Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1926

Bishops (89)ElectedConsecratedAscending
PolandVenerable Cardinal August Hlond, S.D.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland)

1925.10.281926.01.03
ChileBishop Rafael Lira Infante

former Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

1925.12.141926.01.03
South AfricaBishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley

former Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa)

1925.07.151926.01.06
FranceCardinal Jules-Géraud Saliège

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

1925.10.291926.01.06
FranceArchbishop Emmanuel Coste

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France)

1925.10.291926.01.12
ItalyArchbishop Giacomo Montanelli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

1925.12.141926.01.17
GabonBishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

1925.12.181926.01.25
USACardinal Edward Aloysius Mooney

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)

1926.01.211926.01.31
PolandBishop Teodoro Kubina

former Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1925.12.141926.02.02
USABishop Thomas Anthony Welch

former Bishop of Duluth (USA)

1925.12.171926.02.03
PeruBishop Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Ucayali (Peru)

1925.07.141926.02.07
FranceBishop Alexandre-Philibert Poirier

former Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

1925.12.141926.02.11
SpainBishop José Vila y Martínez

former Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

1925.12.141926.02.24
VietnamBishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Saigon (Vietnam)

1925.12.171926.03.25
FranceBishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J.

former President of Pontifical Commission for Russia

1926.02.111926.03.29
KenyaBishop Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri (Kenya)

1925.12.181926.04.11
ItalyBishop Salvatore Meo

former Titular Bishop of Methone

1926.02.191926.04.18
AustraliaBishop John Francis Norton

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1926.03.081926.04.18
FranceBishop Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A.

former Titular Bishop of Citrus

1926.03.111926.04.21
PolandBishop Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski

former Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

1924.12.141926.04.25
BelgiumCardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

former Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium)

1925.03.121926.04.25
LithuaniaBishop Justinas Staugaitis

former Bishop of Telšiai (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.04.25
LebanonArchbishop Elias Richa (Maronite Rite)

former Bishop of Baalbek of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1926.06.211926.04.25
USABishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe

former Bishop of Hartford (USA)

1925.12.171926.04.28
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
HungaryBishop Ferenc Virág

former Bishop of Pécs (Hungary)

1926.03.271926.05.06
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
UkraineBishop Aleksander Frison

former Titular Bishop of Limyra

1926.05.101926.05.10
PolandBlessed Bishop Hryhorii Lakota (Григорій Лакота) (Ukrainian Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland)

1926.02.101926.05.16
LithuaniaArchbishop Mecislovas Reinys

former Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

1926.04.051926.05.16
SpainBlessed Bishop Manuel Medina y Olmos

former Bishop of Guadix (Spain)

1925.12.141926.05.23
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
FranceBishop Eugène-Charles-Philippe Crépin

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

1926.04.091926.05.25
FranceArchbishop Rambert-Irénée Faure

former Bishop of Saint-Claude (France)

former Archbishop ad personam

1926.03.121926.05.27
IrelandBishop James J. Roche

former Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland)

1926.03.311926.05.30
USABishop Francis Martin Kelly

former Bishop of Winona (USA)

1926.03.221926.06.09
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
ItalyBishop Adolfo Pagani

former Bishop of Como (Italy)

1926.04.301926.06.20
ChileBishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile)

1926.01.291926.06.29
GermanyBishop Johannes Hillebrand

former Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany)

1926.04.271926.06.29
ItalyBishop Emilio Cottafavi

former Bishop of Tarquinia (Italy)

former Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy)

1926.05.071926.06.29
CroatiaBishop Francesco Salis-Seewis

former Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

1926.04.231926.07.04
ItalyBishop Filippo Mantini

former Bishop of Pergola (Italy)

former Bishop of Cagli (Italy)

1926.06.211926.07.04
ItalyCardinal Michele Lega

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline

1926.07.11
FranceBishop Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët

former Bishop of Chartres (France)

1926.06.211926.07.22
CanadaBishop Alfred-Odilon Comtois

former Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

1926.02.261926.07.28
CroatiaBishop Isidoro Sain, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Rijeka–Opatija (Croatia)

1925.04.251926.08.08
RussiaBishop Antony Iosifovich Malecki

former Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad (Russia)

1926.08.131926.08.12
VenezuelaBishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno

former Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

1926.05.251926.08.15
BrazilBishop Guilherme Müller

former Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil)

1925.12.141926.08.22
ItalyArchbishop Dionigio Casaroli

former Archbishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1926.08.141926.08.22
VenezuelaArchbishop Acacio Chacón Guerra

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1926.05.101926.08.29
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Venturi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

1926.07.091926.08.29
NamibiaBishop Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek (Namibia)

1926.05.111926.09.05
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
ItalyBishop Eduardo Parente

former Auxiliary Bishop of Capua (Italy)

1926.08.041926.09.19
LebanonArchbishop Elia Scedid (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus of the Maronites

1926.06.211926.09.20
ChinaArchbishop Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen (尚唯善), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chongqing 重慶 (China)

1926.02.161926.09.21
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
BoliviaBishop Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (Bolivia)

1926.07.101926.09.26
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Fietta

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

1926.03.301926.10.10
PanamaArchbishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F.

former Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)

1926.07.141926.10.17
CroatiaArchbishop Petar Dujam Munzani

former Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1926.08.131926.10.17
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1926.08.311926.10.18
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
PolandBishop Arkadiusz Lisiecki

former Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1926.06.241926.10.24
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
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
ChinaBishop Joseph Hu Jo-shan (胡若山), C.M.

former Bishop of Linhai 臨海 (China)

1926.07.301926.10.28
ChinaBishop Simon Chu Kai-min (朱開敏), S.J.

former Bishop of Haimen 海門 (China)

1926.08.021926.10.28
ItalyBishop Alessandro de Giorgi

former Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palæstina

1926.08.131926.10.28
IndiaBishop Thomas Dioscoros (Syro-Malankara Rite)1926.11.11
ChileBishop Carlos Labbé Márquez

former Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

1926.08.021926.11.21
USABishop Theodore Mary Reverman

former Bishop of Superior (USA)

1926.07.021926.11.30
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
BulgariaBishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff (Bulgarian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

1926.07.311926.12.05
ArgentinaArchbishop José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1926.09.091926.12.05
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Marcozzi

former Bishop of Teano (Italy)

former Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1926.08.141926.12.08
LebanonArchbishop Eftimios Youakim, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1927.06.201926.12.09
EgyptBishop Dionysios Kfoury, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1927.06.201926.12.09
MoroccoBishop José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Marruecos (Morocco)

1926.07.171926.12.26

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