Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1933

Newly Elected Bishops (105)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
ItalyBishop Nicola Capasso

former Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1933.01.061933.04.23
French GuianaBishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

1933.01.101933.03.25
ChinaBishop Joseph Fan Heng-an (Fan Heng-nfan) (樊恆安)

former Bishop of Jining 集寧 (China)

1933.01.101933.06.11
VietnamBishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng

former Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

1933.01.101933.06.11
VietnamBishop Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam)

1933.01.101933.06.23
ChinaArchbishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

1933.01.111933.08.13
CzechiaBishop Frantisek Zapletal

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1933.01.201933.03.19
ItalyBishop Agostino Rousset

former Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy)

1933.01.301933.03.26
USACardinal Joseph Elmer Ritter

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

1933.02.031933.03.28
ItalyBishop Domenico Della Vedova

former Bishop of Tivoli (Italy)

1933.02.041933.03.19
CzechiaBishop Antonio Eltschkner

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1933.02.101933.03.19
PolandArchbishop Józef Gawlina

former Military Vicar of Poland (Poland)

1933.02.151933.03.19
ChinaBishop Matthew Li Rong-zhao (Ly Iun-ho) (李容兆)

former Vicar Apostolic of Yazhou 雅州 (China)

1933.03.031933.06.11
ChinaBishop Joseph Cui Shou-xun (Tsui Shou-hsün) (崔守恂)

former Bishop of Yongnian 永年 (China)

1933.03.061933.06.11
ChinaBishop Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi (石道琪), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China)

1933.03.091933.10.01
LebanonBishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1933.03.131931.11.22
SyriaArchbishop Dionisio Habib Naassani (Syriac Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria)

1933.03.131932.05.15
JordanArchbishop Paul Salman (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

1933.03.131932.06.05
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Martinelli

former Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1933.03.131933.03.25
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Debernardi

former Bishop of Prato (Italy)

former Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

1933.03.131933.04.17
ItalyBishop Luigi Maria Grassi, B.

former Bishop of Alba (Italy)

1933.03.131933.05.01
ItalyArchbishop Filippo Bernardini

former Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith

1933.03.131933.05.21
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Tesauri

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy)

1933.03.131933.05.25
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Bova (Italy)

1933.03.161933.04.23
PhilippinesArchbishop Luis del Rosario, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

1933.03.161933.06.04
PhilippinesArchbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

1933.03.161933.06.18
ItalyCardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

former Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church

1933.03.171933.04.23
ItalyBishop Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy)

1933.03.201933.04.23
USABishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M.

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

1933.04.201933.06.29
IrelandArchbishop Jeremiah Kinane

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

1933.04.211933.06.29
USABishop John Aloysius Duffy

former Bishop of Buffalo (USA)

1933.04.211933.06.29
LesothoBishop Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho)

1933.04.251933.06.28
TanzaniaBishop Guillaume-Joseph Trudel, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

1933.04.251933.07.16
ChinaBishop Edgar Anton Häring (俞廣仁), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Shuoxian 朔縣 (China)

1933.04.251933.08.27
United Arab EmiratesBishop Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates)

1933.04.251933.09.08
GhanaArchbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

1933.04.251933.09.10
IndonesiaBishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

1933.04.251933.11.12
CanadaBishop Martin Giuseppe Onorio Lajeunesse, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin (Canada)

1933.04.261933.06.29
USABishop Philip George Scher

former Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA)

1933.04.281933.06.29
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Baranzini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

1933.04.291933.06.05
ChinaArchbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Yunnanfu 雲南府 (China)

1933.05.031933.09.17
LebanonArchbishop Antoine Abed (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1933.05.071933.05.07
BrazilBishop Vicente Maria Bartholomeu Priante, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

1933.05.131933.07.23
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Spolverini

former Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia

1933.05.221933.06.18
SomaliaBishop Francesco Venanzio Filippini, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia)

1933.05.231933.06.29
ItalyBishop Giovanni Capobianco

former Bishop of Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

former Bishop of Urbania (Italy)

1933.05.261933.07.02
BelarusBishop Karol Niemira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

1933.05.261933.08.15
SeychellesBishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

1933.05.311933.11.30
AustriaBishop Luigi Hudal

former Titular Bishop of Æla

1933.06.011933.06.18
FranceBishop François-Louis Auvity

former Bishop of Mende (France)

1933.06.021933.07.06
ItalyArchbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian (Armenian Rite)

former Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1933.06.131933.07.16
EnglandBishop Laurence William Youens

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1933.06.161933.07.25
FranceBishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau

former Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper (France)

