Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1928

Newly Elected Bishops (90)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
BrazilBishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

1928.01.071928.05.06
IndiaBishop Valerian Joseph de Souza

former Bishop of Mangalore (India)

1928.01.141928.04.15
PolandBishop Konstantyn Dominik

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chełmno (Poland)

1928.01.201928.03.25
ItalyBishop Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. Cas.

former Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy)

former Provost of Atina (Italy)

1928.01.271928.03.12
PhilippinesBishop Constace Jurgens, C.I.C.M.

former Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines)

1928.01.271928.03.18
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Nogara

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

1928.01.271928.04.25
SyriaArchbishop Giorgio Kortikian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1928.01.311928.02.28
CanadaArchbishop Joseph-Georges-Alexandre Courchesne

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

1928.02.011928.05.24
ItalyCardinal Pietro Ciriaci

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

former President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council

1928.02.151928.03.18
MadagascarBishop Étienne Fourcadier

former Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar)

1928.02.151928.05.31
ChinaBishop Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Beihai 北海 (China)

1928.02.151929.01.27
SpainBlessed Bishop Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O.

former Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

1928.02.161928.04.15
CambodiaBishop Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1928.02.181928.05.01
ChinaArchbishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China)

former Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

1928.02.181928.05.17
ItalyBishop Attilio Adinolfi

former Bishop of Anagni (Italy)

1928.02.271928.03.11
USABishop John Joseph McMahon

former Bishop of Trenton (USA)

1928.03.021928.04.26
FranceBishop Ernest-Victor Mennechet

former Bishop of Soissons (France)

1928.03.021928.05.01
HungaryBishop István Révész

former Military Ordinary of Hungary (Hungary)

1928.03.031928.06.03
SpainArchbishop Antonio Cardona Riera

former Bishop of Ibiza (Spain)

1928.03.101928.05.27
SpainArchbishop Tomás Muñiz Pablos

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1928.03.101928.06.03
USAArchbishop Bernard James Sheil

former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

1928.03.251928.05.01
PortugalCardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

former Military Vicar of Portugal (Portugal)

1928.03.281928.06.17
ChinaBishop Peter Cheng You-you (程有猷)

former Vicar Apostolic of Xuanhuafu 宣化府 (China)

1928.03.281928.07.02
ChileBishop Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile)

1928.03.281928.08.05
Congo-KinshasaBishop Silvain van Hee, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

1928.03.281928.09.09
PakistanBishop Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan)

1928.03.281928.10.28
USAArchbishop Joseph Francis Rummel

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

1928.03.301928.05.29
ItalyBishop Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

1928.04.111928.05.20
SwitzerlandBishop Anton Gisler

former Coadjutor Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

1928.04.201928.07.01
IndiaArchbishop Gioacchino Lima, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

1928.05.041928.12.02
PortugalBishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto

former Bishop of Viseu (Portugal)

1928.05.091928.06.15
IrelandBishop Patrick Collier

former Bishop of Ossory (Ireland)

1928.05.111928.08.05
ChinaBishop Fiorenzo Umberto Tessiatore (戴夏德), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China)

1928.05.161928.07.22
JapanBishop Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

1928.05.181928.08.05
ItalyArchbishop Riccardo Bartoloni

former Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria

former Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

1928.05.211928.05.27
ItalyBishop Gioacchino Bonardi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze (Italy)

1928.05.251928.06.29
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Marazzi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (Italy)

1928.06.081928.07.25
AustriaBishop Giovanni Giuseppe Tomazic

former Bishop of Lavant (Austria)

1928.06.081928.08.01
SyriaArchbishop Jean El-Hage (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites (Syria)

1928.06.091928.04.29
IndiaBishop António Maria Teixeira

former Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

1928.06.131928.10.07
ChinaBishop Georg Weig (維昌祿), S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Qingdao 青島 (China)

1928.06.141928.09.23
NetherlandsBishop Johannes Dominicus Josephus Aengenent

former Bishop of Haarlem (Netherlands)

1928.06.151928.07.25
CanadaBishop Joseph-Arthur Papineau

former Bishop of Joliette (Canada)

1928.06.151928.08.24
South AfricaBishop Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa)

1928.06.151928.09.30
ChinaBishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Hengzhou 衡州 (China)

1928.06.151928.11.11
PortugalBishop Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães

former Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

1928.06.201928.09.02
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. Cas.

