Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1953

Newly Elected Bishops (113)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
IndiaBishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Vellore (India)

19531953.03.19
Dominican RepublicBishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R.

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

19531956.11.30
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Pardini

former Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

1953.01.071953.02.22
VietnamBishop Joseph Trương Cao Ðại

former Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1953.01.081953.03.19
IndiaArchbishop Ambrose Rayappan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

1953.01.081953.03.25
ThailandBishop Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri

former Bishop of Chanthaburi (Thailand)

1953.01.081953.04.22
ItalyArchbishop Anacleto Cazzaniga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy)

1953.01.121953.03.19
ItalyArchbishop Alberto Castelli

former Vice-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace

former Vice-President of Council of the Laity

1953.01.281953.03.25
ColombiaBishop Francisco Gallego Pérez

former Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

1953.02.031953.03.19
IndiaBishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram

former Bishop of Tanjore (India)

1953.02.041953.03.19
NorwayBishop Johann Rüth, SS.CC.

former Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway (Norway)

1953.02.041953.04.12
Congo-KinshasaBishop Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem.

former Bishop of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)

1953.02.041953.05.26
MadagascarBishop Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M.

former Bishop of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

1953.02.041953.06.04
GermanyBishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany)

1953.02.071953.03.25
PortugalBishop Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho

former Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

1953.02.101953.05.03
USABishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey

former Bishop of Paterson (USA)

1953.02.101953.05.05
ItalyBishop Marino Bergonzini

former Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

former Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

1953.02.121953.03.19
PhilippinesBishop Patrick Shanley, O.C.D.

former Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines)

1953.02.171953.03.17
PeruArchbishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

1953.02.171953.04.26
IndonesiaArchbishop Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Djakarta (Indonesia)

1953.02.181953.04.23
IndonesiaBishop Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M.

former Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

1953.02.191953.05.01
BrazilArchbishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

1953.02.231953.05.24
BoliviaBishop Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P.

former Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia)

1953.03.071953.05.17
ItalyBishop Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

former Bishop of Priverno (Italy)

former Bishop of Terracina–Latina (Italy)

1953.03.101953.04.12
BrazilBishop Othon Motta

former Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

1953.03.101953.05.24
GreeceArchbishop Marius Macrionitis, S.J.

former Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

1953.03.111953.05.10
SyriaArchbishop Pietro Sfair (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Maronites

1953.03.111953.05.24
BeninBishop Noël Boucheix, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)

1953.03.111953.06.10
NicaraguaBishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez

former Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

1953.03.171953.05.24
FranceBishop Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie

former Bishop of Clermont (France)

1953.03.171953.05.26
South AfricaBishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

1953.03.241953.05.03
ColombiaBishop Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y.

former Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

1953.03.241953.05.24
ColombiaBishop Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y.

former Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia)

1953.03.241953.05.24
ColombiaBishop Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F.

former Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó (Colombia)

1953.03.241953.05.31
Congo-KinshasaBishop Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)

1953.03.241953.06.04
CameroonArchbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

1953.03.241953.06.29
HondurasBishop Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

1953.03.241953.07.19
ItalyBishop Luigi Cicuttini

former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

1953.04.061953.05.17
HaitiBishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1953.04.081953.05.31
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Cunial

former Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

1953.04.111953.05.17
GermanyBishop Josef Freusberg

former Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

1953.04.121953.06.11
FranceBishop Jean-Ernest Ménard

former Bishop of Rodez (France)

1953.04.141953.06.11
FranceArchbishop Jean-Emmanuel Marquès

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

1953.04.141953.06.24
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Pullano

former Bishop of Patti (Italy)

1953.04.221953.06.29
BrazilBishop Zacarias Rolim de Moura

former Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

1953.04.271953.07.26
ItalyBishop Vincenzo De Chiara

former Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

former Bishop of Nicotera (Italy)

former Bishop of Mileto (Italy)

1953.04.301953.07.12
ThailandBishop Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit

former Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand)

1953.05.071953.08.19
VenezuelaBishop Segundo García Fernández, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela)

1953.05.071953.09.20
ZambiaBishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Chipata (Zambia)

1953.05.071953.09.21
MyanmarArchbishop Victor Bazin, M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rangoon (Myanmar)

1953.05.071953.10.18
ItalyBishop Maurizio Raspini

former Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

1953.05.091953.07.26
MonacoBishop Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe

former Bishop of Fréjus–Toulon (France)

1953.05.131953.06.24
ItalyBishop Aldo Forzoni

former Bishop of Massa (Italy)

1953.05.141953.08.09
ItalyBishop Costantino Caminada

former Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

1953.05.221953.06.29
ItalyBishop Virginio Dondeo

former Bishop of Todi (Italy)

former Bishop of Orvieto (Italy)

1953.05.291953.06.27
USABishop Francis Joseph Green

former Bishop of Tucson (USA)

