Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1920

Newly Elected Bishops (98)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
SpainBishop Justí Guitart i Vilardebó

former Bishop of Urgell (Spain)

1920.01.091920.05.23
LebanonBishop Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1920.02.071920.03.14
ChinaBishop Goffredo Frederix (費達德), C.I.C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ningxia 寧夏 (China)

1920.03.051920.06.29
EcuadorBishop Domingo Comin, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Méndez (Ecuador)

1920.03.051920.10.17
ItalyArchbishop Gustavo Matteoni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

1920.03.081920.03.25
LuxembourgBishop Pierre Nommesch

former Bishop of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

1920.03.081920.03.25
CzechiaCardinal Karel Boromejský Kašpar

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia)

1920.03.081920.04.11
ItalyBishop Salvatore Ballo Guercio

former Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

1920.03.081920.04.11
CzechiaBishop Antonio Podlaha

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1920.03.081920.04.11
FranceBishop Jules-Alexandre Cusin

former Bishop of Mende (France)

1920.03.081920.04.21
PolandBishop Valentin Wojciech

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1920.03.081920.05.01
ItalyBishop Geoffrey Zaccherini

former Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

1920.03.081920.05.01
VenezuelaBishop Marcos Sergio Godoy

former Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

1920.03.081920.05.16
MexicoBishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla

former Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

1920.03.081920.06.13
PolandBishop Stanisław Kostka Łomżyński

former Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

1920.03.091920.05.23
HungaryBishop István Zadravecz, O.F.M.

former Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary)

1920.03.231920.08.24
LatviaArchbishop Antonijs Springovičs

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia)

1920.04.141920.08.22
NigeriaBishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

1920.04.161920.06.06
GuineaBishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea)

1920.04.181920.05.25
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe di Girolamo

former Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

1920.04.211920.06.27
ItalyCardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede

former Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

former Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)

former Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

1920.04.221920.05.25
SenegalArchbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp.

former Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

former Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

1920.04.221920.05.30
TanzaniaBishop Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (Tanzania)

former Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

1920.04.221920.06.23
CroatiaBishop Antonio Akšmovic

former Bishop of Bosnia i Srijem (Croatia)

1920.04.221920.06.29
FranceBishop Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget

former Bishop of Valence (France)

1920.04.221920.06.29
RomaniaArchbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

1920.04.221920.08.15
BrazilArchbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

1920.04.221920.09.12
New ZealandArchbishop James Michael Liston

former Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand)

former Archbishop ad personam

1920.04.221920.12.12
New ZealandBishop James Whyte

former Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand)

1920.04.221920.12.12
ChinaSaint Bishop Luigi Versiglia (雷鳴道), S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Shaozhou 韶州 (China)

1920.04.221921.01.09
ColombiaBishop Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (Colombia)

1920.04.221921.05.15
EgyptArchbishop Etienne Soukkarie (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

1920.04.251920.04.25
SwitzerlandBishop Marius Besson

former Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)

1920.05.071920.06.13
FranceArchbishop Florent-Michel-Marie-Joseph du Bois de la Villerabel

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

1920.05.071920.06.20
EnglandBishop Arthur Doubleday

former Bishop of Brentwood (England)

1920.05.071920.06.23
ItalyBishop Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese

former Bishop of Aosta (Italy)

1920.05.071920.07.11
ItalyCardinal Clemente Micara

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva in commendum

former President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

former Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1920.05.071920.08.08
PhilippinesBishop José Clos y Pagés, S.J.

former Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

1920.05.071920.10.17
EcuadorBishop Guillermo José Harris y Morales

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1920.05.071920.10.17
SyriaArchbishop Bisciarah Riccardo Chémali (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

1920.05.091920.05.23
MyanmarBishop Félix-Henri-François-Donatien Perroy, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma (Myanmar)

1920.05.111921.01.18
PortugalBishop Marcellino António Maria Franco

former Bishop of Faro (Portugal)

1920.05.151920.07.18
PortugalBishop Giuseppe Alves Correia da Silva

former Bishop of Leiria (Portugal)

1920.05.151920.07.25
ItalyBishop Domenico Del Buono

former Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Bitonto (Italy)

1920.05.291920.06.27
BrazilBishop Manoel Nunes Coelho

former Bishop of Luz (Brazil)

1920.06.101920.11.14
ChileBishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

1920.06.151920.10.21
FranceCardinal Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1920.06.161920.08.24
AustraliaBishop Michael O’Farrell, O. de M.

