Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1911

Newly Elected Bishops (109)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
TurkiyeSaint Archbishop Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

19111911.10.22
AustriaArchbishop Ignaz Rieder

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria)

1911.01.021911.03.19
GermanyCardinal Michael von Faulhaber

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia

former Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1911.01.071911.02.19
USAArchbishop Joseph Schrembs

former Bishop of Cleveland (USA)

former Archbishop ad personam

1911.01.081911.02.22
EnglandArchbishop Joseph Butt

former Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1911.01.141911.02.24
Cote d’IvoireBishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire)

1911.01.171912.06.06
ItalyArchbishop Cleto Cassani

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy)

1911.01.191911.04.17
CroatiaArchbishop Antun Bauer

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

1911.01.201911.01.29
ArgentinaBishop Luis María Niella

former Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

1911.02.031911.06.04
GermanyBishop Johann Baptist Hierl

former Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany)

1911.02.041911.04.18
AustriaBishop Andrea Karlin

former Bishop of Lavant (Austria)

1911.02.061911.03.19
BrazilArchbishop Miguel de Lima Valverde

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

1911.02.061911.10.29
EritreaBishop Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea)

1911.02.071911.02.26
FranceArchbishop Marie-Augustin-Olivier de Durfort de Civbac de Lorge

former Bishop of Poitiers (France)

1911.02.091911.05.03
MexicoBishop Miguel María de la Mora y Mora

former Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

1911.02.091911.05.07
VietnamBishop François Belleville, M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking (Vietnam)

1911.02.091911.06.04
LebanonArchbishop Abdallah Khoury (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Arca in Armenia of the Maronites

1911.02.101911.02.12
LebanonArchbishop Joseph Sakr (Maronite Rite)

former Titular Archbishop of Hemesa of the Maronites

1911.02.101911.02.12
ItalyArchbishop Eugenio Giambro

former Bishop of Nicastro (Italy)

1911.02.101911.06.25
ItalyBishop Ferdinando Rodolfi

former Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

1911.02.141911.05.07
MadagascarBishop Charles-François Lasne, C.M.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar)

1911.02.151911.07.09
AlgeriaBishop Pierre-Firmin Capmartin

former Bishop of Oran (Algeria)

1911.02.191911.04.18
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Scotti

former Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

1911.02.211911.06.11
TunisiaArchbishop Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

1911.02.241911.04.23
ChinaBishop Louis-Elisée Fatiguet (樊體愛), C.M.

former Vicar Apostolic of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

1911.02.241911.06.11
MalawiBishop Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr.

former Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa (Malawi)

1911.02.241911.06.18
GermanyBishop Peter Göbl

former Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

1911.02.281911.04.02
IndiaBishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P.

former Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

1911.03.061911.07.25
GermanyBishop Johann Baptist von Neudecker

former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

1911.03.081911.03.26
BrazilCardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1911.03.241911.06.04
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Rovetta

former Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

1911.03.291911.04.23
MaltaBishop Angelo Portelli, O.P.

former Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1911.03.311911.05.14
ItalyCardinal Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

1911.04.051911.04.16
South KoreaBishop Florian-Jean-Baptiste Demange (안세화 플로리아노), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Taiku 대구 (South Korea)

1911.04.081911.06.11
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Gamberoni

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Vercelli (Italy)

1911.04.101911.05.25
ItalyArchbishop Emilio Ferrais

former Archbishop of Catania (Italy)

1911.04.111911.05.21
ItalyBishop Giosuè Cattarossi

former Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

1911.04.111911.05.28
BrazilArchbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

1911.04.111911.10.29
ChinaBishop Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio (易興化), O.F.M.

former Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China)

1911.04.121911.09.10
EnglandBishop John Joseph Keily

former Bishop of Plymouth (England)

1911.04.211911.06.13
HungaryArchbishop Gyula Glattfelder

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

1911.04.221911.05.14
HungaryArchbishop Árpád Lipót Várady

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

1911.04.221911.06.18
TurkiyeBishop Giacomo Topuzian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Mush of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.04.271911.10.22
ChinaBishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X.

former Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

1911.05.021912.04.12
ChileCardinal José María Caro Rodríguez

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)

1911.05.061912.04.28
FranceBishop Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Honoré Penon

former Bishop of Moulins (France)

1911.05.081911.06.27
USABishop John Henry Tihen

former Bishop of Denver (USA)

1911.05.121911.07.06
CanadaBishop Michael Fintan Power

former Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada)

1911.05.121911.07.25
BrazilBishop Francisco de Campos Barreto

former Bishop of Campinas (Brazil)

1911.05.121911.08.27
BrazilCardinal Augusto Álvaro da Silva

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1911.05.121911.10.22
BrazilBishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva

former Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

1911.05.121911.11.19
BrazilBishop Hermeto José Pinheiro

former Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil)

1911.05.121912.03.17
BrazilBishop Modesto Augusto Vieira

former Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

former Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil)

1911.05.121912.07.25
IrelandBishop Patrick Morrisroe

former Bishop of Achonry (Ireland)

1911.05.131911.09.03
USABishop Joseph Patrick Lynch

former Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA)

1911.06.081911.07.12
PhilippinesArchbishop Michael James O’Doherty

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

1911.06.191911.09.03
VietnamBishop Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam)

1911.06.271911.11.12
GreeceBishop Isaias Papadopulos (Greek Rite)

former Honorary Assessor of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches

