Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1926

Newly Elected Bishops (77)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
USACardinal Edward Aloysius Mooney

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

1926.01.211926.01.31
ChileBishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

1926.01.291926.06.29
PolandBlessed Bishop Hryhorii Lakota (Григорій Лакота) (Ukrainian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

1926.02.101926.05.16
FranceBishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J.

former President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

1926.02.111926.03.29
ChinaArchbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

1926.02.161926.09.21
ItalyBishop Salvatore Meo

former Titular Bishop of Methone

1926.02.191926.04.18
CanadaBishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois

former Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

1926.02.261926.07.28
AustraliaBishop John Francis Norton

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1926.03.081926.04.18
Hong KongBishop Enrico Valtorta (恩理覺), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong)

1926.03.081926.06.13
FranceBishop Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A.

former Titular Bishop of Citrus

1926.03.111926.04.21
FranceArchbishop Rambert-Irénée Faure

former Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

former Archbishop ad personam

1926.03.121926.05.27
USABishop Francis Martin Kelly

former Bishop of Winona (USA)

1926.03.221926.06.09
HungaryBishop Ferenc Virág

former Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

1926.03.271926.05.06
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Fietta

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo alla Regola pro hac vice Title

1926.03.301926.10.10
IrelandBishop James J. Roche

former Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

1926.03.311926.05.30
LithuaniaBishop Justinas Staugaitis

former Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.04.25
LithuaniaBishop Juozapas Kukta

former Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.05.01
LithuaniaBishop Kaziemiras Paltarokas

former Bishop of Panevėžys (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.05.02
LithuaniaArchbishop Mecislovas Reinys

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.05.16
FranceBishop Eugène-Charles-Philippe Crépin

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1926.04.091926.05.25
CroatiaBishop Francesco Salis-Seewis

former Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

1926.04.231926.07.04
GermanyBishop Johannes Hillebrand

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1926.04.271926.06.29
ItalyBishop Adolfo Pagani

former Bishop of Como (Italy)

1926.04.301926.06.20
BelarusBishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns

former Titular Bishop of Cillium

former Apostolic Administrator of Minsk (Belarus)

former Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (Belarus)

1926.05.051926.05.10
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena (Italy)

former Abbot nullius of Nonantola (Italy)

1926.05.071926.05.23
ItalyBishop Emilio Cottafavi

former Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

former Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy)

1926.05.071926.06.29
UkraineBishop Aleksander Frison

former Titular Bishop of Limyra

1926.05.101926.05.10
VenezuelaArchbishop Acacio Chacón Guerra

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1926.05.101926.08.29
ChinaBishop Louis Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien) (陳國砥), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

1926.05.101926.10.28
ChinaBishop Philip Zhao Huai-yi (趙懷義)

former Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China)

1926.05.101926.10.28
NamibiaBishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia)

1926.05.111926.09.05
ChinaArchbishop Theodore Labrador Fraile (趙炳文), O.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

former Bishop of Funing 福寧 (China)

1926.05.181926.10.24
VenezuelaBishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno

former Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

1926.05.251926.08.15
LebanonArchbishop Elias Richa (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1926.06.211926.04.25
ItalyBishop Filippo Mantini

former Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

former Bishop of Cagli (Italy)

1926.06.211926.07.04
FranceBishop Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët

former Bishop of Chartres (France)

1926.06.211926.07.22
USAArchbishop John Joseph Mitty

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA)

1926.06.211926.09.08
FranceBishop Octave-Louis Pasquet

former Bishop of Séez (France)

1926.06.211926.09.08
WalesBishop Francis John Vaughan

former Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

1926.06.211926.09.08
LebanonArchbishop Elia Scedid (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites

1926.06.211926.09.20
CroatiaArchbishop Miho Pušic

former Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

former Archbishop ad personam

1926.06.211926.09.21
Northern IrelandBishop Bernard O’Kane

former Bishop of Derry (Northern Ireland)

1926.06.211926.09.26
PolandBishop Arkadiusz Lisiecki

former Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1926.06.241926.10.24
ChinaBishop Odorico Cheng He-de (成和德), O.F.M.

former Prefect Apostolic of Puqi 蒲圻 (China)

1926.06.241926.10.28
ChinaBishop Melchior Sun De-zhen (Souen) (孫德禎), C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Anguo 安國 (China)

1926.06.241926.10.28
USABishop Theodore Mary Reverman

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1926.07.021926.11.30
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Venturi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

1926.07.091926.08.29
BoliviaBishop Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

1926.07.101926.09.26
PanamaArchbishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F.

former Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

1926.07.141926.10.17
MoroccoBishop José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco)

1926.07.171926.12.26
ChinaBishop Joseph Hu Jo-shan (胡若山), C.M.

former Bishop of Linhai 臨海 (China)

1926.07.301926.10.28
BulgariaBishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff (Bulgarian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1926.07.311926.12.05
ChinaBishop Simon Chu Kai-min (朱開敏), S.J.

former Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

1926.08.021926.10.28
ChileBishop Carlos Labbé Márquez

former Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

1926.08.021926.11.21
ItalyBishop Eduardo Parente

former Auxiliary Bishop of Capua (Italy)

1926.08.041926.09.19
EgyptPatriarch Marc II Khouzam (Coptic Rite)

former Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

1926.08.061926.11.30
EnglandCardinal Arthur Hinsley

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1926.08.101926.11.30
EgyptBishop Francesco Basilio Bistauros (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

1926.08.101926.11.30
RussiaBishop Antony Iosifovich Malecki

former Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

1926.08.131926.08.12
CroatiaArchbishop Petar Dujam Munzani

former Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1926.08.131926.10.17
ItalyBishop Alessandro de Giorgi

former Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina

1926.08.131926.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Dionigio Casaroli

former Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1926.08.141926.08.22
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Marcozzi

former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

former Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1926.08.141926.12.08
USAArchbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

1926.08.251927.04.26
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1926.08.311926.10.18
ArgentinaArchbishop José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1926.09.091926.12.05
ChinaBishop Pierre-Sylvain Valentin (華朗庭), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Kangding 康定 (China)

1926.11.111927.08.07
BrazilBishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M.

former Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil)

1926.11.141927.05.01
FranceBishop Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux

former Bishop of Orléans (France)

1926.12.201927.01.18
USABishop Charles Daniel White

former Bishop of Spokane (USA)

1926.12.201927.02.24
SpainBishop Juan Villar y Sanz

former Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

1926.12.201927.03.19
SpainBishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz

former Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)

1926.12.201927.03.25
EnglandBishop John Patrick Barrett

former Bishop of Plymouth (England)

1926.12.231927.02.22
ChinaBishop André-Jean-François Defebvre (戴安德), C.M.

former Bishop of Ningbo 寧波 (China)

1926.12.231927.05.01
South KoreaBishop Adrien-Jean Larribeau (원형근 아드리아노), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)

1926.12.231927.05.01
BrazilBishop Juvéncio de Brito

former Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

1926.12.231927.06.12
MexicoBishop Luis Benitez y Cabañas, S.J.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

1926.12.231927.10.30

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