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1920.06.161920.11.30
GermanyArchbishop Kaspar Klein

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1920.06.191920.08.01
BoliviaBishop Celestino Loza

former Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

1920.06.201920.10.10
USAArchbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy

former Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1920.06.281920.10.03
ItalyBishop Domenico Mezzadri

former Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

1920.07.021920.08.22
SpainBishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara

former Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

1920.07.081920.12.21
GreeceBishop George Calavassy (Greek Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece)

1920.07.131920.08.15
Solomon IslandsBishop Louis-Marie Raucaz, S.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of South Solomons (Solomon Islands)

1920.07.131920.12.27
IndonesiaBishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia)

1920.07.201920.11.30
MexicoArchbishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

1920.07.201921.01.30
IndiaBishop Ludovico van Hoeck, S.J.

former Bishop of Ranchi (India)

1920.07.201921.03.06
FranceBishop Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin

former Bishop of Évreux (France)

1920.07.301920.10.28
MexicoBishop Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas

former Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

1920.07.301921.02.24
ChinaBishop Adalberto Schmücker (瑞明軒), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jinanfu 濟南府 (China)

1920.08.021921.06.29
MalaysiaBishop Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P.

former Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

1920.08.021921.11.27
IrelandArchbishop Edward Joseph Byrne

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1920.08.191920.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Lorenzo Schioppa

former Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

former Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

1920.08.201920.08.22
SpainPatriarch Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez

former Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain)

1920.08.211920.11.28
North KoreaBishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Tŏkugen (North Korea)

1920.08.251921.05.01
PeruBishop Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P.

former Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

1920.08.261921.05.05
ItalyCardinal Luigi Maglione

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

former President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

1920.09.011920.09.26
ItalyCardinal Francesco Marmaggi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

1920.09.011920.09.26
USABishop Patrick Joseph James Keane

former Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

1920.09.101920.12.04
ItalyBishop Michele Cerrati

former Titular Bishop of Lydda

1920.09.151920.10.03
SpainBishop Francisco Frutos Valiente

former Bishop of Salamanca (Spain)

1920.09.211921.01.09
CanadaBishop Henry Thomas Renouf

former Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

1920.09.271920.12.08
GermanyArchbishop Karl Fritz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1920.10.121920.10.28
SlovakiaArchbishop Karol Kmetko

former Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia)

former Archbishop ad personam

1920.11.131921.02.13
SlovakiaBishop Marián Blaha

former Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

1920.11.131921.02.13
SlovakiaBishop Ján Vojtassák

former Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

1920.11.131921.02.13
CanadaBishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé

former Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

1920.11.171921.04.17
SyriaArchbishop Basile Khoury (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1920.11.201920.12.12
PortugalBishop Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P.

former Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

1920.12.071920.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Ersilio Menzani

former Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1920.12.081921.01.25
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Lagumina

former Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

1920.12.161920.12.26
ItalyArchbishop Ernesto Cozzi

former Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis

former Apostolic Delegate to Albania

1920.12.161920.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Comacchio (Italy)

1920.12.161921.01.23
FranceBishop Alfred Flocard

former Bishop of Limoges (France)

1920.12.161921.01.25
MonacoArchbishop Georges-Prudent-Marie Bruley des Varannes

former Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

1920.12.161921.01.30
ItalyArchbishop Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Sezze (Italy)

former Bishop of Priverno (Italy)

former Bishop of Terracina (Italy)

1920.12.161921.02.20
CzechiaBishop Šimon Bárta

former Bishop of České Budějovice (Czechia)

1920.12.161921.02.20
USABishop Francis Joseph Tief

former Bishop of Concordia (USA)

1920.12.161921.03.30
ChinaBishop Franciscus Hubertus Schraven (文致和), C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Zhengdingfu 正定府 (China)

1920.12.161921.04.10
South KoreaBishop Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred, M.E.P.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)

1920.12.161921.05.01
SpainBishop Fidel García Martínez

former Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain)

1920.12.161921.05.26
ChinaBishop Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais (高德惠), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Jilin 吉林 (China)

1920.12.161921.05.29
Cabo VerdeBishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1920.12.161921.05.31
PortugalBishop José del Patrocinio Dias

former Bishop of Beja (Portugal)

1920.12.161921.06.03
IndiaCardinal José da Costa Nuñes (高若瑟)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

former Patriarch ad personam

1920.12.161921.11.20
MexicoBishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres

former Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

1920.12.231921.06.29
French PolynesiaBishop Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC.

former Vicar Apostolic of Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

1920.12.301921.09.04

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