Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1927

Newly Elected Bishops (82)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
FranceBishop Palmyre-Georges Jansoone

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lille (France)

1927.01.141927.03.19
SenegalBishop Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal)

1927.01.241927.03.25
NigeriaArchbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

1927.01.241927.05.29
BangladeshBishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C.

former Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh)

1927.01.261927.05.01
KiribatiBishop Joseph Bach, M.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)

1927.01.261927.05.29
SomaliaBishop Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica (Libya)

1927.01.271927.05.08
BelgiumBishop Honoré Joseph Coppieters

former Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

1927.01.281927.05.15
ChinaBishop James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

former Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

1927.02.011927.05.22
AustriaBishop Johannes Baptist Filzer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1927.02.181927.03.20
GreeceArchbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

1927.02.241927.03.25
AustriaArchbishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski

former Bishop of Seckau (Austria)

1927.02.251927.03.27
PolandBishop Kazimierz Tomczak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1927.02.271927.04.03
SerbiaBishop Lajlo Budanovic

former Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Bačka (Serbia)

1927.02.281927.05.01
USAArchbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen

former Archbishop-Bishop of Mobile (USA)

1927.02.281927.05.04
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J.

former Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

1927.03.031927.03.19
SlovakiaBlessed Bishop Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. (Slovak Rite)

former Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

1927.03.071927.03.25
ItalyBishop Giovanni Bargiggia

former Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

1927.03.141927.04.24
JapanArchbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P.

former Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

1927.03.161927.05.04
ChinaBishop Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry (包明揚), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Ningyuan 寧遠 (China)

1927.03.181927.10.30
IrelandBishop Matthew Cullen

former Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

1927.03.251927.06.05
PolandBishop Stanisław Rospond

former Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland)

1927.03.251927.06.12
RomaniaBishop Augustin Pacha

former Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

1927.04.031927.05.15
PolandBishop Karol Miecislao Radonski

former Bishop of Włocławek (Poland)

1927.04.081927.05.29
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Celli

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pompei (Italy)

1927.04.081927.06.29
ColombiaBishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo

former Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

1927.04.131927.10.16
AustriaBishop Michael Memelauer

former Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

1927.04.181927.05.26
ChinaBishop Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo (賈祿), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Nanlong 南龍 (China)

1927.04.211927.10.16
BrazilBishop Fernando Taddei, C.M.

former Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

1927.04.221927.06.29
BrazilArchbishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral

former Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

1927.04.221927.09.04
CzechiaBishop Giovanni Stavel

former Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

1927.04.291927.06.05
FranceBishop Jean-Marcel Rodié

former Bishop of Agen (France)

1927.04.291927.07.02
SyriaArchbishop Joseph Rabbani (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria)

1927.04.291928.01.29
GreeceArchbishop Alessandro Guidati

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece)

1927.04.301927.09.04
USAArchbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

1927.05.201927.07.25
IrelandArchbishop Paschal Charles Robinson, O.F.M.

former Titular Archbishop of Tyana

former Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

1927.05.241927.06.24
GibraltarBishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald

former Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1927.05.251927.10.09
USABishop George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C.

former Bishop of Helena (USA)

1927.05.271927.08.01
MoroccoBishop Henri Vielle, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Rabat (Morocco)

1927.06.081927.07.25
BangladeshBishop Arthur-Alfred Lepailleur, C.S.C.

former Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh)

1927.06.181927.10.30
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
SyriaArchbishop Cirillo Riza (Syriac Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1927.06.201927.05.01
IrelandBishop Michael O’Brien

former Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (Ireland)

1927.06.201927.07.24
SpainBishop Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Vic (Spain)

1927.06.201927.07.25
IrelandBishop James Joseph MacNamee

former Bishop of Ardagh (Ireland)

1927.06.201927.07.31
HungaryBishop Lajos Shvoy

former Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary)

1927.06.201927.08.01
USABishop Emmet Michael Walsh

former Bishop of Youngstown (USA)

1927.06.201927.09.08
SpainCardinal Isidro Gomá y Tomás

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

1927.06.201927.10.02
VenezuelaBishop Salvador Montes de Oca

former Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

1927.06.201927.10.23
CanadaBishop Joseph-Omer Plante

former Auxiliary Bishop of Québec (Canada)

1927.06.231927.09.27
FranceCardinal Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

1927.06.231927.09.29
MexicoBishop José de Jesús López y González

former Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

1927.07.011928.03.30
ArgentinaArchbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

former Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina)

1927.07.071927.10.16
ArgentinaArchbishop Audino Rodríguez y Olmos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

1927.07.071927.10.16
ArgentinaBishop Julián Pedro Martínez

former Bishop of Paraná (Argentina)

1927.07.071927.10.16
ItalyArchbishop Gaudenzio Manuelli

former Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1927.07.081927.09.25
JamaicaBishop Joseph Nicholas Dinand, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

1927.07.121927.10.30
ChinaBishop Edward John Galvin (高爾文), S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Hanyang 漢陽 (China)

1927.07.141927.11.06
JapanBishop Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry (フェルナン・チリー), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

1927.07.141927.12.11
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Miglior

former Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

1927.07.151927.09.18
JapanBishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (ヤヌアリオ 早坂 久之助)

former Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

1927.07.161927.10.30
ArgentinaBishop Fortunado Devoto

former Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1927.09.021928.03.18
HaitiArchbishop Joseph-Marie Le Gouaze

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

1927.09.291927.12.18
ItalyBishop Simone Lorenzo Salvi, O.S.B. Subl.

former Abbot Ordinary of Subiaco (Italy)

1927.09.301927.10.28
USABishop John Bertram Peterson

former Bishop of Manchester (USA)

1927.10.071927.11.10
ItalyCardinal Valerio Valeri

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

1927.10.181927.10.28
IndiaBishop James Kalacherry (Kalassery) (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1927.10.241927.12.21
ItalyArchbishop Evasio Colli

former Bishop of Parma (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1927.10.301927.11.20
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Felici

former Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

former Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

1927.11.061927.12.30
SpainBishop Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Tarazona (Spain)

1927.11.171928.01.29
ItalyBishop Ludovico Ferretti, O.P.

former Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy)

1927.11.181927.12.04
ChinaBishop Fortunato Antonio Spruit (苗其秀), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China)

1927.11.221928.04.25
HungaryCardinal Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

1927.11.301928.01.08
SpainBishop Dionisio Moreno y Barrio

former Bishop of Coria (Spain)

1927.12.021928.03.11
ChinaBishop John Andrew O’Shea (和若望), C.M.

former Bishop of Ganzhou 贛州 (China)

1927.12.151928.05.01
USABishop Edward Joseph Kelly

former Bishop of Boise City (USA)

1927.12.161928.03.06
USABishop John Michael McNamara

former Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA)

1927.12.161928.03.29
USABishop Thomas Charles O’Reilly

former Bishop of Scranton (USA)

1927.12.191928.02.16
FranceCardinal Maurice Feltin

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

former Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

former Military Vicar of France (France)

1927.12.191928.03.11
PolandBlessed Bishop Leone Wetmański

former Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1927.12.191928.04.22
USABishop Francis Johannes

former Bishop of Leavenworth (USA)

1927.12.191928.05.01
SomaliaBishop Gabriele Perlo, I.M.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia)

1927.12.221928.02.27

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