Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1976

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Newly Elected Bishops (137)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
PhilippinesBishop Ireneo Ali Amantillo, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Tandag (Philippines)

1976.01.021976.03.15
ArgentinaBishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli

former Bishop of Formosa (Argentina)

1976.01.021976.04.25
USABishop Philip Francis Murphy

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

1976.01.111976.02.29
ItalyCardinal Agostino Cacciavillan

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title

former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

1976.01.171976.02.28
USACardinal James Francis Stafford (93)Cardinal James Francis Stafford (93)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Denver (USA)

Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

1976.01.191976.02.29
MacauBishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (高秉常)

former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1976.01.201976.03.25
JapanBishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド 佐藤千敬), O.P.

former Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

1976.01.241976.03.20
AustraliaBishop Joseph Peter O’Connell

former Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

1976.01.241976.03.31
MyanmarArchbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

1976.01.241976.04.03
EswatiniBishop Aloysius Isaac Mandlenkhosi Zwane

former Bishop of Manzini (Eswatini)

1976.01.241976.05.16
South SudanBishop Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi

former Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan)

1976.01.241976.06.13
IndiaBishop William Leonard D’Mello

former Bishop of Karwar (India)

1976.01.241977.04.29
EnglandCardinal George Basil Hume, E.B.C.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1976.02.091976.03.25
PhilippinesBishop Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe, S.V.D.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines)

1976.02.091976.03.30
ItalyBishop Francesco Tarcisio Carboni

former Bishop of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy)

1976.02.111976.03.20
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Costanzo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

1976.02.211976.04.04
VietnamBishop Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của

former Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

1976.02.221976.02.22
ArgentinaBishop Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano

former Bishop of Azul (Argentina)

1976.02.241976.03.25
BrazilArchbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

1976.02.251976.05.02
IndiaBishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem.

former Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

1976.03.011977.03.31
USAArchbishop Elden Francis Curtiss (93)Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss (93)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Omaha (USA)

1976.03.041976.04.28
Puerto RicoBishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas

former Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

1976.03.041976.04.30
PhilippinesArchbishop Oscar Valero Cruz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

1976.03.041976.05.03
BoliviaArchbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J.

former Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

1976.03.061976.05.01
MexicoArchbishop Luis Morales Reyes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

1976.03.081976.05.04
ParaguayBishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (90)Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (90)

Titular Bishop of Curubis

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay)

1976.03.151976.05.01
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Bommarito

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

1976.03.181976.06.01
GermanyBishop Heinrich Machens

former Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

1976.03.241976.06.07
SwitzerlandBishop Otmar Mäder

former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

1976.03.251976.05.02
CanadaCardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič)

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

1976.03.261976.05.27
VietnamBishop Joseph Phan Văn Hoa

former Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

1976.03.301976.03.30
IrelandBishop Michael Murphy

former Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland)

1976.04.011976.05.23
HungaryBishop László Tóth

former Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1976.04.021976.06.08
AustraliaBishop Leo Morris Clarke

former Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

1976.04.101976.06.02
PeruBishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. (85)Bishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. (85)

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ regiæ

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

1976.04.101976.06.20
BeninArchbishop Nestor Assogba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)

1976.04.101976.07.25
USABishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

former Bishop of Steubenville (USA)

1976.04.121976.06.11
VietnamBishop Joseph Phan Thế Hinh

former Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

1976.04.141976.11.14
USABishop Michael Joseph Murphy

former Bishop of Erie (USA)

1976.04.201976.06.11
ArgentinaBishop Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F.

former Bishop of Zárate–Campana (Argentina)

1976.04.211976.07.04
Dominican RepublicBishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

1976.04.241976.07.20
Dominican RepublicBishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic)

1976.04.241976.08.28
BrazilBishop Emílio Pignoli (93)Bishop Emílio Pignoli (93)

Bishop emeritus of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

1976.04.291976.06.24
BrazilBishop Tarcísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

1976.04.291976.06.25
PolandCardinal Bolesław Filipiak

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

former Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

1976.05.011976.05.14
ItalyBishop Sennen Corrà

former Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy)

