Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1901

Newly Elected Bishops (86)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
CroatiaArchbishop Mattia Dvornik

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

19011901.09.29
ChileBishop Rafael Fernández Concha

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile)

1901.01.141901.06.02
AustriaBishop Godfried Marschall

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

1901.01.151901.05.12
USACardinal William Henry O’Connell

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)

1901.02.081901.05.19
ItalyArchbishop Gennaro Costagliola, C.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

1901.02.111901.04.21
ScotlandBishop Angus MacFarlane

former Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

1901.02.211901.05.01
ChinaBishop Marie-Félix Choulet (蘇裴理斯), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China)

1901.02.211901.11.24
BrazilArchbishop Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil)

1901.02.231901.05.05
SenegalBishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal)

former Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1901.02.271901.05.26
PeruBishop Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC.

former Bishop of Huaraz (Peru)

1901.02.271901.08.15
BulgariaBishop Jacques Roissant

former Auxiliary Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1901.03.181901.09.15
BrazilBishop Antônio Xisto Albano

former Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

1901.03.231901.06.16
IsraelBishop Grégoire Haggiar, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

former Bishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

1901.03.241901.03.24
IrelandArchbishop Thomas Fennelly

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

1901.03.311901.06.09
ChinaBishop Alfonso Bermyn (閔玉清), C.I.C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Mongolia 西南蒙古 (China)

1901.04.031902.01.26
SpainArchbishop José Cadena y Eleta

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

1901.04.081901.07.07
GermanyBishop Antonius von Henle

former Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

1901.04.131901.06.16
BelgiumArchbishop Denis Steyaert, O.C.D.

former Titular Archbishop of Damascus

1901.04.151901.04.21
ItalyBishop Francesco Certo

former Titular Bishop of Sinope

former Apostolic Administrator of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy)

1901.04.151901.04.21
ItalyBishop Mario Palladino

former Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1901.04.151901.04.21
ItalyArchbishop Angelo Struffolini

former Bishop of Cerignola (Italy)

former Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Italy)

1901.04.151901.04.28
AustriaArchbishop Balthasar Kaltner

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1901.04.151901.05.12
PolandArchbishop Leo Walega

former Bishop of Tarnów (Poland)

1901.04.151901.05.12
PolandBishop Karol Józef Fischer

former Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland)

1901.04.151901.05.19
ItalyBishop Disma Marchese

former Bishop of Acqui (Italy)

1901.04.151901.06.23
BelarusArchbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev (Belarus)

1901.04.151901.06.30
PanamaBishop Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J.

former Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

1901.04.151901.07.14
ItalyBishop Francesco Ciceri

former Bishop of Pavia (Italy)

1901.04.151901.08.25
GreeceArchbishop Domenico Darmanin

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfù (Greece)

1901.04.161901.09.08
FranceBishop Guillaume-Lucien-Léon Lacroix

former Bishop of Tarentaise (France)

1901.04.181901.06.24
FranceArchbishop Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Auch (France)

1901.04.181901.06.29
FranceBishop Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet

former Bishop of Chartres (France)

1901.04.181901.06.29
FranceCardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

1901.04.181901.07.02
FranceBishop Emile-Paul-Angel-Constant Le Camus

former Bishop of La Rochelle (France)

1901.04.181901.07.02
FranceCardinal Pierre-Paulin Andrieu

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France)

1901.04.181901.07.25
FranceArchbishop François-Marie-Joseph Delamaire

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France)

1901.04.181901.07.25
GuadeloupeBishop Emmanuel-François Canappe

former Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

1901.04.181901.07.25
ChinaBishop Jean-Marie Mérel (梅致遠), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Guangzhou 廣州 (China)

1901.04.201901.10.06
ColombiaBishop Gregorio Nazianzeno Hoyos

former Bishop of Manizales (Colombia)

1901.05.111902.06.29
USABishop John Joseph O’Connor

former Bishop of Newark (USA)

1901.05.241901.07.25
GhanaBishop Maximilien Albert, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

1901.05.251901.07.21
BeninBishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)

1901.05.251901.07.25
USABishop Eugene Augustine Garvey

former Bishop of Altoona (USA)

