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Antonio María Barbieri, 66, is the first Uruguayan prelate ever to have a red hat. His family in Montevideo was strongly opposed to his joining the priesthood, and he worked as an insurance clerk until he came of age and joined the Order of the Friars Minor Capuchin, later studied theology in Rome. An excellent violinist, historian and essayist, he became Archbishop of Montevideo in 1940.
José Garibi y Rivera, 69, is Mexico's first cardinal. He has been Archbishop of Guadalajara since 1936, is now president of the Council of Mexican Bishops. Archbishop Rivera has taken a consistently strong stand against the Mexican state encroachments on the church.
Richard James Gushing, 63, Boston-born Archbishop of Boston since 1944, is a warm, gregarious man (TIME, Dec. 1) who has been known to join in an Irish jig at a charity party. Charities of all kinds are his special concern. In the 14 years since he became Boston's archbishop, his diocese has grown from 1,133,075 to more than 1,500,000.
John Francis O'Hara, 70, onetime president of Notre Dame University, was military delegate to the Roman Catholics in the U.S. armed forces during World War II. From 1945 through 1951 he was Bishop of Buffalo, then was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. An unassuming man who occasionally opens the door of his residence himself, he is known as a brilliant administrator given to lightning, unannounced visits in his growing diocese.