1953.05.291953.09.07
TurkiyeArchbishop Giacomo Testa

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1953.06.181953.08.26
ItalyArchbishop Clemente Gaddi

former Archbishop-Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

1953.06.241953.09.06
BoliviaBishop Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

1953.06.291953.09.13
South SudanArchbishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

1953.06.291953.09.21
Congo-KinshasaArchbishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

1953.06.291953.09.21
TuvaluBishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M.

former Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

former Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

1953.06.291954.02.11
NigeriaArchbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)

1953.06.291954.08.15
ItalyCardinal Sebastiano Baggio

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni

former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera

former Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1953.06.301953.07.26
CanadaBishop Albert Leménager

former Bishop of Yarmouth (Canada)

1953.07.061953.08.31
ColombiaArchbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia)

1953.07.071953.09.13
USACardinal John Joseph Krol

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

1953.07.111953.09.02
AustraliaCardinal James Robert Knox

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

former President of Pontifical Council for the Family

1953.07.201953.11.08
MexicoArchbishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

1953.07.251953.10.11
ItalyBishop Augusto Gianfranceschi

former Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

former Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

1953.07.281953.09.20
ItalyBishop Primo Gasbarri

former Bishop of Grosseto (Italy)

1953.07.301953.09.20
ItalyCardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title

former Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi

1953.07.301953.09.27
SwitzerlandArchbishop Raffaele Forni

former Titular Archbishop of Ægina

1953.07.311953.09.13
AustraliaBishop William Joseph Brennan

former Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

1953.08.071953.10.21
NigeriaCardinal Dominic Ignatius Ekandem

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello

former Archbishop-Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

1953.08.071954.02.07
FranceCardinal Alexandre-Charles Renard

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1953.08.191953.10.19
GermanyCardinal Franz Hengsbach

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

former Bishop of Essen (Germany)

1953.08.201953.09.29
ItalyArchbishop Agostino Saba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

1953.08.251953.10.04
USABishop Edward Vincent Dargin

former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA)

1953.08.251953.10.05
USABishop Walter Philip Kellenberg

former Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA)

1953.08.251953.10.05
USAArchbishop Coleman Francis Carroll

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA)

1953.08.251953.11.10
ItalyArchbishop Andrea Pangrazio

former Archbishop-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy)

1953.08.261953.10.04
ArgentinaBishop José Borgatti, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Viedma (Argentina)

1953.08.281953.10.25
USABishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan

former Bishop of Worcester (USA)

1953.09.011953.11.30
VenezuelaCardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1953.09.071953.12.06
ItalyBishop Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M.

former Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

former Bishop of Bisignano (Italy)

1953.09.171953.12.13
IndiaBishop Michael Rodrigues

former Bishop of Belgaum (India)

1953.09.191953.11.30
TanzaniaBishop Eberhard Spiess, O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

1953.09.231953.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Alfredo Vozzi

former Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1953.09.251953.11.30
Dominican RepublicArchbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito

former Archbishop-Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic)

1953.09.251954.01.31
ItalyArchbishop Romolo Carboni

former Titular Archbishop of Sidon

1953.09.281953.10.25
BrazilBishop Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira

former Bishop of Patos (Brazil)

1953.10.011953.12.13
ItalyBishop Carlo Bandini

former Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

1953.10.171953.12.20
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Siino

former Titular Archbishop of Perge

former Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

1953.10.271953.11.29
IndiaCardinal Joseph Parecattil (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

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

former President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law

1953.10.281953.11.30
USABishop Raymond Peter Hillinger

former Bishop of Rockford (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

1953.11.031953.12.29
CanadaBishop Aimé Décosse

former Bishop of Gravelbourg (Canada)

1953.11.031954.01.20
ItalyArchbishop Arrigo Pintonello

former Archbishop-Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Priverno (Italy)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Terracina–Latina (Italy)

1953.11.041953.11.30
ItalyBishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B.

former Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1953.11.151953.12.20
BoliviaBishop Jorge Kilian Pflaum, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez (Bolivia)

1953.11.161954.02.14
SamoaBishop Giovanni Dieter, S.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa)

1953.11.161954.05.19
French PolynesiaBishop Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

1953.11.161954.09.12
ItalyCardinal Opilio Rossi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

former President of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari

1953.11.211953.12.27
ItalyBishop Domenico Bornigia

former Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy)

1953.11.271953.12.21
IraqBishop Souleyman Sayegh (Chaldean Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1953.11.271954.06.13
IraqArchbishop Athanase Jean Daniel Bakose (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1953.12.021954.02.07
ItalyBishop Francesco Monaco

former Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

1953.12.121954.02.24
ColombiaArchbishop Alberto Uribe Urdaneta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

1953.12.191954.05.03
BrazilBishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira

former Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

1953.12.221954.02.02
USABishop Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

1953.12.221954.02.24
Northern IrelandBishop William J. Philbin

former Bishop of Down and Connor (Northern Ireland)

1953.12.221954.03.14
ItalyCardinal Luigi Raimondi

former Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

1953.12.241954.01.31
IndiaBishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal (Syro-Malankara Rite)

former Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

1953.12.311954.04.22

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