Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1938

Newly Elected Bishops (94)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
CroatiaBishop Pavao Butorac

former Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

1938.01.051938.03.06
GermanyBishop Franz Justus Rarkowski

former Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

1938.01.071938.02.20
VietnamArchbishop Pierre-Martin Ngô Ðình Thục

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

1938.01.081938.05.04
PeruBishop José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos (Peru)

1938.01.081942.07.05
BoliviaBishop Riccardo Chavez Alcazar

former Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

1938.01.271938.03.06
Congo-KinshasaBishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A.

former Bishop of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa)

1938.02.091938.11.21
Costa RicaBishop Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

1938.02.101938.04.25
SpainArchbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1938.02.121938.05.15
USABishop William Aloysius Griffin

former Bishop of Trenton (USA)

1938.02.261938.05.01
USABishop William Francis Murphy

former Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

1938.02.261938.05.17
BrazilBishop José André Coimbra

former Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

1938.02.261938.07.24
FranceBishop Louis Liagre

former Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

1938.03.071938.05.04
IndiaBishop James Mendonça

former Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India)

1938.03.071938.07.25
Costa RicaArchbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

1938.03.121938.04.25
ItalyCardinal Pietro Boetto, S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy)

1938.03.171938.04.24
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Pronti

former Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

1938.03.171938.05.01
SlovakiaBishop Michal Buzalka

former Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

1938.03.171938.05.15
PhilippinesArchbishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

1938.03.171938.05.24
CanadaBishop Reginald Duprat, O.P.

former Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

1938.03.171938.05.31
ChileBishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M.

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

1938.03.191938.07.17
ChinaArchbishop Louis Morel (穆清海), C.I.C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

1938.03.211938.10.18
UgandaBishop John Reesinck, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1938.03.291938.05.01
ChinaBishop Pietro Massa (梅先春), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

1938.03.291938.05.26
AustraliaBishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C.

former Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

1938.03.291938.06.05
GreeceArchbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M.

former Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece)

1938.03.301938.06.05
CanadaBishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

1938.03.301938.06.20
CanadaBishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M.

former Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1938.03.301938.07.17
SwitzerlandBishop Ilarino Felder, O.F.M. Cap.

former Titular Bishop of Geras

1938.04.121938.06.13
ItalyBishop Alfonso Ferrandina

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1938.04.131938.05.01
LatviaBishop Antonijs Urbšs

former Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

1938.04.291938.06.29
ChileBishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz

former Bishop of Talca (Chile)

1938.05.071938.08.07
CubaBishop Alberto Martín y Villaverde

former Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

1938.05.141938.07.03
CanadaBishop Albini Lafortune

former Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

1938.05.171938.07.25
ZambiaBishop Heinrich Horst, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa (Zambia)

1938.05.211938.08.14
PhilippinesArchbishop Pedro Paulo Santos Songco

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres (Philippines)

1938.05.211938.08.15
EcuadorBishop Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

1938.05.231938.08.08
PolandBishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek

former Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1938.05.241938.09.04
EnglandCardinal Bernard William Griffin

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1938.05.261938.06.30
BrazilArchbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

1938.05.261938.10.30
EnglandArchbishop John Henry King

former Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

former Archbishop ad personam

1938.05.281938.07.15
HungaryBishop Tihamér Tóth

former Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1938.05.301938.06.29
Sri LankaArchbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

1938.06.131938.08.24
PolandBishop Carlo Maria Splett

former Bishop of Gdańsk (Poland)

1938.06.131938.08.24
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alphonse Marie van den Bosch, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1938.06.141938.08.01
ChinaBishop Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Yantai 煙臺 (China)

1938.06.141938.08.28
EgyptBishop Giorgio Baraka (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

1938.07.081938.10.16
ChileBishop Eduardo Larraín Cordovez

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1938.07.091938.09.21
AustraliaBishop Hugo Edward Ryan

former Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

1938.07.131938.10.18
AustraliaBishop Joseph Basil Roper

former Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

1938.07.131938.10.28
VenezuelaBishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

1938.07.141938.12.18
ItalyBishop Ireneo Chelucci

former Bishop of Montalcino (Italy)

