Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1931

Bishops (72)ElectedConsecratedAscending
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Cogoni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)

1930.11.201931.01.04
ColombiaBishop Ippolito Agudelo

former Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1930.09.021931.01.06
ItalyBishop Santino Margaria

former Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy)

former Bishop of Orte (Italy)

former Bishop of Gallese (Italy)

1930.10.091931.01.18
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Alexandru Rusu (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

1930.10.171931.01.30
GermanyArchbishop Konrad Gröber

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

1931.01.131931.02.01
UkraineBlessed Bishop Mykolai Charnets’kyi (Миколай Чарнецький), C.SS.R. (Ukrainian Rite)

former Apostolic Exarch of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

1931.01.161931.02.02
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
BoliviaBishop Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

1931.01.031931.03.01
GermanyBishop Joseph Vogt

former Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1931.01.301931.03.19
NamibiaBishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S.

former Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

1931.02.241931.04.19
ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Rossino

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

1931.03.281931.04.19
MexicoArchbishop Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

1931.01.301931.04.22
CanadaBishop Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais

former Bishop of Amos (Canada)

1931.01.301931.04.22
NicaraguaBishop Juan Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

1931.02.241931.04.22
ItalyArchbishop Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

1931.02.121931.04.26
SpainArchbishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain)

1931.02.201931.04.26
NetherlandsArchbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P.

former Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

1931.03.231931.04.26
ColombiaCardinal Crisanto Luque Sánchez

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia)

former Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia)

1931.01.161931.05.03
CanadaArchbishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

1931.02.061931.05.07
ItalyArchbishop Mario Vianello

former Archbishop of Perugia (Italy)

1931.03.061931.05.10
EcuadorBishop Emilio Cecco, C.S.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

1931.04.281931.05.24
IrelandBishop Francis Wall

former Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1931.01.231931.05.26
ChileBishop Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC.

former Military Vicar of Chile (Chile)

1931.04.101931.05.31
ItalyBishop Teodoro Pallaroni

former Bishop of Sarsina (Italy)

1931.04.171931.06.07
USAArchbishop Urban John Vehr

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

1931.04.171931.06.10
USAArchbishop Karl Joseph Alter

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

1931.04.171931.06.17
BrazilBishop Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F.

former Bishop-Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil)

1931.04.101931.06.21
BoliviaBishop Tomás Aspe, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia)

1931.06.081931.06.21
ItalyArchbishop Ferdinando Bernardi

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

1931.04.111931.06.28
ItalyBishop Francesco Gardini

former Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

1931.05.091931.06.28
PortugalArchbishop Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva

former Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus

1931.02.081931.06.29
IndiaBishop Peter Francis Rayappa

former Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

1931.02.241931.06.29
IndiaBishop Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Vijayapuram (India)

1931.03.241931.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Marsiglia

former Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

1931.05.281931.07.05
ZimbabweArchbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salisbury (Zimbabwe)

1931.03.041931.07.19
USABishop Thomas Kiely Gorman

former Bishop of Dallas (USA)

1931.04.241931.07.22
PortugalArchbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira

former Archbishop-Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

1931.05.271931.07.25
PortugalBishop João da Silva Campos Neves

former Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

1931.05.271931.07.25
ItalyArchbishop Francesco de Filippis

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy)

former Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

1931.03.191931.07.26
ChinaBishop Boniface Yang Fu-jue (Yeung Fuk-tseuk) (楊福爵)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

1931.03.261931.07.26
ChinaArchbishop Joseph Zhou Ji-shi (周濟世), C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

1931.03.261931.08.02
ItalyArchbishop Egidio Lari

former Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

1931.06.011931.08.15
ItalyArchbishop Andrea Cesarano

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy)

1931.06.301931.08.15
ItalyBishop Massimiliano Massimiliani

former Bishop of Modigliana (Italy)

1931.06.301931.08.15
ItalyBishop Romolo Genuardi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo (Italy)

1931.07.031931.08.15
AustraliaBishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly

former Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

1931.05.011931.08.30
BrazilBishop Aristides de Araújo Porto

former Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

1931.05.081931.08.30
PolandBishop Franciszek Barda

former Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1931.07.101931.08.30
ItalyArchbishop Agostino Mancinelli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

1931.06.301931.09.06
ChileArchbishop José Horacio Campillo Infante

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

1931.08.111931.09.06
CanadaBishop Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

1931.06.231931.09.13
AustraliaBishop Thomas Martin Fox

former Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

1931.06.091931.09.20
IndiaBishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes

former Bishop of Mangalore (India)

1931.05.161931.09.21
LibyaBishop Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi (Libya)

1931.07.141931.09.21
JapanBishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P.

former Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

1931.06.091931.09.29
IndiaBishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Ajmer (India)

1931.06.081931.10.28
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alfonso Verwimp, S.J.

former Bishop of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1931.07.021931.10.28
FranceBishop Clément Joseph Mathieu

former Bishop of Aire et Dax (France)

1931.09.121931.10.28
SomaliaBishop Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia)

1931.07.141931.11.08
ItalyBishop Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

former Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

1931.09.011931.11.08
ItalyBishop Amedeo Polidori

former Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy)

1931.09.231931.11.15
ItalyBishop Antonio Mantiero

former Bishop of Treviso (Italy)

1931.09.261931.11.15
CzechiaArchbishop Antonin Alois Weber

former Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia)

1931.10.221931.11.22
CzechiaBishop Maurizio Picha

former Bishop of Hradec Králové (Czechia)

1931.10.221931.11.22
LebanonBishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1933.03.131931.11.22
BrazilArchbishop Francisco de Assis Pires

former Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

1931.08.111931.12.06
ItalyBishop Domenico Argnani

former Bishop of Macerata (Italy)

former Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

1931.09.301931.12.06
ItalyBishop Nicolò Frazioli

former Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

1931.09.301931.12.06
ItalyBishop Giovanni Giorgis

former Bishop of Susa (Italy)

1931.09.301931.12.08
FranceArchbishop Pierre-Marie Durieux

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chambéry (France)

1931.10.051931.12.08
BrazilBishop Antônio Reis

former Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil)

1931.07.311931.12.13

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