1911.06.281912.01.21
USABishop John Edward Gunn, S.M.

former Bishop of Natchez (USA)

1911.06.291911.08.29
SpainBishop Ramiro Fernández y Balbuena

former Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

1911.07.071911.11.12
CroatiaBishop Antun Gjivojc

former Bishop of Split (Croatia)

former Bishop of Makarska (Croatia)

1911.07.111911.10.08
CanadaArchbishop Michael Joseph Spratt

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

1911.07.171911.11.30
CanadaArchbishop Olivier-Elzéar Mathieu

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)

1911.07.211911.11.05
GermanyCardinal Felix von Hartmann

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

1911.07.271911.10.26
ItalyBishop Giorgio de Lucchi

former Titular Bishop of Hemesa

1911.07.281911.10.22
FranceBishop Jacques-Louis Monestès

former Bishop of Dijon (France)

1911.08.111911.10.01
ColombiaArchbishop Heladio Posidio Perlaza Ramírez

former Bishop of Cali (Colombia)

1911.08.111912.08.24
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Castelli

former Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1911.08.231911.10.28
VietnamBishop Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin (Vietnam)

1911.08.241912.01.25
GuamBishop Francisco Xavier Ricardo Vilá y Mateu, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam)

1911.08.251911.10.01
TurkiyeArchbishop Giovanni Naslian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Trapezus of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.08.271911.10.22
TurkiyeArchbishop Giuseppe Rokossian (Armenian Rite)

former Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.08.271911.10.22
TurkiyeBishop Antonio Bahabanian (Armenian Rite)

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

1911.08.271911.10.22
TurkiyeBishop Gregorio Bahabaninian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Ancyra of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.08.271911.10.22
EgyptBishop Giovanni Couzian, I.C.P.B. (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (Egypt)

1911.08.271911.10.22
TurkiyeBishop Pasquale Keklikian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Adana of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.08.271911.10.22
IndiaArchbishop Augustine Kandathil (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1911.08.291911.12.03
IndiaBishop Thomas Kurialachery (Syro-Malabar Rite)

former Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

1911.08.301911.12.03
FranceCardinal Louis-Joseph Maurin

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Lyon (France)

1911.09.011911.10.24
FranceArchbishop Louis Humbrecht

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1911.09.011911.10.28
SurinameBishop Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R.

former Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname)

1911.09.051911.11.15
ItalyBishop Giovanni Garigliano

former Bishop of Biella (Italy)

1911.09.091911.09.24
USABishop John Marie Laval

former Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA)

1911.09.111911.11.29
ItalyBishop Luigi Paulini

former Bishop of Concordia (Italy)

1911.09.111911.12.08
ChinaBishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E.

former Vicar Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China)

1911.09.181911.11.30
AlbaniaBishop Luigi Bumci

former Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

1911.09.181911.12.10
ChinaBishop Juvencio Joan Hospital de la Puebla, O.E.S.A.

former Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (China)

1911.09.181912.02.04
AlbaniaBishop Giorgio Koletsi

former Bishop of Sapë (Albania)

1911.09.211911.12.10
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Dallepiane

former Bishop of Iglesias (Italy)

1911.09.221911.11.30
TurkiyeBishop Giuseppe Melchisedechian (Armenian Rite)

former Bishop of Garin of the Armenians (Turkiye)

1911.10.011911.10.22
ColombiaArchbishop Maximiliano Crespo Rivera

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia)

1911.10.101911.02.24
ChileBishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla

former Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile)

1911.10.181912.03.17
BoliviaBishop Emanuele Giuseppe Pena

former Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia)

1911.10.241912.07.21
GermanyArchbishop Dionysius Schüler, O.F.M.

former Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)

1911.10.271911.11.05
PolandCardinal Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

1911.11.271911.12.17
FranceArchbishop Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel, O.F.M. Cap.

former Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

1911.11.271911.12.17
ItalyBishop Giovanni Pulvirenti

former Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

1911.11.271911.12.17
FranceArchbishop Pierre-Célestin Cézerac

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Albi (France)

1911.11.271912.01.04
IrelandBishop Jacob Naughton

former Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

1911.11.271912.01.07
ItalyArchbishop Pompeo Ghezzi

former Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy)

1911.11.271912.01.14
ItalyBishop Luigi Ferri

former Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy)

former Bishop of Montalto (Italy)

1911.11.271912.01.14
ItalyBishop Giuseppe Scarlata

former Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

1911.11.271912.01.30
CroatiaBishop Luca Pappafava

former Bishop of Hvar–Brač–Vis (Croatia)

1911.11.271912.02.11
AustriaArchbishop Joseph Pfluger

former Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria)

1911.11.301911.12.17
SwitzerlandBishop André-Maurice Bovet

former Bishop of Lausanne et Genève (Switzerland)

1911.11.301912.02.13
HungaryArchbishop János Mikes

former Bishop of Szombathely (Hungary)

1911.12.111912.01.07
ChinaBishop Francisco Aguirre Murga (宋金鈴), O.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Fuzhou 福州 (China)

1911.12.131912.06.16
ArgentinaArchbishop José Américo Orzali

former Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

1911.12.301912.03.10
EcuadorCardinal Carlos María Javier de la Torre

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

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)

1911.12.301912.05.26

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