Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1933

Bishops (88)ElectedConsecratedAscending
USABishop Daniel Francis Desmond

former Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

1932.12.161933.01.05
ItalyArchbishop Pietro Capizzi

former Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy)

1932.09.161933.01.08
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Rolla

former Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

1932.11.251933.01.08
IndonesiaBishop Mattias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Medan (Indonesia)

1932.07.121933.02.05
GhanaBishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A.

former Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

1932.11.291933.02.11
CanadaArchbishop Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Moncton (Canada)

1932.11.251933.02.22
VietnamBishop Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

1932.11.281933.03.19
CzechiaBishop Frantisek Zapletal

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1933.01.201933.03.19
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
TanzaniaBishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp.

former Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

1932.11.291933.03.20
French GuianaBishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

1933.01.101933.03.25
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Martinelli

former Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1933.03.131933.03.25
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 Giuseppe Debernardi

former Bishop of Prato (Italy)

former Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

1933.03.131933.04.17
ItalyBishop Nicola Capasso

former Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1933.01.061933.04.23
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Bova (Italy)

1933.03.161933.04.23
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
Congo-KinshasaBishop Edoardo van Goethem, M.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville (Congo-Kinshasa)

1932.03.151933.04.25
ItalyBishop Luigi Maria Grassi, B.

former Bishop of Alba (Italy)

1933.03.131933.05.01
LebanonArchbishop Antoine Abed (Maronite Rite)

former Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

1933.05.071933.05.07
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
IndiaBishop Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil (Syro-Malankara Rite)

former Bishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India)

1938.08.291933.05.25
PhilippinesArchbishop Luis del Rosario, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines)

1933.03.161933.06.04
ItalyArchbishop Ettore Baranzini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

1933.04.291933.06.05
IndiaArchbishop Joseph Attipetty

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

1932.11.291933.06.11
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
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
PhilippinesArchbishop James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

1933.03.161933.06.18
ItalyArchbishop Domenico Spolverini

former Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia

1933.05.221933.06.18
AustriaBishop Luigi Hudal

former Titular Bishop of Æla

1933.06.011933.06.18
VietnamBishop Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kontum (Vietnam)

1933.01.101933.06.23
LesothoBishop Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland (Lesotho)

1933.04.251933.06.28
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
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
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
FranceBishop François-Louis Auvity

former Bishop of Mende (France)

1933.06.021933.07.06
TanzaniaBishop Guillaume-Joseph Trudel, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tabora (Tanzania)

1933.04.251933.07.16
ItalyArchbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian (Armenian Rite)

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

1933.06.131933.07.16
BrazilBishop Vicente Maria Bartholomeu Priante, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil)

1933.05.131933.07.23
EnglandBishop Laurence William Youens

former Bishop of Northampton (England)

1933.06.161933.07.25
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Giordani

former Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

1933.06.251933.07.30
ChinaArchbishop Jean Larrart (藍士謙), M.E.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guiyang 貴陽 (China)

1933.01.111933.08.13
BelarusBishop Karol Niemira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk (Belarus)

1933.05.261933.08.15
FranceBishop Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau

former Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper (France)

1933.06.231933.08.24
MexicoBishop Marciano Tinajero y Estrada

former Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

1933.07.021933.08.24
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
PhilippinesBishop Casimiro Lladoc

former Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

1933.06.231933.09.16
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
USABishop Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M.

former Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1933.07.011933.09.19
USABishop Ralph Leo Hayes

former Bishop of Davenport (USA)

1933.06.231933.09.21
USABishop Charles Hubert Le Blond

former Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA)

1933.07.211933.09.21
CanadaArchbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S.

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

1933.07.251933.09.21
ItalyBishop Faustino Baldini

former Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy)

1933.08.091933.09.21
ChinaBishop Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi (石道琪), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Changsha 長沙 (China)

1933.03.091933.10.01
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
AustriaArchbishop Andreas Rohracher

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1933.07.211933.10.15
AustraliaArchbishop Redmond Prendiville

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

1933.07.111933.10.22
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
ColombiaArchbishop Juan Manoel González Arbeláez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

1933.07.031933.10.29
LebanonPatriarch Iknadios (Ignatius) Bédros XVI Batanian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1933.08.051933.10.29
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
MexicoBishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro

former Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico)

1933.09.121933.10.29
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
ItalyBishop Emilio Giorgi

former Bishop of Montepulciano (Italy)

1933.09.181933.10.29
PolandArchbishop Eugeniusz Baziak

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

1933.09.151933.11.05
KenyaBishop Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

1932.05.271933.11.07
IndonesiaBishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)

1933.04.251933.11.12
SeychellesBishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

1933.05.311933.11.30
USABishop Christian Herman Winkelmann

former Bishop of Wichita (USA)

1933.09.131933.11.30
LebanonArchbishop Agapios Salomon Naoum, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1933.11.031933.12.03
Papua New GuineaBishop Joseph Lörks, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

1931.08.221933.12.17
BahamasBishop John Bernard Kevenhoerster, O.S.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bahama Islands (Bahamas)

1933.10.271933.12.21

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