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Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
20 Feb 1932 Bishop Antoine Nguyên Van ThienBishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
25 May 1933 Bishop Francis Hong Yong-hoBishop of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
8 Jul 1933 Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles LeulietBishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
22 Sep 1934 Archbishop Giovanni FerrofinoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ecuador
7 Jul 1935 Bishop Antonio MistrorigoBishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
25 Aug 1935 Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B.President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia
21 Dec 1935 Bishop Bernard Joseph McLaughlinAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
13 Mar 1937 Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
18 Apr 1937 Ersilio Cardinal ToniniArchbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
9 May 1937 Bishop José de Jesús Garcia AyalaBishop Emeritus of Campeche, Campeche, México
12 Mar 1938 Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
26 Jun 1938 Bishop Rudolf SchmidAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
29 Jun 1938 Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves MalboisBishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
24 Jul 1938 Bishop Felice LeonardoBishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
25 Jul 1938 Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P.Bishop Emeritus of Porto Amélia, Mozambique
21 Sep 1938 Bishop Pedro Reginaldo LiraBishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
22 Jan 1939 Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
8 Apr 1939 Kazimierz Cardinal ŚwiątekArchbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
8 Apr 1939 Bishop Anselmo Zarza BernalBishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
29 Jun 1939 Archbishop Peter Leo GeretyArchbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
6 Aug 1939 Bishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Nov 1939 Bishop Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
8 Dec 1939 Archbishop Philip Matthew HannanArchbishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 Jan 1940 Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib HafouriArchbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
3 Feb 1940 Fiorenzo Cardinal AngeliniPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Roman Curia
23 Mar 1940 Archbishop Jorge MayerArchbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
18 May 1940 Archbishop William Donald BordersArchbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 May 1940 Archbishop Loris Francesco CapovillaPrelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
26 May 1940 Bishop Giovanni BenedettiBishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
29 Jun 1940 Archbishop Armando Círio, O.S.I.Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
14 Jul 1940 Bishop Antonio José Ramírez SalaverríaBishop Emeritus of Maturín, Venezuela
28 Jul 1940 Luigi Cardinal PoggiArchivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
10 Aug 1940 Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
21 Sep 1940 Bishop Jacques Nguyên Van MâuBishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
24 Nov 1940 Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M.Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
15 Dec 1940 Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil
12 Apr 1941 Giovanni Cardinal CanestriArchbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
17 Apr 1941 Archbishop Paul CoussaArchbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
1 May 1941 Bishop Albin Malysiak, C.M.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
7 Jun 1941 Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius ErnstBishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
7 Jun 1941 Bishop Damián Iguacén BorauBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
22 Jun 1941 Cahal Brendan Cardinal DalyArchbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
27 Jul 1941 Bishop Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F.Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
26 Oct 1941 Bishop José Eugênio CorrêaBishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Nov 1941 Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 Nov 1941 Bishop John MackeyBishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
23 Nov 1941 Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
7 Dec 1941 Archbishop Jaime Luiz CoelhoArchbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
14 Dec 1941 Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento RodriguezArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
20 Dec 1941 Archbishop José Maria PiresArchbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
15 Mar 1942 Bishop Javier Naranjo VillegasBishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
30 May 1942 Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil
30 May 1942 Bishop Maffeo Giovanni DucoliBishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
21 Jun 1942 Giovanni Cardinal CheliPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Roman Curia
21 Jun 1942 Archbishop Ignacy TokarczukArchbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
26 Jun 1942 Bishop Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
28 Jun 1942 Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24 Jul 1942 Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
11 Oct 1942 Bishop Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del PradoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
19 Dec 1942 Bishop Odo Fusi PecciBishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
19 Dec 1942 Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Dec 1942 Bishop Douglas Joseph WarrenBishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
17 Jan 1943 Bishop Aurélio Granada EscudeiroBishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
24 Feb 1943 Bishop Bernard Ferdinand PoppAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Mar 1943 Bishop Arthur Joseph O'NeillBishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
10 Apr 1943 Archbishop Clemente FaccaniApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
24 Apr 1943 Bishop Francisco Maria Aguilera GonzálezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
25 Apr 1943 Archbishop Hovhannes TcholakianArchbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
1 May 1943 Bishop Timothy Joseph LyneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 May 1943 Bishop Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Pala, Chad
23 May 1943 Bishop Michael Pearse LaceyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Jun 1943 Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C.Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
19 Jun 1943 Bishop Giovanni D'AscenziBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
19 Jun 1943 Bishop Albert Henry OttenwellerBishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
27 Jun 1943 Bishop Victor Garaygordóbil BerrizbeitiaPrelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador
29 Jun 1943 Bishop Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuangBishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan
29 Jun 1943 Jean Marcel Cardinal HonoréArchbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
4 Jul 1943 Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli, B.Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Para, Brazil
11 Jul 1943 Archbishop Charles Amarin BrandArchbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
1 Aug 1943 Archbishop Emanuele GeradaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
8 Aug 1943 Archbishop Luigi DiligenzaArchbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
21 Nov 1943 Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo SalesArchbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Dec 1943 Bishop Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h, SS.CC.Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
25 Mar 1944 Bishop Rogelio Sánchez GonzálezBishop Emeritus of Colima, Colima, México
8 Apr 1944 Bishop João d’Avila Moreira LimaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Apr 1944 Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C.Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
8 Apr 1944 Archbishop Carlos Quintero ArceArchbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
7 May 1944 Archbishop Joseph-Aurèle PlourdeArchbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
18 May 1944 Archbishop Girolamo PrigioneApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
3 Jun 1944 Bishop Martin Nicholas LohmullerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jun 1944 Bishop Laurent NoëlBishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
25 Jun 1944 Carlo Cardinal FurnoGrand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Roman Curia
29 Jun 1944 Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
15 Aug 1944 Bishop Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
20 Aug 1944 Archbishop Luigi BarbaritoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
3 Sep 1944 Archbishop Salvatore CassisaArchbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
29 Sep 1944 Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S.Bishop Emeritus of Amravati, India
1 Oct 1944 Virgilio Cardinal NoèPresident Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter, Roman Curia
22 Oct 1944 Bishop Salvatore NicolosiBishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
22 Oct 1944 Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie VilnetBishop Emeritus of Lille, France

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