1976.05.011976.06.06
ItalyBishop Pietro Giachetti

former Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

1976.05.011976.06.29
USABishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1976.05.031976.06.25
USABishop Robert Francis Garner

former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1976.05.031976.06.25
USABishop Dominic Anthony Marconi (99)Bishop Dominic Anthony Marconi (99)

Titular Bishop of Bure

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Newark (USA)

1976.05.031976.06.25
PolandBishop Edward Kisiel

former Bishop of Białystok (Poland)

1976.05.031976.06.27
EgyptBishop Athanasios Abadir (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

1976.05.181976.09.26
PeruBishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott

former Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

1976.05.191976.07.04
SpainCardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio pro hac vice Title

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

1976.05.201976.06.29
ThailandBishop Michael Bunluen Mansap

former Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

1976.05.211976.08.12
CanadaBishop James Leonard Doyle

former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

1976.05.241976.06.28
CanadaBishop John Aloysius O’Mara

former Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada)

1976.05.241976.06.29
USABishop Stanley Joseph Ott

former Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

1976.05.241976.06.29
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Zarri

former Bishop of Forlì–Bertinoro (Italy)

1976.05.241976.06.29
ThailandBishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg

former Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (Thailand)

1976.05.241976.07.12
USABishop George Avis Fulcher

former Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

1976.05.241976.07.18
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli

former Titular Archbishop of Volturno

1976.05.311976.06.27
KuwaitBishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Kuwait)

1976.05.311976.07.16
CameroonBishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon)

1976.05.311976.09.26
MozambiqueBishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S.

former Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

1976.05.311976.09.26
MozambiqueBishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique)

1976.05.311976.10.10
MozambiqueCardinal Júlio Duarte Langa (98)Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa (98)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele dell’Addolorata

Bishop emeritus of Xai-Xai (Mozambique)

1976.05.311976.10.24
IndiaBishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Kurnool (India)

1976.05.311977.05.03
BelgiumBishop Eugeen Laridon

former Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge (Belgium)

1976.06.111976.07.25
PhilippinesBishop Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J.

former Bishop-Prelate of Ipil (Philippines)

1976.06.121976.07.31
USABishop Edward Thomas Hughes

former Bishop of Metuchen (USA)

1976.06.141976.07.21
FranceArchbishop Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

1976.06.221976.10.09
USABishop John Nicholas Wurm

former Bishop of Belleville (USA)

1976.06.251976.08.17
USAArchbishop Thomas Victor Dolinay (Ruthenian Rite)

former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA)

1976.06.281976.11.23
USABishop Joseph Hubert Hart

former Bishop of Cheyenne (USA)

1976.07.011976.08.31
MexicoBishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe

former Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

1976.07.031976.09.08
USABishop Victor Herman Balke (94)Bishop Victor Herman Balke (94)

Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA)

1976.07.071976.09.02
GermanyBishop Johannes Kapp

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

1976.07.081976.09.12
JapanBishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド 田中健一)

former Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

1976.07.081976.09.23
MadagascarBishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

1976.07.081976.10.03
Congo-KinshasaCardinal Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M.

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa)

1976.07.081976.11.07
MaliBishop Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé

former Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

1976.07.081977.01.08
FranceArchbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson

former Archbishop of Sens (France)

former Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France)

1976.07.131976.10.09
BrazilBishop Jacó Roberto Hilgert

former Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

1976.07.191976.09.26
BrazilBishop Amaury Castanho

former Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)

1976.07.191976.10.07
BrazilBishop José Goncalves Heleno

former Bishop of Governador Valadares (Brazil)

1976.07.191976.10.18
BrazilBishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (86)Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (86)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Óbidos (Brazil)

1976.07.191979.10.04
USABishop James Clifford Timlin

former Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1976.07.261976.09.21
ArgentinaBishop Jorge Novak, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina)

