Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1936

Newly Elected Bishops (96)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
IndiaArchbishop John Peter Leonard, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

1936.01.021936.03.15
HaitiBishop Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M.

former Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1936.01.141936.03.25
HaitiBishop Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert

former Bishop of Les Gonaïves (Haiti)

1936.01.141936.03.29
Congo-KinshasaBishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa)

1936.01.231937.07.26
AlbaniaBlessed Archbishop Nikollë Vinçens Prenushi, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Durrës (Albania)

former Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

1936.01.271936.03.19
AlbaniaArchbishop Gaspare Thaci

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodrë (Albania)

1936.01.271936.03.19
South AfricaBishop Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal (South Africa)

1936.01.271936.03.22
Sri LankaBishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv.

former Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

1936.01.271936.03.29
ChinaBishop Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli (佳格理), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Qichun 蘄春 (China)

1936.01.271936.05.10
Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1936.01.271936.06.04
CanadaBishop Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse (Canada)

1936.01.271936.06.07
USABishop William Lawrence Adrian

former Bishop of Nashville (USA)

1936.02.061936.04.16
IndiaBishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D.

former Bishop of Trivandrum (India)

1936.02.101936.05.17
ItalyBishop Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P.

former Bishop of Cariati (Italy)

1936.02.191936.04.19
MonacoArchbishop Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière

former Bishop of Monaco (Monaco)

1936.03.021936.03.31
TurkiyeArchbishop Paul Kiredjian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1936.03.021937.02.28
GermanyBishop Heinrich Roleff

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1936.03.071936.04.26
TurkiyeArchbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M.

former Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia

former Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

1936.03.071936.05.24
LibyaBishop Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)

1936.03.091936.04.26
KenyaBishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

1936.03.091936.06.28
VietnamBishop Juan Casado Obispo, O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

1936.03.091936.08.02
GermanyBishop Johann Baptist Höcht

former Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

1936.03.141936.05.03
FranceArchbishop Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M.

former Titular Archbishop of Rhusium

1936.03.181936.05.12
CanadaBishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M.

former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1936.03.181936.05.21
BrazilBishop Alain Marie Hubert Antoine Jean Roland du Noday, O.P.

former Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

1936.03.211936.05.01
ItalyBishop Pio Guizzardi

former Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy)

1936.04.111936.05.05
PortugalBishop Giuseppe Augusto da Rocha Noronha

former Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1936.04.171936.06.19
USABishop Francis Joseph Monaghan

former Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

1936.04.171936.06.29
RomaniaBishop Adolfo Vorbuchner

former Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

1936.04.181936.06.07
PolandBishop Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M.

former Bishop of Sandomierz (Poland)

1936.04.261936.06.07
SpainBishop Bartolomé Pascual Marroig

former Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

1936.05.081938.10.02
MozambiqueCardinal Teódosio Clemente de Gouveia

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique)

1936.05.181936.07.05
SpainBishop Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin

former Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

1936.05.181937.02.14
ItalyCardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

1936.05.191936.06.29
MoroccoBishop Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat (Morocco)

1936.05.251936.08.24
PeruBishop Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

1936.05.301936.08.16
PeruBishop Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru)

1936.06.031936.08.16
SpainArchbishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus

former Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain)

1936.06.081936.10.11
ItalyBishop Michele Fontevecchia

former Bishop of Sora (Italy)

former Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy)

former Bishop of Aquino (Italy)

1936.06.151936.08.15
ItalyBishop Raffaele De Giuli

former Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

1936.06.171936.08.30
ItalyBishop Biagio Budelacci

former Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati (Italy)

1936.06.181936.07.12
USABishop Mariano Simon Garriga

former Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA)

1936.06.201936.09.21
SpainBishop Manuel Moll y Salord

former Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

1936.06.251937.05.30
ArgentinaBishop Antonio Rocca

former Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1936.06.271936.08.30
BrazilBishop Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop-Prelate of Vacaria (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

1936.06.271936.10.04
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Beretti

former Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia

1936.07.041936.07.19
ChinaBishop Zenón Arámburu Urquiola (蒲廬), S.J.

former Bishop of Wuhu 蕪湖 (China)

1936.07.071936.10.11
ChinaBishop Joseph Zhang Run-bo (張潤波)

former Bishop of Xuanhua 宣化 (China)

1936.07.071936.10.28
ChinaBishop Fabian Yu Yu-wen (Yu Teh-Guen) (余郁文)

former Vicar Apostolic of Jiading 嘉定 (China)

