Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1979

Newly Elected Bishops (132)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ChinaBishop Michael Fu Tie-shan (傅鐵山)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

(1979)1979.12.21
NicaraguaBishop Rubén López Ardón (91)Bishop Rubén López Ardón (91)

Bishop emeritus of Estelí (Nicaragua)

1979.01.021979.05.27
EnglandBishop Francis Joseph Walmsley

former Military Ordinary of Great Britain (England)

1979.01.081979.02.22
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M.

former Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico)

1979.01.081979.04.22
VietnamBishop Joseph Nguyễn Tùng Cương

former Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1979.01.101979.02.18
VietnamBishop Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp

former Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

1979.01.101979.03.04
IndiaBishop George Mamalassery

former Bishop of Tura (India)

1979.01.121979.03.19
TanzaniaArchbishop Anthony Mayala

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

1979.01.121979.04.22
HondurasBishop Geraldo Daniel Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras)

1979.01.151979.02.21
USABishop John Edward McCarthy

former Bishop of Austin (USA)

1979.01.231979.03.14
PeruBishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru)

1979.01.241979.05.20
USABishop John Joseph Nevins

former Bishop of Venice (USA)

1979.01.251979.03.24
BrazilBishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil)

1979.01.291979.04.29
BrazilBishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.

former Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

1979.01.291979.05.05
PolandArchbishop Edward Ozorowski

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Białystok (Poland)

1979.01.311979.04.29
FranceCardinal Paul Poupard (95)Cardinal Paul Poupard (95)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Culture

1979.02.021979.04.06
FranceArchbishop Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1979.02.021979.04.22
PolandArchbishop Giorgio Zur

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1979.02.051979.02.24
USABishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez

former Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA)

1979.02.061979.03.24
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Cuccarese

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pescara–Penne (Italy)

1979.02.121979.04.01
South AfricaBishop Andrew Zolile T. Brook

former Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

1979.02.121979.05.05
TanzaniaArchbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83)Archbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu (83)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arusha (Tanzania)

1979.02.121979.05.24
PolandCardinal Józef Glemp

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

former Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

1979.03.041979.04.21
ParaguayBishop Sebelio Peralta Álvarez

former Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay)

1979.03.051979.05.01
South SudanArchbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

1979.03.051979.05.27
USABishop Stanley Girard Schlarman

former Bishop of Dodge City (USA)

1979.03.131979.05.14
EthiopiaBishop Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

1979.03.151979.05.27
South SudanBishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker

former Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

1979.03.151979.05.27
CameroonArchbishop André Wouking

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1979.03.151979.06.09
ZimbabweBishop Patrick Mumbure Mutume

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare (Zimbabwe)

1979.03.151979.06.17
IndonesiaBishop Blasius Pujaraharja (90)Bishop Blasius Pujaraharja (90)

Bishop emeritus of Ketapang (Indonesia)

1979.03.151979.06.17
Congo-KinshasaBishop Paul Mambe Mukanga

former Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1979.03.151979.06.24
EstoniaArchbishop Justo Mullor García

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1979.03.211979.05.27
USABishop Michael Hughes Kenny

former Bishop of Juneau (USA)

1979.03.221979.05.27
Costa RicaBishop José Rafael Barquero Arce

former Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

1979.03.281979.05.01
USABishop William Russell Houck

former Bishop of Jackson (USA)

1979.03.281979.05.27
BrazilArchbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (92)Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (92)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

1979.03.291979.05.27
NorwayBishop Gerhard Ludwig Goebel, M.S.F.

former Bishop-Prelate of Tromsø (Norway)

1979.03.291979.05.27
HungaryBishop István Bagi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
HungaryBishop Izidor István Marosi

former Bishop of Vác (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
HungaryBishop Gyula Szakos

former Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

1979.03.311979.04.30
BrazilBishop Fernando José Penteado (91)Bishop Fernando José Penteado (91)

Bishop emeritus of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

1979.04.021979.05.27
BrazilBishop Décio Pereira

former Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

1979.04.021979.05.27
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas

former Bishop of Imus (Philippines)

