Bishops Consecrated

in a.d. 1938

Bishops (105)ElectedConsecratedAscending
IrelandArchbishop Joseph Walsh

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland)

1937.12.161938.01.02
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Perniciaro (Italo-Albanese Rite)

former Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanese (Italy)

1937.10.261938.01.16
Central African RepublicBishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic)

1937.12.021938.01.18
USABishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki

former Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

1937.12.131938.01.25
ItalyArchbishop Adelchi Albanesi

former Bishop of Viterbo (Italy)

former Abbot nullius of San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy)

former Bishop of Tuscania (Italy)

former Archbishop ad personam

1937.12.131938.01.30
ItalyArchbishop Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy)

1937.12.131938.02.02
EcuadorBishop Giuseppe Felix Heredia Zurita, S.J.

former Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

1937.12.161938.02.06
JapanCardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄)

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

1937.12.021938.02.13
ItalyCardinal Efrem Forni

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

1937.11.261938.02.20
TurkiyeArchbishop Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1937.12.031938.02.20
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Ruotolo

former Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

1937.12.131938.02.20
GermanyBishop Franz Justus Rarkowski

former Military Vicar of Germany (Germany)

1938.01.071938.02.20
ChinaBishop John Baptist Wang Zeng-yi (王增義), C.M.

former Bishop of Anguo 安國 (China)

1937.07.011938.02.24
CambodiaBishop Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

1937.12.021938.02.24
CanadaArchbishop Philippe-Servulo Desranleau

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1937.12.131938.02.24
FranceBishop Étienne Bornet

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1937.12.161938.02.24
USABishop Francis Ridgley Cotton

former Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

1937.12.161938.02.24
CroatiaBishop Pavao Butorac

former Bishop of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

1938.01.051938.03.06
BoliviaBishop Riccardo Chavez Alcazar

former Bishop of Oruro (Bolivia)

1938.01.271938.03.06
IndiaBishop Leone Proserpio, S.J.

former Bishop of Calicut (India)

1937.12.021938.03.13
Congo-KinshasaBishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1937.12.021938.03.19
PhilippinesBishop Michele Acebedo y Flores

former Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines)

1937.12.161938.03.25
USABishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace

former Bishop of Camden (USA)

1937.12.161938.03.25
PhilippinesBishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia

former Bishop of Tagbilaran (Philippines)

1937.12.161938.03.25
ChinaBishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (趙振聲), S.J.

former Bishop of Xianxian 獻縣 (China)

1937.12.021938.03.27
BrazilBishop José Selva, S.D.B.

former Bishop-Prelate of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil)

1937.12.271938.04.24
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
Costa RicaBishop Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Limón (Costa Rica)

1938.02.101938.04.25
Costa RicaArchbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

1938.03.121938.04.25
USABishop William Aloysius Griffin

former Bishop of Trenton (USA)

1938.02.261938.05.01
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Pronti

former Bishop of Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

1938.03.171938.05.01
UgandaBishop John Reesinck, M.H.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1938.03.291938.05.01
ItalyBishop Alfonso Ferrandina

former Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy)

1938.04.131938.05.01
VietnamArchbishop Pierre-Martin Ngô Ðình Thục

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

1938.01.081938.05.04
FranceBishop Louis Liagre

former Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

1938.03.071938.05.04
EcuadorBishop Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus

former Bishop of Loja (Ecuador)

1937.12.161938.05.08
SpainArchbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1938.02.121938.05.15
SlovakiaBishop Michal Buzalka

former Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

1938.03.171938.05.15
USABishop William Francis Murphy

former Bishop of Saginaw (USA)

1938.02.261938.05.17
PhilippinesArchbishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines)

1938.03.171938.05.24
ChinaBishop Pietro Massa (梅先春), P.I.M.E.

former Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China)

1938.03.291938.05.26
CanadaBishop Reginald Duprat, O.P.

former Bishop of Prince Albert (Canada)

1938.03.171938.05.31
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
SwitzerlandBishop Ilarino Felder, O.F.M. Cap.

former Titular Bishop of Geras

1938.04.121938.06.13
CanadaBishop Ubald Langlois, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Grouard (Canada)

1938.03.301938.06.20
KiribatiBishop Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)

1937.12.021938.06.25
LatviaBishop Antonijs Urbšs

former Bishop of Liepāja (Latvia)

1938.04.291938.06.29
HungaryBishop Tihamér Tóth

former Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary)

