Sources / Bibliography
I have used a number of printed sources along with many web sites and the invaluable assistance of many users of the web site.
I should also note the great contribution of the Google Book Search project.
Thanks to their scanning of fairly obscure books, researchers (like me) now have easy access to books which would otherwise be almost impossible to locate.
Web Sites
- Directly Related Sites
- Catholic-Hierarchy News, https://catholic-hierarchy-news.blogspot.com/
A blog which notes changes in the Catholic-Hierarchy.
It acts as a supplement to this main site. It provides more in-depth entries compared to the group listed next.
- Google Group, https://groups.google.com/group/Catholic-Hierarchy
A group which notes changes in the Catholic-Hierarchy.
It is also a supplement to this main site. It provides very quick and terse entries on days when changes occur.
- Official Sites
- Bishops' Conferences (Names and URLs available on the various country pages)
- Dioceses (URLs available on the various diocese pages)
- Summary of Bulletin (Holy See Press Office), https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino.html
- Other Sites
- Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church, https://apostolicsuccession-episcopallineages.blogspot.com/
Charles Bransom
- Episcopologios Latinoamericanos, https://obisposlatinoamericanos.blogspot.com/
Charles Bransom
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, https://cardinals.fiu.edu/
Salvador Miranda
- Chronology of Erections of Catholic Dioceses and Other Territorial Jurisdictions, https://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/
Chris Nyborg and Fr. Claes Tande
- Die Apostolische Nachfolge, https://apostolische-nachfolge.de/titel
Martin Wolters
- Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba, https://cardinals.fiu.edu/obispos/obispos-portal.htm
Salvador Miranda
- Katholische Bischöfe in China, https://www.brender.eu/
Andreas Brender
- Society of African Missions, Nos Défunts, https://defunts.smainternational.info
- Jesuit Online Necrology, https://jesuitonlinenecrology.bc.edu
- No Longer Available
- Apostolic Succession in the Roman Catholic Church, http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gdmc/aposccs/
Charles Bransom (see 1st entry above)
- Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, http://mysite.verizon.net/res7s476/
Charles Bransom
- States and Regents of the World, http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/
Bob Hilkens
- Vatican Information Service (VIS), http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/vis/vis_en.html
Holy See Press Office
- Bishops of Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, http://www.austoceaniabishops.org/
John Rhynehart
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Annuario Pontificio Collection:
- 1914, 1917,
- 1921, 1924, 1927-1928,
- 1931-1933, 1936-1939,
- 1940-1949,
- 1950-1959,
- 1960-1969,
- 1970-1979,
- 1980-1989,
- 1990-1999,
- 2000-2009,
- 2010-2019,
- 2020-2024.
Additional volumes are always wanted - please let me know if you might have some available.
Current Projects: Annuario Pontificio 2024; La Chiesa Latina in Oriente, Vol. II