Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1922

Newly Elected Bishops (83)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
MexicoArchbishop José María González Valencia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

1922.02.101922.06.11
ItalyVenerable Bishop Raffaele delle Nocche

former Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

1922.02.111922.07.25
CroatiaBishop Jeronim Mileta, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

1922.02.141922.02.26
FranceBishop Joseph-Antoine-Augustin Giustiniani

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

1922.02.171922.05.07
FranceBishop Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1922.02.201922.05.03
ChinaBishop Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

1922.02.211922.05.28
USABishop Patrick Joseph Barry

former Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

1922.02.221922.05.03
USAArchbishop John Joseph Swint

former Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1922.02.221922.05.11
AustraliaArchbishop Michael Sheehan

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

1922.02.221922.05.28
ScotlandArchbishop Donald Mackintosh

former Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

1922.02.241922.05.21
CubaArchbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

1922.02.241922.08.13
RomaniaArchbishop Alexandru Nicolescu (Romanian Rite)

former Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)

1922.02.251922.06.18
DominicaBishop Giacomo Moris, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

1922.03.041922.04.30
ItalyBishop Giordano Corsini

former Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

1922.03.071922.04.02
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1922.03.071922.05.21
IndonesiaBishop Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

1922.03.131922.10.01
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Melomo

former Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy)

former Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy)

1922.03.171922.05.21
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1922.03.221922.08.06
South AfricaBishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1922.03.221922.08.15
CanadaBishop Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1922.03.281922.06.11
ItalyBishop Placido Ferniani

former Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Bitonto (Italy)

1922.03.281922.06.18
RwandaBishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda)

1922.04.101922.05.28
NorwayBishop Johannes Olav Smit

former Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

1922.04.111922.06.29
MexicoBishop Francisco María González y Arias

former Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1922.04.211922.06.11
Dominican RepublicArchbishop Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

1922.04.211922.09.25
BurundiBishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Urundi (Burundi)

1922.04.261922.08.15
ChinaBishop Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

1922.04.261922.09.24
ThailandBishop Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

1922.04.271922.10.01
BoliviaArchbishop Daniel Rivero Rivero

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1922.05.171922.07.09
ItalyBishop Nicola Maria di Girolamo

former Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

1922.05.191922.10.15
ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

1922.05.241922.06.18
USABishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney

former Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

1922.05.241922.06.29
ItalyBishop Monalduzio Leopardi

former Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

former Bishop of Cingoli (Italy)

1922.05.261922.07.09
ItalyBishop Oronzo Luciano Durante

former Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

1922.06.071922.08.27
ItalyBishop Giovanni Rossi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1922.06.091922.08.15
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1922.06.121922.11.12
GermanyBishop Hermann Joseph Sträter

former Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1922.06.191922.07.09
FranceBishop Étienne Irénée Faugier

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1922.06.191922.10.01
IndiaBishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Bangalore (India)

1922.06.211922.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Cesare Orsenigo

former Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya

1922.06.231922.06.25
USABishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M.

former Bishop of Savannah (USA)

1922.06.271922.10.18
ColombiaArchbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1922.07.061922.11.19
ChinaBishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

1922.07.071922.11.26
USABishop Francis Gilfillan

former Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

1922.07.081922.11.08
UruguayBishop José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría

former Bishop of Melo (Uruguay)

1922.07.211923.02.25
ItalyCardinal Fernando Cento

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

1922.07.221922.09.03
MexicoBishop Agustín Aguirre y Ramos

former Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

1922.07.241922.10.01
NetherlandsArchbishop Adriano Smets

former Titular Archbishop of Gangra

1922.08.021922.10.28
FranceArchbishop René-Pierre Mignen

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

1922.08.031922.11.21
IrelandBishop James Downey, C.M.

former Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

1922.08.081922.10.08
PeruBishop Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo

former Bishop of Ica (Peru)

1922.08.121923.03.04
EnglandBishop Robert Dobson

former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (England)

1922.08.221922.11.30
CanadaArchbishop Joseph-Eugène Limoges

former Bishop of Mont-Laurier (Canada)

former Archbishop ad personam

1922.09.111922.11.30
ItalyBishop Geremia Pascucci

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1922.09.121922.09.17
BrazilBishop Roberto Julio Colombo, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

1922.09.151925.05.03
SpainBishop Justo Rivas Fernández

former Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

1922.09.221925.07.25
RomaniaBishop Florian Stan (Romanian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania)

1922.10.031922.12.19
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Chiappe

former Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

1922.10.041922.10.28
SwedenArchbishop Johann Evangelist Müller

former Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

1922.10.091923.01.07
DenmarkBishop Josef Ludovico Brems, O. Praem.

former Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark)

1922.10.101923.01.25
TurkiyeArchbishop Angelo Rotta

former Titular Archbishop of Thebæ

1922.10.121922.11.01
EstoniaArchbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J.

former Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

1922.10.201922.12.21
BrazilBishop José Pereira Alves

former Bishop of Niterói (Brazil)

1922.10.271923.03.04
BrazilArchbishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

1922.10.271923.04.15
BrazilArchbishop Emanuel Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiás (Brazil)

1922.10.271923.04.15
GermanyBishop Joseph Stoffels

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1922.11.111922.12.17
CzechiaBishop Josef Schinzel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

1922.11.141923.01.07
AustraliaBishop Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

1922.12.011922.12.24
NetherlandsArchbishop Bernard Gijlswijk, O.P.

former Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ

former Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

1922.12.021922.12.08
EgyptArchbishop Antonio Farage (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1922.12.111922.01.01
LebanonBishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1922.12.111922.06.05
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Rosa

former Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

1922.12.111922.12.17
ItalyBishop Alessandro Fontana

former Bishop of Ferentino (Italy)

1922.12.111923.01.21
ItalyBishop Alessandro Macchi

former Bishop of Como (Italy)

1922.12.111923.01.21
MexicoBishop Nicolás Corona y Corona

former Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

1922.12.111923.01.28
MexicoArchbishop Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

1922.12.111923.02.02
MexicoBishop José de Jesús Manríquez y Zárate

former Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico)

1922.12.111923.02.04
ItalyBishop Antonio Scarante

former Bishop of Faenza (Italy)

1922.12.111923.04.15
CanadaBishop François-Xavier Ross

former Bishop of Gaspé (Canada)

1922.12.111923.05.01
PortugalBishop João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1922.12.111923.07.25
ItalyBishop Albino Morera

former Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy)

former Bishop of Ampurias (Italy)

1922.12.141923.01.06
SpainBlessed Bishop Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría

former Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain)

1922.12.141923.07.22
SpainBishop Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats

former Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1922.12.141923.10.07

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