former Bishop of Assisi (Italy)

1928.06.221928.09.02
PortugalArchbishop António Bento Martins Júnior

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

1928.06.231928.08.15
ChinaBishop Auguste Haouisée (惠濟良), S.J.

former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

1928.06.251928.10.03
ItalyBishop Alfonso Marie de Sanctis

former Bishop of Todi (Italy)

1928.06.301928.07.22
GuatemalaArchbishop Luis Durou y Sure, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

1928.06.301928.11.11
GuatemalaBishop Jorge García Cabalieros

former Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala)

1928.06.301928.11.11
EgyptArchbishop Jacques Nessimian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

1928.07.011929.02.03
MaliBishop Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bamako (Mali)

1928.07.021928.10.23
MadagascarBishop Antonio Sévat, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

1928.07.021928.11.30
IndiaArchbishop Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India)

1928.07.031928.10.28
FranceCardinal Emmanuel-Célestin Suhard

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

1928.07.061928.10.03
PolandArchbishop Antoni Wladislao Szlagowski

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1928.07.091928.10.07
ItalyBishop Ugo Giubbi

former Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

1928.07.131928.08.24
GermanyBishop Johann Baptist Schauer

former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1928.07.131928.09.09
ChinaBishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M.

former Bishop of Yongping 永平 (China)

1928.07.161928.11.18
ChinaBishop Gaetano Mignani (梅雅誼), C.M.

former Bishop of Ji’an 吉安 (China)

1928.07.161929.02.17
PolandBishop Francis Lisowski

former Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

1928.07.201928.10.07
UkraineBishop Stefano Walczykiewicz

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (Ukraine)

1928.07.201928.11.25
LebanonBishop Emanuele Phares (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

1928.07.241928.07.08
EnglandArchbishop Richard Downey

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

1928.08.031928.09.21
CanadaArchbishop William Mark Duke

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

1928.08.101928.10.18
FranceArchbishop Jean Delay

former Archbishop of Marseille (France)

1928.08.101928.10.29
CanadaBishop Charles-Antonelli Lamarche

former Bishop of Chicoutimi (Canada)

1928.08.171928.10.18
ItalyBishop Pasquale Dell’Isola

former Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

former Bishop of Cava (Italy)

1928.09.201928.11.11
ArgentinaArchbishop Juan Pascual Chimento

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina)

1928.09.291928.12.21
SpainBishop José María Eguino Trecu

former Bishop of Santander (Spain)

1928.10.021929.01.13
FranceCardinal Achille Liénart

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

former Bishop of Lille (France)

1928.10.061928.12.08
HaitiBishop Joseph-François-Marie Julliot

former Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

1928.10.091928.12.16
HaitiBishop Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1928.10.091928.12.16
ItalyCardinal Carlo Chiarlo

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

1928.10.121928.11.11
BelgiumBishop Paolino Ladeuze

former Titular Bishop of Tiberias

1928.10.211929.02.02
PeruBishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1928.11.051929.02.03
SpainBishop Feliciano Rocha Pizarro

former Bishop of Plasencia (Spain)

1928.11.091929.03.17
ItalyBishop Ernesto de Laurentiis

former Bishop of Ischia (Italy)

1928.11.101929.01.20
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Menna

former Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

1928.11.161929.01.06
UgandaBishop Joseph-Georges-Édouard Michaud, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Uganda (Uganda)

1928.11.171929.03.03
LithuaniaBlessed Archbishop Teofilo Matulionis

former Bishop of Kaišiadorys (Lithuania)

former Archbishop ad personam

1928.12.081929.02.09
ItalyBishop Salvatore Del Bene

former Bishop of Telese (Italy)

1928.12.151929.04.14
ItalyArchbishop Settimio Peroni

former Bishop of Norcia (Italy)

1928.12.171929.02.03
HungaryArchbishop József Grósz

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

1928.12.171929.02.24
FranceArchbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1928.12.171929.02.25
FranceBishop Camille Pic

former Bishop of Valence (France)

1928.12.171929.03.12
HondurasBishop Angelo Maria Navarro

former Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

1928.12.171929.04.07
ItalyBishop Matteo Pellegrino

former Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy)

1928.12.171929.04.17

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