1976.08.071976.09.19
PeruBishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A.

former Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

1976.08.121976.09.19
IrelandArchbishop Kevin McNamara

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1976.08.221976.11.07
USABishop Daniel Anthony Hart

former Bishop of Norwich (USA)

1976.08.241976.10.18
SpainBishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona

former Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

1976.09.101976.10.17
SpainBishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya

former Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

1976.09.171976.10.11
SpainCardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela (89)Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela (89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain)

1976.09.171976.10.31
SpainBishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina

former Bishop of León (Spain)

1976.09.171976.10.31
PolandBishop Stanisław Adam Sygnet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (Poland)

1976.09.201976.10.24
ItalyCardinal Sergio Sebastiani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eustachio pro hac vice Title

former President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

1976.09.271976.10.30
FranceBishop Guy Gérard Deroubaix

former Bishop of Saint-Denis (France)

1976.10.021976.11.21
FranceBishop Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic

former Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

1976.10.021976.11.28
SpainBishop Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez

former Bishop of Zamora (Spain)

1976.10.111976.11.21
ParaguayBishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks

former Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

1976.10.121976.11.25
GermanyBishop Franz Josef Kuhnle

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

1976.10.131976.11.27
AustraliaBishop Patrick Dougherty

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1976.10.151976.12.08
USABishop Raymundo Joseph Peña

former Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

1976.10.161976.12.13
USABishop Eugene John Gerber

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1976.10.161976.12.14
SpainBishop Felipe Fernández García

former Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

1976.10.221976.11.28
ItalyBishop Armando Franco

former Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1976.10.251977.01.09
BrazilBishop Antônio Pedro Misiara

former Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

1976.10.271976.12.10
New ZealandBishop Edward Russell Gaines

former Bishop of Hamilton (New Zealand)

former Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

1976.10.281976.12.08
LiberiaArchbishop Michael Kpakala Francis

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrovia (Liberia)

1976.10.281976.12.19
GabonBishop Cyriaque Siméon Obamba

former Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

1976.10.281977.01.30
MadagascarBishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J.

former Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar)

1976.10.281977.03.27
IndiaBishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa

former Bishop of Cuddapah (India)

1976.10.281977.04.20
GermanyBishop Alfons Demming

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1976.11.061977.01.09
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Wöste

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1976.11.061977.01.09
USABishop Paul Vincent Dudley

former Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

1976.11.091977.01.25
USABishop John Francis Kinney

former Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

1976.11.091977.01.25
ItalyArchbishop Giulio Einaudi

former Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana

1976.11.101977.01.02
BoliviaBishop Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia)

1976.11.221977.01.16
PortugalBishop António José Rafael

former Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

1976.12.021977.02.13
BrazilBishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P.

former Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil)

1976.12.031977.03.06
BrazilBishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

1976.12.061977.02.02
ZambiaBishop Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia)

1976.12.091977.02.20
KenyaBishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.

former Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

1976.12.091977.02.27
PanamaBishop Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Darién (Panama)

1976.12.091977.03.25
South AfricaBishop Hubert Bücher

former Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

1976.12.091977.03.27
RwandaBishop Wenceslas Kalibushi

former Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda)

1976.12.091977.03.27
VietnamBishop Joseph Nguyễn thiện Khuyến

former Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

1976.12.091977.04.24
IndiaBishop John Mulagada

former Bishop of Eluru (India)

1976.12.091977.05.05
IndonesiaBishop Isak Doera

former Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

1976.12.091977.05.19
AustraliaBishop Patrick Laurence Murphy

former Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

1976.12.201977.01.22
USABishop Manuel Duran Moreno

former Bishop of Tucson (USA)

1976.12.201977.02.19
USABishop Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda

former Bishop of Monterey (USA)

1976.12.201977.02.19
ArgentinaBishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto (89)Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto (89)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro (Argentina)

1976.12.281977.03.19
IrelandBishop Thomas Flynn

former Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

1976.12.301977.02.20
VanuatuBishop Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M.

former Bishop of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)

1976.12.311977.03.20
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