Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1902

Newly Elected Bishops (58)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ColombiaBishop Manuel Antonio López de Mesa

former Bishop of Antioquía (Colombia)

19021902.11.09
SlovakiaArchbishop Vilmos Batthyány

former Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

1902.01.021902.02.05
GermanyBishop Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf

former Bishop of Passau (Germany)

1902.01.111902.02.24
South AfricaBishop Matteo Gaughren, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange (South Africa)

1902.01.131902.03.16
ChinaArchbishop Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (翁德明), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China)

1902.01.131902.04.20
ChinaBishop Odorico Giuseppe Rizzi, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China)

1902.01.231902.10.05
HondurasArchbishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

1902.01.301902.07.20
MexicoBishop Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría

former Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

1902.02.201902.05.11
PalestineBishop Luigi Piccardo

former Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

1902.03.131902.04.20
EnglandBishop George Ambrose Burton

former Bishop of Clifton (England)

1902.03.151902.05.01
ChinaBishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini (鳳朝瑞), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Taiyuanfu 太原府 (China)

1902.03.161902.06.15
IndiaArchbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

1902.03.211902.05.25
USABishop Philip Joseph Garrigan

former Bishop of Sioux City (USA)

1902.03.211902.05.25
SeychellesBishop Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

1902.03.211902.06.01
JapanArchbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

1902.03.211902.06.22
TurkiyeArchbishop Ghulian Hussig (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1902.03.211902.07.06
USABishop William John Kenny

former Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

1902.03.251902.05.18
BrazilArchbishop João Francisco Braga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

1902.04.091902.08.24
ItalyBishop Giovanni Barcia (Italo-Albanese Rite)

former Ordinary of Silicia of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

former Ordinary of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1902.04.201902.06.24
GuyanaBishop Compton Theodore Galton, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana (Guyana)

1902.05.041902.10.19
ItalyBishop Luigi Boschi

former Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy)

1902.05.051902.06.11
USAArchbishop John Baptist Pitaval

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

1902.05.151902.07.25
DominicaBishop Philip Schelfhaut, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

1902.05.251902.03.16
AustriaCardinal Franz Xaver Nagl

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

1902.06.021902.06.15
ItalyCardinal Pietro Maffi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.11
ItalyArchbishop Benedetto Bonazzi, O.S.B. Cas.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.11
ItalySaint Archbishop Guido Maria Conforti

former Archbishop-Bishop of Parma (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.11
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Festa

former Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

1902.06.091902.06.11
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Régine

former Archbishop of Barletta (Italy)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.11
ItalyBishop Federico de Martino

former Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.15
ItalyBishop Antonio Di Tommaso

former Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.15
ItalyArchbishop Pasquale Morganti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.22
ItalyBishop Alessandro Beniamino Zanecchia-Ginnetti, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Teramo (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.22
ItalyBishop Michele Lucibello

former Auxiliary Bishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1902.06.091902.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Andreas Jordán

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

1902.06.091902.07.20
GermanyBishop Maximilian von Lingg

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1902.06.091902.07.20
VietnamBishop Damien Grangeon, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon (Vietnam)

1902.06.091902.08.17
SpainBishop Juan Torres Ribas

former Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

1902.06.091902.10.12
BelarusArchbishop Eduard Baron von der Ropp

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus)

1902.06.091902.11.16
PolandBishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki

former Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

1902.06.091902.11.23
MacauBishop João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro (鮑理諾)

former Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau)

1902.06.091902.12.27
FranceBishop Pierre-Lucien Campistron

former Bishop of Annecy (France)

1902.06.091904.03.13
FranceBishop Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour

former Bishop of Carcassonne (France)

1902.06.091904.03.20
USAArchbishop James John Keane

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

1902.06.101902.10.28
SyriaArchbishop Agostino Sayeghian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1902.07.061902.07.06
MexicoArchbishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

1902.07.091902.08.15
ChinaBishop Efrem Giesen (申永福), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shantung 山東北境 (China)

1902.07.181902.11.16
NigeriaBishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

1902.07.191902.11.09
CambodiaBishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1902.07.231902.09.21
TurkiyeBishop Ibrahin Addai-Scher (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Seert of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)

1902.08.151902.11.30
IraqBishop Jacques-Eugene Manna (Chaldean Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Thabbora

1902.08.271902.11.30
USABishop John Stariha

former Bishop of Lead (USA)

1902.09.021902.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Guidi

former Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis

former Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

1902.09.061902.09.21
MexicoBishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz

former Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

1902.09.091902.10.19
TanzaniaBishop Cassian Spiß, O.S.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar (Tanzania)

1902.09.151902.11.16
MexicoBishop Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M.

former Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

1902.09.151903.01.11
IraqArchbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D.

former Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

1902.11.071902.11.16
IraqArchbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri (Chaldean Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kirkuk of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1902.11.301902.11.30

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