1901.05.311901.09.08
USABishop Peter James Muldoon

former Bishop of Rockford (USA)

1901.06.101901.07.25
ItalyArchbishop Alfonso Archi

former Archbishop-Bishop of Cesena (Italy)

1901.06.191901.07.19
ItalyArchbishop Raffaele Virili

former Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais

1901.06.251901.06.29
Northern IrelandBishop Henry O’Neill

former Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland)

1901.07.071901.07.07
CzechiaBishop Venceslao Frind

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1901.07.151901.09.08
AustraliaArchbishop Michael Kelly

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

1901.07.161901.08.15
ItalyArchbishop Alessandro Bavona

former Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus

former Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary

1901.07.17?
ChinaBishop Alberto Odorico Timmer (翟宇仁), O.F.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu 潞安府 (China)

1901.07.201901.10.28
ChinaBishop Henri Maquet (馬澤軒), S.J.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southeastern Chi-Li 直隸東南 (China)

1901.07.201901.12.08
CanadaArchbishop Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie (Canada)

1901.07.221902.04.06
MaliBishop Hippolyte Louis Bazin

former Vicar Apostolic of French Sudan (Mali)

1901.07.271901.09.08
CzechiaBishop Frantisek Borgia Krásl

former Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia)

1901.07.271901.09.08
GibraltarBishop Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B.

former Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

1901.07.291901.11.10
ItalyArchbishop Luigi Canali, O.F.M. Obs.

former Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor

1901.08.031901.08.18
SyriaArchbishop Grégoire Pierre Habra (Syriac Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria)

1901.08.161902.01.26
PortugalBishop António Moutinho

former Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal)

1901.08.181902.01.06
BrazilBishop Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M.

former Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

1901.08.211901.10.13
USABishop Thomas James Conaty

former Bishop of Monterey–Los Angeles (USA)

1901.08.211901.11.24
LebanonPatriarch Boghos (Paul) Bédros XII Sabbaghian (Armenian Rite)

former Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

1901.08.281901.11.21
TurkiyeBishop Mathieu Sislian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1901.08.281901.11.21
PolandBishop Eduard Herrmann

former Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia (Poland)

1901.08.301901.11.24
AustraliaBishop John Mary Dunne

former Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

1901.09.081901.09.08
TurkiyeBishop Clément Ghazarossian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1901.09.091901.11.21
TurkiyeBishop Jean Muradian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Marasc of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1901.09.091901.11.21
FranceArchbishop Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B.

former Bishop of Metz (France)

1901.09.211901.10.28
FranceBishop Franz Zorn von Bulach

former Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France)

1901.10.241901.11.03
BoliviaBishop Nicolás Armentia Ugarte, O.F.M.

former Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

1901.11.121902.02.24
BrazilArchbishop Joaquim Silvério de Sousa

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

1901.11.161902.02.02
SyriaArchbishop Flavien Kfoury (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1901.11.211901.11.21
LebanonBishop Clemente Malouf, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)

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

1901.11.241901.11.24
IndiaArchbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India)

1901.12.021902.02.02
ItalyArchbishop Arturo Marchi

former Archbishop of Lucca (Italy)

1901.12.161901.12.22
ItalyBishop Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P.

former Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy)

1901.12.161901.12.22
ItalyBishop Gennaro Trama

former Bishop of Lecce (Italy)

1901.12.161901.12.22
BelgiumBishop Martin-Hubert Rutten

former Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

1901.12.161902.01.06
HungaryArchbishop Gyula Városy

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

1901.12.161902.01.19
SlovakiaArchbishop Wolfgang Radnai

former Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)

1901.12.161902.01.25
ItalyBishop Michele Angelo Baldetti

former Bishop of Cortona (Italy)

1901.12.161902.01.29
SpainCardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)

1901.12.161902.02.02
UkraineArchbishop Giuseppe Teodorowicz (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine)

1901.12.161902.02.02
RomaniaBishop Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék

former Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania)

1901.12.161902.02.02
ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Gamba

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

1901.12.161902.02.23
SpainArchbishop José María Salvador y Barrera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain)

1901.12.161902.04.20

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