Bishop emeritus of Ondo (Nigeria)

1973.12.171974.04.21
ArgentinaBishop José María Mestres

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

1974.03.071974.04.21
PortugalBishop Francisco Antunes Santana

former Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

1974.03.181974.04.21
AustraliaBishop Bernard Joseph Wallace

former Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

1974.01.241974.04.23
MexicoArchbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco (92)Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco (92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Acapulco (Mexico)

1974.03.121974.04.25
ChileBishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)

1974.03.281974.04.27
SpainCardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

1973.12.171974.04.28
ZambiaArchbishop James Spaita

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia)

1974.02.281974.04.28
UkraineBishop Pavlo Vasylyk (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1991.01.161974.05.01
BelgiumBishop Robert-Joseph Mathen

former Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

1974.03.151974.05.03
BrazilBishop Jairo Rui Matos da Silva

former Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

1974.01.111974.05.05
IndiaArchbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

1974.01.241974.05.05
IndiaBishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (90)Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (90)

Bishop emeritus of Balasore (India)

1974.01.241974.05.05
MadagascarBishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S.

former Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1974.02.281974.05.12
CanadaBishop Robert Lebel

former Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada)

1974.03.111974.05.12
USABishop John Stephen Cummins

former Bishop of Oakland (USA)

1974.02.261974.05.16
IndiaArchbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

1974.02.281974.05.18
South AfricaBishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Aliwal (South Africa)

1973.12.171974.05.23
PolandBishop Tadeusz Werno

former Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg (Poland)

1974.03.221974.05.25
PortugalBishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro

former Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

1974.03.181974.05.26
PhilippinesArchbishop Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines)

1974.03.141974.05.27
USABishop Albert Henry Ottenweller

former Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

1974.04.171974.05.29
PhilippinesBishop Ricardo Pido Tancinco

former Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

1974.03.081974.05.30
BrazilBishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto

former Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil)

1973.11.031974.06.02
RwandaArchbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)

1973.12.171974.06.02
VenezuelaArchbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

1974.04.051974.06.09
FranceCardinal Bernard Panafieu

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)

1974.04.181974.06.09
IndiaBishop Michael Bosco Duraisamy

former Bishop of Salem (India)

1974.02.281974.06.10
FranceBishop Louis Kuehn

former Bishop of Meaux (France)

1974.05.131974.06.15
IndonesiaBishop Darius Nggawa, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia)

1974.02.281974.06.16
Northern IrelandBishop Francis Lenny

former Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

1974.05.031974.06.16
CanadaBishop Arthur Joseph Gilbert

former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1974.04.031974.06.19
USABishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA)

1974.04.091974.06.21
ItalyBishop Giacomo Barabino

former Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

1974.05.161974.06.24
BrazilBishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita

former Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

1974.04.081974.06.29
CanadaBishop Roch Pedneault

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

1974.05.101974.06.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop Dieudonné M’Sanda Tsinda-Hata

former Bishop of Kenge (Congo-Kinshasa)

1974.04.251974.06.30
New ZealandBishop John Mackey

former Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

1974.04.251974.06.30
LaosBishop Thomas Nantha

former Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane (Laos)

1974.04.251974.06.30
ColombiaArchbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1974.06.141974.06.30
PolandCardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title

former President of Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception

1974.06.171974.06.30
ItalyCardinal Angelo Acerbi (100)Cardinal Angelo Acerbi (100)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Prelate emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1974.06.221974.06.30
ItalyArchbishop Nicola Rotunno

former Archbishop-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

1974.06.291974.06.30
FranceArchbishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

1974.05.141974.07.06
FranceBishop Roger Joseph Bourrat

former Bishop of Rodez (France)

1974.05.301974.07.06
Congo-KinshasaBishop Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame

former Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa)

1974.01.241974.07.14
IrelandBishop Jeremiah Newman

former Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

1974.05.171974.07.14
CanadaArchbishop Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

1974.05.091974.07.18
VenezuelaBishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña

former Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

1974.05.031974.07.25
USAArchbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

1974.06.011974.07.25
UkraineArchbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn (Ukrainian Rite)

former Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1974.06.271974.07.28
ColombiaBishop José Mario Escobar Serna

former Bishop of Palmira (Colombia)

1974.06.201974.07.29
VietnamBishop Paul Huỳnh Ðông Các

former Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

1974.07.011974.08.11
VietnamBishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi

former Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam)

1974.07.011974.08.11
VietnamBishop Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng

former Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam)