1979.04.071979.05.25
PhilippinesArchbishop Paciano Basilio Aniceto (89)Archbishop Paciano Basilio Aniceto (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Fernando (Philippines)

1979.04.071979.05.27
ItalyBishop Girolamo Grillo

former Bishop of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy)

1979.04.071979.05.27
IndiaArchbishop Alan Basil de Lastic

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

1979.04.091979.05.27
Cote d’IvoireBishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (91)Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley (91)

Bishop emeritus of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

1979.04.091979.07.22
BrazilBishop Newton Holanda Gurgel

former Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

1979.04.101979.05.27
USACardinal John Joseph O’Connor

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

1979.04.181979.05.27
CanadaBishop Jean-Marie Lafontaine

former Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1979.04.181979.05.27
USABishop William Thomas Larkin

former Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

1979.04.181979.05.27
BrazilBishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M.

former Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil)

1979.04.191979.05.27
BrazilBishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

1979.04.191979.05.27
AustraliaBishop Noel Desmond Daly

former Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

1979.04.211979.07.11
ItalyArchbishop Alfio Rapisarda

former Titular Archbishop of Canne

1979.04.221979.05.27
USABishop Matthew Harvey Clark

former Bishop of Rochester (USA)

1979.04.231979.05.27
ChileBishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1979.04.231979.05.27
PhilippinesBishop Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Urdaneta (Philippines)

1979.04.231979.05.27
PhilippinesBishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (87)Bishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (87)

Bishop emeritus of Bacolod (Philippines)

1979.04.231979.06.26
BrazilBishop Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M.

former Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

1979.04.261979.05.27
PortugalBishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (95)Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (95)

Bishop emeritus of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)

1979.04.301979.06.16
CanadaArchbishop Leonard James Wall

former Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
CanadaBishop Robert Bell Clune

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
CanadaBishop Michael Pearse Lacey

former Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada)

1979.05.031979.06.21
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya

former Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

1979.05.031979.09.16
ItalyCardinal Achille Silvestrini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo pro hac vice Title

former Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1979.05.041979.05.27
BrazilBishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil)

1979.05.211979.07.11
EnglandBishop Anthony Hitchen

former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

1979.05.281979.07.03
EnglandBishop Kevin O’Connor

former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

1979.05.281979.07.03
MexicoCardinal Javier Lozano Barragán

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea

former Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico)

former President of Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

1979.06.051979.08.15
MexicoBishop Francisco Maria Aguilera González

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1979.06.051979.08.15
PhilippinesBishop Salvador Quizon Quizon

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines)

1979.06.091979.08.22
Puerto RicoBishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (87)Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (87)

Bishop emeritus of Caguas (Puerto Rico)

1979.06.111979.08.17
Puerto RicoBishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez

former Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1979.06.111979.08.17
AngolaBishop Pedro Luís António

former Bishop of Kwito-Bié (Angola)

1979.06.151979.07.29
ItalyBishop Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea (Italy)

1979.06.151979.09.08
CanadaArchbishop Roger Ébacher (89)Archbishop Roger Ébacher (89)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gatineau (Canada)

1979.06.301979.07.31
USAArchbishop James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
USABishop James Anthony Griffin (91)Bishop James Anthony Griffin (91)

Bishop emeritus of Columbus (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
USABishop Anthony Michael Pilla

former Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

1979.06.301979.08.01
AustraliaBishop Bede Vincent Heather

former Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

1979.06.301979.08.04
BrazilBishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (89)Bishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (89)

Bishop emeritus of Pinheiro (Brazil)

1979.07.031979.09.07
ArgentinaBishop Carlos Esteban Cremata

former Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

1979.07.031979.10.06
VietnamBishop Joseph Vũ Duy Nhất

former Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

1979.07.041979.08.08
IndiaBishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D.

former Bishop of Rourkela (India)

1979.07.041979.11.03
New CaledoniaArchbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. (82)Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. (82)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

1979.07.041979.11.04
IrelandBishop Joseph Duffy (92)Bishop Joseph Duffy (92)

Bishop emeritus of Clogher (Ireland)

