Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1923

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Newly Elected Bishops (75)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
CzechiaBishop Antonin Cech

former Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

1923.01.031923.04.29
PeruBishop Fedel María Cosió y Medyna

former Bishop of Puno (Peru)

1923.01.071923.09.02
LithuaniaBishop Kazimieras Mikalojus Michalkiewicz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1923.01.121923.06.10
VenezuelaArchbishop Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

1923.01.191923.10.21
TanzaniaBishop Joseph Gabriel Zelger, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

1923.01.291923.06.24
AustraliaBishop Richard Ryan, C.M.

former Bishop of Sale (Australia)

1923.01.301923.07.29
RussiaBishop Karol Slivosky

former Bishop of Vladivostok (Russia)

1923.02.021923.10.28
HondurasArchbishop Agustín Hombach, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

1923.02.031923.05.10
USAArchbishop John Alexander Floersh

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

1923.02.061923.04.08
Papua New GuineaBishop Gerard Vesters, M.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

1923.02.161923.08.05
USABishop Daniel Joseph Curley

former Bishop of Syracuse (USA)

1923.02.191923.05.01
PolandBishop Joseph Deitmer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland)

1923.02.191923.05.01
ChinaArchbishop Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet (魏暢茂), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

1923.02.201923.09.16
USABishop Andrew James Louis Brennan

former Bishop of Richmond (USA)

1923.02.231923.04.15
ItalyBishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari

former Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

1923.03.021923.04.23
ItalyArchbishop Andrea Taccone

former Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Bitonto (Italy)

1923.03.031923.05.06
CanadaCardinal Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

1923.03.091923.05.22
MexicoBishop Jenaro Méndez del Río

former Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

1923.03.161923.05.20
MadagascarBishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

1923.03.161923.06.30
ChileBishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor

former Bishop of Chillán (Chile)

1923.03.161923.07.25
TogoBishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo)

1923.03.201923.07.15
GhanaBishop Augustin Hermann, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana)

1923.03.261923.07.13
USABishop Francis William Howard

former Bishop of Covington (USA)

1923.03.261923.07.15
ItalyArchbishop Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1923.03.271923.05.22
IrelandBishop Edward Doorly

former Bishop of Elphin (Ireland)

1923.04.051923.06.24
IrelandBishop William MacNeely

former Bishop of Raphoe (Ireland)

1923.04.211923.07.22
LebanonBishop Joseph Kallas (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1923.05.231923.03.04
CanadaBishop Alphonse-Osias Gagnon

former Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1923.05.231923.06.29
FinlandBishop Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Finland (Finland)

1923.05.231923.08.15
ItalyBishop Girolamo Cardinale

former Bishop of Verona (Italy)

1923.05.251923.07.15
ItalyVenerable Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

1923.05.251923.08.12
MicronesiaBishop Santiago López de Rego y Labarta, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands (Micronesia)

1923.05.251923.08.26
FranceBishop François-Jean-Marie Serrand

former Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

1923.06.041923.08.06
CroatiaBishop Quirino Clemente Bonefačić

former Bishop of Split (Croatia)

former Bishop of Makarska (Croatia)

1923.06.061923.09.02
MexicoArchbishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

1923.06.081923.09.30
CanadaBishop Louis Rhéaume, O.M.I.

former Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

1923.06.081923.10.18
BrazilArchbishop Severino Vieira de Melo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

1923.06.081923.11.25
ArgentinaArchbishop Julio Campero y Aráoz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina)

1923.06.111923.10.21
IndiaBishop Francesco Tiburzio Roche, S.J.

former Bishop of Tuticorin (India)

1923.06.121923.09.23
PeruBishop Sabas Sarasola Esparza, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios (Peru)

1923.06.131923.09.02
VenezuelaBishop Miguel Antonio Mejía

former Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela)

1923.06.191923.10.21
USAArchbishop Daniel James Gercke

former Bishop of Tucson (USA)

1923.06.211923.11.06
VenezuelaBishop Francisco Antonio Granadillo

former Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

1923.06.221923.10.21
VenezuelaBishop Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz

former Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

1923.06.221923.10.21
EgyptArchbishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Canal of Suez (Egypt)

1923.06.271923.08.16
SloveniaArchbishop Luigi Fogar

former Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

former Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

1923.07.091923.10.14
MexicoBishop Serafín María Armora y González

former Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico)

1923.08.031923.11.30
MexicoArchbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)

1923.08.031924.03.19
SpainBishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro

former Bishop of Lugo (Spain)

1923.08.131924.01.20
HungaryBishop Endre Kriston

former Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary)

1923.08.231923.09.30
ItalyBishop Lorenzo Del Ponte

former Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

1923.09.051923.11.30
ItalyBishop Ludovico Cattaneo

former Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

1923.09.151923.09.16
CroatiaArchbishop Josep Srebrnic

former Bishop of Krk (Croatia)

former Archbishop ad personam

1923.09.151923.12.08
FranceBishop Louis-Marie Ricard

former Bishop of Nice (France)

1923.10.261923.12.15
LatviaBishop Jazeps Rancans

former Auxiliary Bishop of Riga (Latvia)

1923.10.291924.05.04
ItalyBishop Luigi Mazzini

former Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

1923.11.091924.01.27
CzechiaArchbishop Leopold Prečan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

1923.11.101923.12.30
USABishop James Aloysius Griffin

former Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (USA)

1923.11.101924.02.25
GermanyArchbishop Michael Buchberger

former Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

former Archbishop ad personam

1923.11.131924.01.20
VenezuelaBishop Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

1923.11.271924.05.01
TanzaniaBishop Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

1923.11.281924.06.08
BelizeBishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize)

1923.12.111924.03.19
ChinaBishop Trudo Johannes Jans (鄧炳文), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

1923.12.131924.05.01
ItalyBishop Dante Maria Munerati, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Volterra (Italy)

1923.12.201924.01.29
ItalyArchbishop Aluigi Cossio

former Bishop of Recanati (Italy)

1923.12.201924.03.25
FranceBishop Étienne-Joseph Hurault

former Bishop of Nancy (France)

1923.12.201924.03.25
CroatiaBishop Vlaho Barbić

former Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

1923.12.201924.03.30
PortugalBishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles

former Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

1923.12.201924.06.29
FranceBishop Eugène Curien

former Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

1923.12.231924.02.05
CanadaArchbishop Thomas O’Donnell

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada)

1923.12.231924.02.14
FranceBishop Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin

former Bishop of Digne (France)

1923.12.231924.03.20
USABishop Alphonse John Smith

former Bishop of Nashville (USA)

1923.12.231924.03.25
USAArchbishop Edward Daniel Howard

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)

1923.12.231924.04.08
USAArchbishop Francis Joseph Beckman

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

1923.12.231924.05.01
IrelandBishop David Keane

former Bishop of Limerick (Ireland)

1923.12.291924.03.02
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