Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1941

Bishops (70)ElectedConsecratedAscending
RussiaBishop Viktor Novikov, S.J. (Russian Rite)1941
USACardinal James Francis McIntyre

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA)

1940.11.161941.01.08
ItalyBishop Francesco Pieri

former Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

1941.01.021941.01.26
CanadaBishop Albini LeBlanc

former Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

1940.12.141941.02.11
EnglandBishop Thomas Leo Parker

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1940.12.141941.02.11
BoliviaBishop Augustin Arce Mostajo

former Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1940.12.031941.02.16
BrazilBishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral

former Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

1940.12.211941.02.16
PortugalArchbishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

1940.11.231941.02.24
USABishop Francis Joseph Magner

former Bishop of Marquette (USA)

1940.12.211941.02.24
HungaryBlessed Bishop Vilmos Apor

former Bishop of Győr (Hungary)

1941.01.211941.02.24
PeruCardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1940.12.151941.03.02
PeruArchbishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)

1940.12.151941.03.02
PeruBishop Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

1940.12.151941.03.02
PeruBishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana

former Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

1940.12.151941.03.02
PeruBishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Piura (Peru)

1941.01.271941.03.02
ItalyBishop Guiseppe Pietro Gagnor, O.P.

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1941.02.011941.03.19
USAArchbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

1941.02.041941.03.19
FranceBishop Georges-Louis-Camille Debray

former Bishop of Meaux (France)

1941.01.151941.03.25
ItalyBishop Giacinto Tamburini

former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

former Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1941.03.061941.04.27
WalesBishop Daniel Joseph Hannon

former Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

1941.03.151941.05.01
BrazilBishop Pedro Massa, S.D.B.

former Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil)

1941.04.051941.05.01
ItalyCardinal Carlo Confalonieri

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1941.03.271941.05.04
AustriaBishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer

former Bishop of Linz (Austria)

1941.03.191941.05.11
ChileArchbishop Arturo Mery Beckdorf

former Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

1941.03.221941.05.11
South AfricaBishop Joseph Grueter, C.M.M.

former Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

1941.04.031941.05.22
ItalyBishop Gustavo Bianchi

former Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

1941.03.281941.05.25
AngolaBishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

1941.01.281941.06.01
BrazilBishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A.

former Bishop-Prelate of Jataí (Brazil)

1941.04.191941.06.01
BrazilArchbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

1941.03.291941.06.08
ItalyArchbishop Vigilio da Valstagna Dalla Zuanna (Federico), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Carpi (Italy)

1941.05.121941.06.08
GermanyBishop Heinrich Metzroth

former Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany)

1941.05.121941.06.08
CanadaBishop Edward Quentin Jennings

former Bishop of Fort William (Canada)

1941.03.221941.06.11
ChileBishop Roberto Moreira Martínez

former Bishop of Linares (Chile)

1941.03.221941.06.11
VietnamBishop Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam)

1941.02.201941.06.24
ThailandBishop Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi (Thailand)

1941.04.031941.06.24
BrazilArchbishop José de Medeiros Delgado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1941.03.151941.06.29
GermanyCardinal Joseph Wendel

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

former Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

former Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

1941.04.041941.06.29
MozambiqueBishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique)

1941.05.121941.06.29
CanadaArchbishop Georges Cabana

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1941.05.241941.06.30
CanadaBishop Rosario L. Brodeur

former Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada)

1941.05.241941.06.30
IndiaBishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Mysore (India)

1941.04.031941.07.02
BrazilBishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco

former Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

1941.04.191941.07.06
Cabo VerdeBishop Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1941.01.281941.07.13
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Misuraca

former Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia

1941.07.021941.07.20
USABishop James Joseph Sweeney

former Bishop of Honolulu (USA)

1941.05.201941.07.25
CanadaBishop Joseph-Conrad Chaumont

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1941.06.281941.08.15
CanadaBishop Lawrence-Patrick Whelan

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1941.06.281941.08.15
ColombiaBishop Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia)

1941.01.151941.08.24
BrazilBishop Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M.

former Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

1941.07.191941.09.07
ItalyBishop Domenico Vendola

former Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

1941.07.211941.09.07
CanadaBishop Michael O’Reilly

former Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

1941.07.051941.09.09
CzechiaBishop Stanislav Zela

former Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

1940.10.111941.09.14
IrelandBishop Denis J. Moynihan

former Bishop of Kerry (Ireland)

1941.07.051941.09.21
ItalyBishop Carlo Baldini, O.M.D.

former Bishop of Pienza (Italy)

former Bishop of Chiusi (Italy)

1941.07.311941.10.12
ChileBishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira

former Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

1941.08.091941.10.12
GermanyCardinal Lorenz Jäger

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1941.08.101941.10.19
USABishop Laurence Julius FitzSimon

former Bishop of Amarillo (USA)

1941.08.021941.10.22
MadagascarArchbishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

1941.07.081941.10.26
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe De Nicola

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1941.10.031941.10.26
Burkina FasoBishop André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

1941.07.081941.11.09
FranceBishop Paul Chevrier

former Bishop of Cahors (France)

1941.09.241941.11.21
SwitzerlandBishop Christianus Caminada

former Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

1941.10.171941.11.23
ItalyArchbishop Norberto Perini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fermo (Italy)

1941.10.221941.11.30
IndiaPatriarch José Vieira Alvernaz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

1941.08.131941.12.01
FranceBishop Auguste Joseph Gaudel

former Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

1941.09.241941.12.01
ChinaBishop Vitus Zhang Zuo-heng (Chang Tso-huan) (張作恆), S.V.D.

former Bishop of Xinyang 信陽 (China)

1941.07.081941.12.08
FranceBishop Antoine-Marie Cazaux

former Bishop of Luçon (France)

1941.10.111941.12.08
FranceBishop Eugène-Joseph-Marie Le Bellec

former Bishop of Vannes (France)

1941.10.111941.12.11
JapanCardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

1941.11.251941.12.14
EcuadorBishop Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

1941.11.121941.12.28

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