1933.06.231933.08.24
PhilippinesBishop Casimiro Lladoc

former Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

1933.06.231933.09.16
USABishop Ralph Leo Hayes

former Bishop of Davenport (USA)

1933.06.231933.09.21
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Giordani

former Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

1933.06.251933.07.30
USABishop Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M.

former Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1933.07.011933.09.19
MexicoBishop Marciano Tinajero y Estrada

former Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

1933.07.021933.08.24
RussiaBishop Varfolomey Remov (Russian Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Sergievo

(1933.07.03)1921.08.10
ColombiaArchbishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

1933.07.031933.10.29
AustraliaArchbishop Redmond Prendiville

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

1933.07.111933.10.22
USABishop Charles Hubert Le Blond

former Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

1933.07.211933.09.21
AustriaArchbishop Andreas Rohracher

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1933.07.211933.10.15
CanadaArchbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S.

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

1933.07.251933.09.21
LebanonPatriarch Iknadios (Ignatius) Bédros XVI Batanian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1933.08.051933.10.29
ItalyBishop Faustino Baldini

former Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy)

1933.08.091933.09.21
SyriaArchbishop Gregorio Hindié (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria)

1933.08.101933.10.29
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Santin

former Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1933.08.101933.10.29
USAArchbishop James Hugh Ryan

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

1933.08.151933.10.25
GermanyBlessed Cardinal Clemens August von Galen

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme

former Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1933.09.051933.10.28
MexicoBishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro

former Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico)

1933.09.121933.10.29
USABishop Christian Herman Winkelmann

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1933.09.131933.11.30
ItalyCardinal Paolo Marella

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

former President of Reverend Fabric of Saint Peter

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

1933.09.151933.10.29
PolandArchbishop Eugeniusz Baziak

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

1933.09.151933.11.05
ItalyBishop Emilio Giorgi

former Bishop of Montepulciano (Italy)

1933.09.181933.10.29
SyriaArchbishop Iwannis Georges Stété (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1933.10.161933.10.01
LebanonBishop Hanna Hebbé (Syriac Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1933.10.161933.10.01
BahamasBishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands (Bahamas)

1933.10.271933.12.21
LebanonArchbishop Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

1933.11.031933.12.03
ItalyArchbishop Torquato Dini

former Titular Archbishop of Dara

former Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia

1933.11.121934.01.06
ColombiaBishop Luis Calixto Leiva Charry

former Bishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

1933.11.211934.04.08
PolandBishop Wojciech Tomaka

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1933.11.251934.01.21
MalaysiaBishop Adrien Pierre Devals, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia)

1933.11.271934.04.15
ChinaArchbishop Mario Zanin (蔡寧)

former Apostolic Administrator of Harbin 哈爾濱 (China)

1933.11.281934.01.07
IndiaBishop Carlos de Sá Fragoso

former Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

1933.12.041934.01.28
PortugalBishop Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves

former Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal)

1933.12.041934.01.28
ItalyBishop Fulvio Tessaroli

former Bishop of Segni (Italy)

1933.12.041934.02.02
FranceBishop Joseph-Jean Heintz

former Bishop of Metz (France)

1933.12.071934.01.25
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste Mégnin

former Bishop of Angoulême (France)

1933.12.071934.02.06
FranceBishop Henri-Marius Bernard

former Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France)

1933.12.071934.02.22
FranceBishop Edouard-Gabriel Mesguen

former Bishop of Poitiers (France)

1933.12.071934.02.22
FranceBishop Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet

former Bishop of Clermont (France)

1933.12.071934.02.27
South SudanBishop Rodolfo Orler, M.C.C.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan)

1933.12.111934.02.07
TanzaniaBishop Joachim Ammann, O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

1933.12.111934.03.11
TanzaniaBishop Gallus Steiger, O.S.B.

former Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

1933.12.111934.07.01
ChinaBishop Hermann Schoppelrey (史赫曼), S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Xinyangzhou 信陽州 (China)

1933.12.131934.01.06
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

1933.12.161934.02.25
FranceCardinal Paul-Marie Richaud

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

1933.12.191934.01.25
FinlandBishop Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I.

former Bishop of Helsinki (Finland)

1933.12.191934.03.19
ItalyArchbishop Giacinto Tredici

former Bishop of Brescia (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1933.12.211934.01.06
MonacoArchbishop Albert Levame

former Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia

former Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

1933.12.211934.02.04
PeruBishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M.

former Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

1933.12.211934.05.20
PeruBishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Puno (Peru)

1933.12.211934.05.20
ChileArchbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)

1933.12.231934.04.15
SpainBishop José Cartaña Inglés

former Bishop of Gerona (Spain)

1933.12.291934.04.22

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