Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1930

Newly Elected Bishops (73)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
BrazilBishop Emiliano José Lonati, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of São José do Grajaú (Brazil)

1930.01.101930.06.08
ArgentinaBishop Augstín Barrere, F.M.I.

former Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

1930.01.161930.08.03
ItalyBishop Gaudenzio Binaschi

former Bishop of Pinerolo (Italy)

1930.01.201930.03.30
ItalyCardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

former Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

1930.01.291930.02.24
CanadaArchbishop Gerald C. Murray, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada)

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada)

1930.01.301930.05.07
CanadaCardinal James Charles McGuigan

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

1930.01.301930.05.15
CanadaBishop Dennis P. O’Connor

former Bishop of Peterborough (Canada)

1930.01.301930.06.11
SpainArchbishop Antonio García y García

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain)

1930.02.051930.05.25
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Sismondo

former Bishop of Pontremoli (Italy)

1930.02.061930.03.09
AustraliaBishop James Patrick O’Collins

former Bishop of Ballarat (Australia)

1930.02.111930.05.11
AustraliaArchbishop Terence Bernard McGuire

former Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

1930.02.121930.05.25
MexicoBishop Vicente Camacho y Moya

former Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

1930.02.141930.05.07
ChinaArchbishop Federico Melendro Gutiérrez (梅耿光), S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Anqing 安慶 (China)

1930.02.141930.06.01
ItalyArchbishop Carlo Margotti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

1930.03.081930.03.25
NorwayBishop Olaf Offerdahl

former Vicar Apostolic of Norway (Norway)

1930.03.131930.04.06
SpainBishop José María Alcaráz y Alenda

former Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

1930.03.131930.07.20
USABishop James Edwin Cassidy

former Bishop of Fall River (USA)

1930.03.211930.05.27
ChinaBishop Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels (顧學德), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Yichang 宜昌 (China)

1930.03.251930.05.11
NigeriaBishop François O’Rourke, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)

1930.03.271930.06.15
TanzaniaArchbishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)

1930.03.271930.08.17
ChinaArchbishop Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy (沈士杰), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanning 南寧 (China)

1930.03.271930.08.24
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

1930.03.281930.04.27
GermanyBishop Antonius Hilfrich

former Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

1930.03.311930.06.05
ItalyArchbishop Johannes Baptist Geisler

former Bishop of Brixen (Italy)

1930.04.021930.05.25
NetherlandsArchbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands)

1930.04.111930.06.05
USAArchbishop Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman

former Bishop of Peoria (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1930.04.191930.06.17
TurkiyeArchbishop Vahan Kitchourian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1930.05.031930.07.20
IndiaBishop Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Salem (India)

1930.05.261930.09.14
IndiaBishop Lawrence Pereira

former Bishop of Kottar (India)

1930.05.261930.10.05
TunisiaBishop Jean Saint-Pierre

former Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

1930.05.281930.07.15
ChinaBishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage (艾原道), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang 武昌 (China)

1930.05.311930.09.17
VietnamBishop Alejandro García Fontcuberta, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1930.05.311930.11.02
ColombiaBishop Miguel Monconill y Viladot, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá (Colombia)

1930.06.111930.10.26
IndiaArchbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

1930.06.241930.09.29
MyanmarArchbishop Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

1930.06.251930.10.18
ItalyCardinal Carlo Salotti

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

former Prefect of Congregation for Sacred Rites

1930.06.301930.07.06
ItalyCardinal Marcello Mimmi

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

former President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

former President of Commission of Cardinals for the Shrine of Pompeii

former Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

1930.06.301930.07.25
ItalyVenerable Archbishop Augusto Bertazzoni

former Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

former Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1930.06.301930.08.15
USABishop Louis Benedict Kucera

former Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

1930.06.301930.10.28
LithuaniaBishop Franciszek-Piotr Bučys, M.I.C.

former Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)

1930.07.031930.07.06
CanadaCardinal Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

1930.07.031930.09.11
JamaicaBishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica (Jamaica)

1930.07.031930.09.21
Papua New GuineaBishop Thomas James Wade, S.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

1930.07.031930.10.26
VietnamBishop Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Huê (Vietnam)

1930.07.031930.10.28
AlbaniaBlessed Bishop Frano Gjini

former Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

1930.07.031930.10.28
EritreaBishop Kidanè-Maryam Cassà (Eritrean Rite)

former Ordinary of Eritrea of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

1930.07.041930.08.03
Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean Cuvelier, C.SS.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1930.07.141930.08.24
ItalyBishop Giovanni Pirastru

former Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

1930.07.221930.09.07
ChinaBishop Francis Liu Jin-wen (Liu Chiu-wen) (劉錦文)

former Bishop of Fenyang 汾陽 (China)

1930.07.231930.10.12
LithuaniaBishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller

former Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

1930.07.231930.10.28
ChinaBishop Ignazio Canazei (耿其光), S.D.B.

former Bishop of Shaoguan 韶關 (China)

1930.07.231930.11.09
PolandBishop Bernardo Dembek

former Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (Poland)

1930.07.251930.10.05
ItalyBishop Luigi Noviello

former Bishop of Alife (Italy)

1930.07.291930.08.31
ItalyBishop Domenico Petroni

former Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

former Bishop of Rapolla (Italy)

former Bishop of Melfi (Italy)

1930.07.291930.08.31
ItalyBishop Luigi dell’Aversana

former Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

former Bishop of Rapolla (Italy)

former Bishop of Melfi (Italy)

1930.07.291930.09.14
BrazilBishop Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M.

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

1930.08.011930.08.31
FranceArchbishop Louis-Augustin Marmottin

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

1930.08.021930.10.02
FranceBishop Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron

former Bishop of Évreux (France)

1930.08.021930.10.15
USAArchbishop Edwin Vincent O’Hara

former Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1930.08.061930.10.28
BrazilBishop Lafayette Libânio

former Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil)

1930.08.081930.12.27
PolandArchbishop Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński

former Bishop of Łódź (Poland)

1930.08.211930.10.05
SwitzerlandBishop Alois Scheiwiler

former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

1930.08.281930.10.05
PolandBishop Stanisław Adamski

former Bishop of Katowice (Poland)

1930.09.021930.10.26
ColombiaBishop Ippolito Agudelo

former Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1930.09.021931.01.06
ItalyArchbishop Mario Toccabelli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy)

1930.09.161930.10.26
GermanyBishop Joseph Kumpfmüller

former Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1930.09.171930.10.28
ItalyBishop Santino Margaria

former Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

former Bishop of Orte (Italy)

former Bishop of Gallese (Italy)

1930.10.091931.01.18
RomaniaBishop István Fiedler

former Bishop of Satu Mare (Romania)

former Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania)

1930.10.161930.12.08
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Alexandru Rusu (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

1930.10.171931.01.30
SudanBishop Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan)

1930.11.201930.12.07
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Cogoni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

1930.11.201931.01.04
BelgiumBishop Joannes van Cauwenbergh

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen (Belgium)

1930.12.191931.02.11
FranceArchbishop Henri-Édouard Dutoit

former Bishop of Arras (France)

1930.12.231931.02.11

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