1936.07.071936.11.15
VietnamBishop Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

1936.07.071936.12.08
ItalyBishop Angelo Calabretta

former Bishop of Noto (Italy)

1936.07.161936.08.24
ChinaCardinal Paul Yü Pin (于斌)

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanjing 南京 (China)

1936.07.171936.09.20
CanadaArchbishop Martin Michael Johnson

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

1936.07.181936.09.29
EritreaArchbishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea)

1936.07.211936.08.23
LebanonArchbishop Basile Ephrem Hykary (Syriac Rite)

former Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon)

1936.07.221936.10.04
ItalyArchbishop Maurilio Silvani

former Titular Archbishop of Naupactus

former Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

1936.07.241936.09.13
TurkiyeArchbishop Pietro Kedigian

former Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia

1936.07.241936.11.15
UruguayBishop Alfredo Viola

former Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

1936.07.251936.08.23
GermanyArchbishop Johann Baptist Dietz

former Bishop of Fulda (Germany)

1936.07.251936.09.27
ParaguayArchbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)

1936.07.251936.11.08
ItalyBishop Antonio Teutonico

former Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

1936.07.281936.10.11
IrelandBishop Thomas Keogh

former Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland)

1936.08.081936.10.18
AustriaBishop Franz Tschann

former Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck–Feldkirch (Austria)

1936.08.081936.10.18
USABishop Richard Thomas Guilfoyle

former Bishop of Altoona (USA)

1936.08.081936.11.30
PolandBishop Antoni Jacek Zimniak

former Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa (Poland)

1936.08.141936.10.18
EnglandBishop Henry John Poskitt

former Bishop of Leeds (England)

1936.08.191936.09.21
FranceBishop Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet

former Bishop of Nantes (France)

1936.08.201936.10.13
FranceBishop Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcadé

former Bishop of Laval (France)

1936.08.201936.10.29
RomaniaBlessed Bishop Ioan Bălan (Romanian Rite)

former Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

1936.08.291936.10.18
GermanyBishop Simon Konrad Landersdorfer, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Passau (Germany)

1936.09.111936.10.28
EcuadorArchbishop Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

1936.09.181937.01.24
ItalyArchbishop Ambrogio Squintani

former Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

1936.09.211936.11.01
UruguayCardinal Antonio María Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay)

1936.10.061936.11.08
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Ficarra

former Bishop of Patti (Italy)

1936.10.121936.11.22
ItalyBishop Lorenzo Basoli

former Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy)

1936.10.281936.12.27
ItalyArchbishop Alessandro Evreinoff

former Titular Archbishop of Parium

1936.10.311936.12.06
USABishop Charles Francis Buddy

former Bishop of San Diego (USA)

1936.10.311936.12.21
ItalyBishop Guido Maria Mazzocco

former Bishop of Adria (Italy)

1936.11.121936.12.21
ItalyArchbishop Federico Lunardi

former Titular Archbishop of Side

former Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

1936.11.161936.12.12
ItalyBishop Domenico Ettorre

former Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

1936.11.191937.01.14
TanzaniaBishop John van Sambeek, M. Afr.

former Bishop of Kigoma (Tanzania)

1936.11.191937.03.07
ChinaBishop Theodore Schu (舒德祿), S.V.D.

former Bishop of Yanzhou 兗州 (China)

1936.11.191937.04.04
EstoniaArchbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J.

former Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (Estonia)

1936.11.271936.12.27
SerbiaArchbishop Josip Ujčić

former Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia)

former Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Banat (Serbia)

1936.11.281937.03.07
SwitzerlandBishop Franz von Streng

former Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

1936.11.301937.01.24
ItalyBishop Carlo Rossi

former Bishop of Biella (Italy)

1936.12.071937.01.31
CanadaBishop John Christopher Cody

former Bishop of London (Canada)

1936.12.091937.02.25
Congo-KinshasaBishop Enrico van Schingen, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa)

1936.12.171937.05.02
ItalyArchbishop Francesco Pascucci

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

1936.12.201937.01.10
ItalyCardinal Luigi Traglia

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

former Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

1936.12.211937.01.06
MadagascarArchbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

1936.12.231937.04.04
BurundiArchbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)

1936.12.231937.04.05
ChinaBishop Cipriano Cassini (趙信義), S.J.

former Bishop of Bengbu 蚌埠 (China)

1936.12.231937.04.11
EnglandBishop Joseph McCormack

former Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

1936.12.301937.02.04
ItalyBishop Nicola Canino

former Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (Italy)

1936.12.301937.03.07
ItalyBishop Bartolomeo Mangino

former Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1936.12.301937.04.18

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