Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1922

Bishops (81)ElectedConsecratedAscending
EgyptArchbishop Antonio Farage (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1922.12.111922.01.01
ItalyCardinal Carlo Cremonesi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

former Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy)

former Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities

1921.12.291922.01.08
AlbaniaBishop Joseph Gionali

former Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

1921.11.211922.01.15
FranceArchbishop Louis-Joseph Gaillard

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

1921.11.211922.01.25
CroatiaBishop Jeronim Mileta, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

1922.02.141922.02.26
IraqArchbishop François de Berré, O.P.

former Archbishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

1921.08.091922.03.19
EgyptBishop Igino Nuti, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt)

1921.12.201922.03.19
SpainBlessed Bishop Cruz Laplana y Laguna

former Bishop of Cuenca (Spain)

1921.11.301922.03.26
ItalyBishop Giordano Corsini

former Bishop of Guastalla (Italy)

1922.03.071922.04.02
ItalyBishop Nicolao Milone

former Bishop of Alessandria (Italy)

1921.11.211922.04.22
NicaraguaBishop Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga

former Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

1921.12.211922.04.23
IraqArchbishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs (Iraq)

1921.02.261922.04.30
IraqBishop Théophile Joseph Georgi (Syriac Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syriacs

1921.11.211922.04.30
DominicaBishop Giacomo Moris, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

1922.03.041922.04.30
Burkina FasoBishop Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

1921.07.081922.05.01
Costa RicaBishop Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

1921.12.161922.05.01
USABishop Joseph Gabriel Pinten

former Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA)

1921.11.301922.05.03
FranceBishop Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1922.02.201922.05.03
USABishop Patrick Joseph Barry

former Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

1922.02.221922.05.03
FranceBishop Joseph-Antoine-Augustin Giustiniani

former Auxiliary Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

1922.02.171922.05.07
USAArchbishop John Joseph Swint

former Bishop of Wheeling (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1922.02.221922.05.11
MexicoArchbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B.

former Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

1921.12.161922.05.14
ScotlandArchbishop Donald Mackintosh

former Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

1922.02.241922.05.21
ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Baccarini, C.R.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1922.03.071922.05.21
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
ChinaBishop Auguste Gauthier (俄永垂), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Beihai 北海 (China)

1921.06.011922.05.25
ChinaArchbishop Jean-Marie-Michel Blois (衛忠藩), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shenyang 瀋陽 (China)

1921.12.191922.05.28
ChinaBishop Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci (恩禮奇), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Laohekou 老河口 (China)

1922.02.211922.05.28
AustraliaArchbishop Michael Sheehan

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

1922.02.221922.05.28
RwandaBishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda (Rwanda)

1922.04.101922.05.28
LebanonBishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1922.12.111922.06.05
PeruBishop Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru)

1921.11.211922.06.11
MexicoArchbishop José María González Valencia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

1922.02.101922.06.11
CanadaBishop Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1922.03.281922.06.11
MexicoBishop Francisco María González y Arias

former Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

1922.04.211922.06.11
RomaniaArchbishop Alexandru Nicolescu (Romanian Rite)

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

1922.02.251922.06.18
ItalyBishop Placido Ferniani

former Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Bitonto (Italy)

1922.03.281922.06.18
ItalyCardinal Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

1922.05.241922.06.18
ItalyArchbishop Cesare Orsenigo

former Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya

1922.06.231922.06.25
NorwayBishop Johannes Olav Smit

former Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

1922.04.111922.06.29
USABishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney

former Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

1922.05.241922.06.29
ArgentinaBishop Rafael Canale Oberti

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina)

1921.11.251922.07.02
BoliviaArchbishop Daniel Rivero Rivero

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia)

1922.05.171922.07.09
ItalyBishop Monalduzio Leopardi

former Bishop of Osimo (Italy)

former Bishop of Cingoli (Italy)

1922.05.261922.07.09
GermanyBishop Hermann Joseph Sträter

former Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1922.06.191922.07.09
ItalyVenerable Bishop Raffaele delle Nocche

former Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

1922.02.111922.07.25
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1922.03.221922.08.06
CubaArchbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

1922.02.241922.08.13
South AfricaBishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer, C.M.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1922.03.221922.08.15
BurundiBishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Urundi (Burundi)

1922.04.261922.08.15
ItalyBishop Giovanni Rossi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)

1922.06.091922.08.15
ItalyBishop Oronzo Luciano Durante

former Bishop of San Severo (Italy)

1922.06.071922.08.27
ItalyCardinal Fernando Cento

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

1922.07.221922.09.03
PeruBishop Sotero Redondo Herrero, O.E.S.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (Peru)

1921.02.221922.09.17
ItalyBishop Geremia Pascucci

former Bishop of Trivento (Italy)

1922.09.121922.09.17
ChinaBishop Vicente Huarte San Martín (胡其昭), S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

1922.04.261922.09.24
Dominican RepublicArchbishop Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

1922.04.211922.09.25
IndonesiaBishop Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

1922.03.131922.10.01
ThailandBishop Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand)

1922.04.271922.10.01
FranceBishop Étienne Irénée Faugier

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1922.06.191922.10.01
MexicoBishop Agustín Aguirre y Ramos

former Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico)

1922.07.241922.10.01
IrelandBishop James Downey, C.M.

former Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

1922.08.081922.10.08
ItalyBishop Nicola Maria di Girolamo

former Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

1922.05.191922.10.15
USABishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M.

former Bishop of Savannah (USA)

1922.06.271922.10.18
IndiaBishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Bangalore (India)

1922.06.211922.10.28
NetherlandsArchbishop Adriano Smets

former Titular Archbishop of Gangra

1922.08.021922.10.28
ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Chiappe

former Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

1922.10.041922.10.28
TurkiyeArchbishop Angelo Rotta

former Titular Archbishop of Thebæ

1922.10.121922.11.01
USABishop Francis Gilfillan

former Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

1922.07.081922.11.08
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1922.06.121922.11.12
ColombiaArchbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1922.07.061922.11.19
FranceArchbishop René-Pierre Mignen

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

1922.08.031922.11.21
ChinaBishop Louis Janssens (南阜民), C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Rehe 熱河 (China)

1922.07.071922.11.26
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
NetherlandsArchbishop Bernard Gijlswijk, O.P.

former Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ

former Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa

1922.12.021922.12.08
GermanyBishop Joseph Stoffels

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1922.11.111922.12.17
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista Rosa

former Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

1922.12.111922.12.17
RomaniaBishop Florian Stan (Romanian Rite)

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

1922.10.031922.12.19
EstoniaArchbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J.

former Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

1922.10.201922.12.21
AustraliaBishop Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia)

1922.12.011922.12.24

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