1979.07.071979.09.02
SlovakiaCardinal Jozef Tomko

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

former President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

1979.07.121979.09.15
VenezuelaBishop Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

1979.07.131979.09.11
USACardinal William Henry Keeler

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

1979.07.241979.09.21
BrazilBishop Romeu Brigenti

former Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1979.08.021979.10.12
BrazilBishop Affonso Felippe Gregory

former Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil)

1979.08.021979.10.12
IndiaBishop Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

1979.08.031979.10.07
BrazilBishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

1979.08.071979.11.11
GuineaCardinal Robert Sarah (80)Cardinal Robert Sarah (80)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana pro hac vice Title

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Conakry (Guinea)

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

1979.08.131979.12.08
GuineaBishop Philippe Kourouma

former Bishop of N’Zérékoré (Guinea)

1979.08.131979.12.15
SpainCardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Angela Merici

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain)

1979.08.221979.09.29
IrelandArchbishop Joseph Cassidy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

1979.08.241979.09.23
GermanyArchbishop Johannes Dyba

former Archbishop-Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

former Archbishop Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany)

1979.08.251979.10.13
IraqArchbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1979.08.251979.12.08
Costa RicaBishop Antonio Troyo Calderón

former Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica)

1979.08.271979.09.21
PhilippinesBishop Ruben Tolentino Profugo

former Bishop of Lucena (Philippines)

1979.08.271979.10.18
USABishop William Benedict Friend

former Bishop of Shreveport (USA)

1979.08.311979.10.30
USAArchbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA)

1979.09.041979.10.25
UkraineCardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (Ukrainian Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

former Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1979.09.131979.11.12
BrazilBishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (95)Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (95)

Bishop emeritus of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

1979.09.141979.11.25
ArgentinaArchbishop Emilio Ogñénovich

former Archbishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)

1979.10.011979.11.18
FranceBishop Henri Désiré Delrue

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1979.10.091979.12.02
MexicoBishop Rafael Barraza Sánchez

former Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)

1979.10.261980.01.25
AustraliaBishop Francis Peter de Campo

former Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

1979.10.291980.02.13
VietnamBishop Joseph-Marie Ðinh Bỉnh

former Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

1979.10.301979.12.08
New ZealandCardinal Thomas Stafford Williams

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

former Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

1979.10.301979.12.20
Papua New GuineaArchbishop Benedict To Varpin

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

1979.10.301980.03.19
USABishop Raphael Michael Fliss

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1979.11.051979.12.20
USABishop Richard John Sklba

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA)

1979.11.061979.12.19
FranceCardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

former Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

1979.11.101979.12.08
TaiwanCardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (單國璽), S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono

former Bishop of Kaohsiung 高雄 (Taiwan)

1979.11.151980.02.14
GermanyBishop Wolfgang Kirchgässner

former Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1979.11.291980.02.10
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Malandrino

former Bishop of Noto (Italy)

1979.11.301980.01.26
BrazilBishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil)

1979.11.301980.03.02
ItalyCardinal Giovanni Coppa

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lino

former Assessor for General Affairs of Secretariat of State

1979.12.011980.01.06
IrelandBishop Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Ferns (Ireland)

1979.12.031980.01.20
IrelandBishop Laurence Forristal

former Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

1979.12.031980.01.20
Costa RicaBishop Héctor Morera Vega

former Bishop of Tilarán (Costa Rica)

1979.12.041979.12.27
CameroonCardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon)

1979.12.061980.01.06
USABishop José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.

former Bishop of Fresno (USA)

former Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

1979.12.181980.03.04
EnglandBishop John Peter Jukes, O.F.M. Conv.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

1979.12.201980.01.30
EnglandBishop Howard George Tripp

former Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (England)

1979.12.201980.01.30
JapanArchbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル 島本 要), Prado

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

1979.12.201980.03.20
MyanmarArchbishop Matthias U Shwe

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar)

1979.12.201980.12.13
ItalyCardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

1979.12.291980.01.06

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