1938.05.301938.06.29
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
CubaBishop Alberto Martín y Villaverde

former Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)

1938.05.141938.07.03
EnglandArchbishop John Henry King

former Bishop of Portsmouth (England)

former Archbishop ad personam

1938.05.281938.07.15
ChileBishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M.

former Bishop of San Felipe (Chile)

1938.03.191938.07.17
CanadaBishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M.

former Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1938.03.301938.07.17
BrazilBishop José André Coimbra

former Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

1938.02.261938.07.24
IndiaBishop James Mendonça

former Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India)

1938.03.071938.07.25
CanadaBishop Albini Lafortune

former Bishop of Nicolet (Canada)

1938.05.171938.07.25
Congo-KinshasaBishop Alphonse Marie van den Bosch, C.SS.R.

former Bishop of Matadi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1938.06.141938.08.01
ChileBishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz

former Bishop of Talca (Chile)

1938.05.071938.08.07
EcuadorBishop Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

1938.05.231938.08.08
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
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
ChinaBishop Louis-Prosper Durand (杜安坤), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Yantai 煙臺 (China)

1938.06.141938.08.28
PolandBishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek

former Bishop of Kielce (Poland)

1938.05.241938.09.04
ItalyBishop Ireneo Chelucci

former Bishop of Montalcino (Italy)

1938.07.221938.09.18
ItalyArchbishop Aldo Laghi

former Titular Archbishop of Nicæa

former Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

1938.08.281938.09.18
ChileBishop Eduardo Larraín Cordovez

former Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

1938.07.091938.09.21
FranceBishop Firmin Lamy

former Bishop of Langres (France)

1938.07.271938.09.21
ItalyArchbishop Ugo Camozzo

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy)

1938.08.171938.09.21
PolandBishop Tadeusz Pawel Zakrzewski

former Bishop of Płock (Poland)

1938.08.081938.09.22
AlbaniaArchbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris

former Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania (Albania)

1938.08.181938.09.25
SpainBishop Bartolomé Pascual Marroig

former Bishop of Menorca (Spain)

1936.05.081938.10.02
ItalyBishop Vincenzo Lojali

former Bishop of Amelia (Italy)

1938.08.171938.10.02
PolandBlessed Bishop Władysław Goral

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (Poland)

1938.08.101938.10.09
FranceCardinal Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bourges (France)

1938.07.271938.10.11
ChinaBishop Charles Weber (萬賓來), S.V.D.

former Bishop of Yizhou 沂州 (China)

1937.12.021938.10.16
EgyptBishop Giorgio Baraka (Coptic Rite)

former Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

1938.07.081938.10.16
SwitzerlandBishop Josephus Meile

former Bishop of Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)

1938.09.261938.10.16
ChinaArchbishop Louis Morel (穆清海), C.I.C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

1938.03.211938.10.18
AustraliaBishop Hugo Edward Ryan

former Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

1938.07.131938.10.18
USABishop Matthew Francis Brady

former Bishop of Manchester (USA)

1938.07.301938.10.26
AustraliaBishop Joseph Basil Roper

former Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

1938.07.131938.10.28
USABishop Francis Augustine Thill

former Bishop of Salina (USA)

1938.08.241938.10.28
BrazilArchbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

1938.05.261938.10.30
BrazilBishop João Batista Cavati, C.M.

former Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

1938.07.301938.10.30
ItalyBishop Gennaro Fenizia

former Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

former Bishop of Cava (Italy)

1938.08.171938.10.30
ItalyBishop Paolo Babini

former Bishop of Forlì (Italy)

1938.09.121938.11.05
FranceBishop Charles Massé

former Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon (France)

1938.07.271938.11.09
USABishop John Hubert Peschges

former Bishop of Crookston (USA)

1938.08.301938.11.09
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa

former Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

1938.09.141938.11.09
Congo-KinshasaBishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A.

former Bishop of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa)

1938.02.091938.11.21
SyriaArchbishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1938.10.011938.11.27
FranceBishop Léon-Albert Terrier

former Bishop of Bayonne (France)

1938.09.141938.11.30
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
FranceArchbishop Henri Audrain

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

1938.10.221938.12.06
El SalvadorArchbishop Luis Chávez y González

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador)

1938.09.011938.12.12
VenezuelaBishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela)

1938.07.141938.12.18
FranceBishop Louis-Paul Rastouil

former Bishop of Limoges (France)

1938.10.211938.12.21
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
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

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