1974.07.011974.08.11
BrazilBishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

1974.06.051974.08.18
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1974.04.251974.08.24
Equatorial GuineaBishop Vicente Bernikon

former Bishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

1974.05.091974.08.25
PhilippinesBishop José Crisologo Sorra

former Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines)

1974.05.271974.08.28
CanadaBishop John Michael Sherlock

former Bishop of London (Canada)

1974.06.251974.08.28
PhilippinesBishop Celestino Rojo Enverga

former Bishop of Daet (Philippines)

1974.05.271974.09.01
CanadaBishop Eugène Philippe LaRocque

former Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada)

1974.06.241974.09.03
CanadaBishop Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1974.06.271974.09.05
FranceBishop Guy Alexis Herbulot

former Bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

1974.06.201974.09.08
IndiaBishop Joseph Irimpen (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Bishop of Palghat of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1974.06.271974.09.08
VenezuelaArchbishop Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

1974.07.241974.09.08
USAArchbishop Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1974.07.121974.09.12
USABishop Thomas William Lyons

former Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

1974.07.121974.09.12
MexicoArchbishop José Fernández Arteaga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

1974.07.131974.09.12
USABishop William Anthony Hughes

former Bishop of Covington (USA)

1974.07.231974.09.12
South AfricaArchbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa)

1974.07.011974.09.15
ColombiaArchbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1974.08.081974.09.15
ItalyArchbishop Leopoldo Teofili

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy)

former Bishop of Ortona (Italy)

1974.08.141974.09.15
MexicoBishop Genaro Alamilla Arteaga

former Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1974.07.131974.09.19
USABishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen (94)Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen (94)

Bishop emeritus of Colorado Springs (USA)

1974.07.061974.09.20
FranceBishop Michel Marie Paul Saudreau

former Bishop of Le Havre (France)

1974.07.061974.09.22
CanadaBishop Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

1974.08.091974.09.23
MexicoBishop Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A.

former Bishop of Tampico (Mexico)

1974.07.111974.09.24
GuatemalaBishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

1974.07.131974.09.27
ItalyBishop Franco Sibilla

former Bishop of Asti (Italy)

1974.07.151974.09.29
MaltaArchbishop Joseph Mercieca

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta (Malta)

1974.07.201974.09.29
IndiaBishop Patrick Nair

former Bishop of Meerut (India)

1974.04.051974.10.02
CanadaBishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk (Ukrainian Rite)

former Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

1974.06.271974.10.03
IndiaBishop Charles Gomes, S.J.

former Bishop of Ahmedabad (India)

1974.07.011974.10.06
USABishop Kenneth Anthony Angell

former Bishop of Burlington (USA)

1974.08.091974.10.07
GreeceBishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Syros (Greece)

former Bishop of Santorini (Greece)

1974.06.271974.10.20
IranArchbishop Kevin William Barden, O.P.

former Archbishop of Isfahan (Iran)

1974.05.301974.10.25
Congo-KinshasaBishop Faustin Ngabu

former Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

1974.04.251974.10.27
CanadaArchbishop Hanna Zora (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto of the Chaldeans (Canada)

1974.05.011974.10.27
PhilippinesCardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales (93)Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales (93)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manila (Philippines)

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

1974.08.121974.10.28
USABishop Nicolas Eugene Walsh

former Bishop of Yakima (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1974.09.051974.10.28
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Herman To Paivu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

1974.07.011974.10.29
SpainBishop Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita

former Bishop of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

1974.09.231974.11.02
ArgentinaArchbishop Cándido Genaro Rubiolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

1974.09.041974.11.17
South KoreaBishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙)

former Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

1974.10.051974.11.21
AngolaArchbishop Zacarias Kamwenho (91)Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho (91)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lubango (Angola)

1974.08.261974.11.23
SenegalCardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr (89)Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr (89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dakar (Senegal)

1974.07.011974.11.24
Papua New GuineaBishop Gregory Singkai

former Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

1974.07.011974.11.24
LebanonBishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (Lebanon)

1974.09.081974.11.24
FijiArchbishop Petero Mataca

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

1974.08.271974.12.03
MaliBishop Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé

former Bishop of Ségou (Mali)

1974.07.011974.12.07
EcuadorBishop Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

1974.10.051974.12.08
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Casale

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia–Bovino (Italy)

1974.10.261974.12.08
BrazilBishop Tiago Postma

former Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

1974.06.201974.12.14
VenezuelaBishop Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)

1974.10.051974.12.15
USAArchbishop Daniel Edward Pilarczyk

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1974.11.121974.12.20

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