1938.07.221938.09.18
FranceBishop Firmin Lamy

former Bishop of Langres (France)

1938.07.271938.09.21
FranceCardinal Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1938.07.271938.10.11
FranceBishop Charles Massé

former Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon (France)

1938.07.271938.11.09
USABishop Matthew Francis Brady

former Bishop of Manchester (USA)

1938.07.301938.10.26
BrazilBishop João Batista Cavati, C.M.

former Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

1938.07.301938.10.30
PolandBishop Tadeusz Pawel Zakrzewski

former Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1938.08.081938.09.22
PolandBlessed Bishop Władysław Goral

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1938.08.101938.10.09
ItalyArchbishop Ugo Camozzo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

1938.08.171938.09.21
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Lojali

former Bishop of Amelia (Italy)

1938.08.171938.10.02
ItalyBishop Gennaro Fenizia

former Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

former Bishop of Cava (Italy)

1938.08.171938.10.30
AlbaniaArchbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris

former Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

1938.08.181938.09.25
USABishop Francis Augustine Thill

former Bishop of Salina (USA)

1938.08.241938.10.28
ItalyArchbishop Aldo Laghi

former Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

former Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

1938.08.281938.09.18
IndiaBishop Severios Giuseppe Valakuzhyil (Syro-Malankara Rite)

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

1938.08.291933.05.25
USABishop John Hubert Peschges

former Bishop of Crookston (USA)

1938.08.301938.11.09
El SalvadorArchbishop Luis Chávez y González

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1938.09.011938.12.12
IranArchbishop Abraham Elias, C.M. (Chaldean Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sehna of the Chaldeans (Iran)

1938.09.061939.04.24
ItalyBishop Paolo Babini

former Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

1938.09.121938.11.05
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa

former Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

1938.09.141938.11.09
FranceBishop Léon-Albert Terrier

former Bishop of Bayonne (France)

1938.09.141938.11.30
SwitzerlandBishop Josephus Meile

former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

1938.09.261938.10.16
LebanonBishop Gabriel Naamo (Chaldean Rite)

former Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

1938.09.301939.04.02
SyriaArchbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

1938.10.011938.11.27
BrazilBishop René de Pontes

former Bishop of Valença (Brazil)

1938.10.131938.11.30
AustriaBishop Paulus Rusch

former Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria)

1938.10.151938.11.30
IraqBishop Souleyman Kutchouk Ousta (Chaldean Rite)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1938.10.151939.09.08
FranceBishop Louis-Paul Rastouil

former Bishop of Limoges (France)

1938.10.211938.12.21
FranceArchbishop Henri Audrain

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

1938.10.221938.12.06
French PolynesiaArchbishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia)

1938.11.081939.04.30
ItalyArchbishop Umberto Malchiodi

former Archbishop-Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

1938.11.141938.12.21
ItalyBishop Umberto Ravetta

former Bishop of Senigallia (Italy)

1938.11.141938.12.21
BelizeBishop William Aloysius Rice, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Belize (Belize)

1938.11.191939.04.16
EnglandCardinal William Godfrey

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1938.11.211938.12.21
EnglandArchbishop David Mathew

former Military Vicar of Great Britain (England)

1938.12.031938.12.21
GermanyBishop Friedrich Hünermann

former Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

1938.12.031939.02.05
IndiaBishop Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Vijayawada (India)

1938.12.031939.05.01
IrelandBishop James Staunton

former Bishop of Ferns (Ireland)

1938.12.101939.02.05
DenmarkBishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B.

former Bishop of København (Denmark)

1938.12.131939.01.15
AustraliaBishop Thomas Absolem McCabe

former Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

1938.12.131939.03.12
ChinaBishop Patrick Cleary (利伯高), S.S.C.M.E.

former Bishop of Nancheng 南城 (China)

1938.12.131939.04.16
South KoreaBishop Jean-Germain Mousset (문제만 제르마노), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

1938.12.131939.05.07
USABishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Alaska (USA)

1938.12.141939.02.24
RomaniaVenerable Archbishop Áron Márton

former Bishop of Alba Iulia (Romania)

former Archbishop ad personam

1938.12.241939.02.12

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