Newly Elected Bishops

in a.d. 1914

Newly Elected Bishops (73)ElectedAscendingConsecrated
UkraineBishop Dmytro Yaremko (Ukrainian Rite)

former Titular Bishop of Ostroh

19141914.09.10
FranceBishop Jean-Marie Bourchany

former Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (France)

1914.01.131914.03.19
BoliviaArchbishop Victor Arrién

former Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia)

1914.01.131914.09.21
CanadaBishop Louis James O’Leary

former Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada)

1914.01.291914.06.11
ArgentinaBishop José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez

former Bishop of Salta (Argentina)

1914.02.181915.02.24
LithuaniaArchbishop Pranciškus Karevičius, M.I.C.

former Bishop of Žemaitija (Lithuania)

1914.02.271914.05.17
FranceBishop Charles-Marie-André Ginisty

former Bishop of Verdun (France)

1914.03.111914.05.17
BrazilArchbishop Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil)

1914.03.121914.09.20
ItalyBishop Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M.

former Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

1914.03.131914.05.03
Papua New GuineaBishop Franz Wolf, S.V.D.

former Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

1914.03.161914.06.28
BelgiumBishop Eugenio van Rechem

former Auxiliary Bishop of Gent (Belgium)

1914.03.261914.05.17
ItalyBishop Pasquale Righetti

former Bishop of Savona (Italy)

former Bishop of Noli (Italy)

1914.03.271914.05.10
NetherlandsBishop Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen

former Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands)

1914.03.281914.05.13
SpainCardinal Enrique Reig y Casanova

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

1914.03.281914.11.08
BrazilArchbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

1914.04.021914.05.31
BrazilArchbishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque

former Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

1914.04.021914.06.11
BrazilArchbishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

1914.04.021915.01.01
USAArchbishop Michael Joseph Curley

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore–Washington (USA)

1914.04.031914.06.30
GuatemalaArchbishop Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

1914.04.081914.05.10
TurkiyeArchbishop Andrea Cassulo

former Bishop of Matelica (Italy)

former Bishop of Fabriano (Italy)

1914.04.151914.05.24
ItalyBishop Fortunato de Santa

former Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

1914.04.151914.05.31
ItalyCardinal Bonaventura Cerretti

former Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

former Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

1914.04.151914.07.19
GermanyBishop Theodor Kappenberg

former Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

1914.04.271914.05.24
GermanyBishop Peter Joseph Lausberg

former Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany)

1914.05.011914.06.29
AustraliaArchbishop Robert William Spence, O.P.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

1914.05.021914.08.16
AustraliaBishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A.

former Bishop of Cairns (Australia)

1914.05.031914.08.09
ItalyBishop Pasquale Ragosta

former Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1914.05.251914.05.31
IrelandBishop Daniel Cohalan

former Bishop of Cork (Ireland)

1914.05.251914.06.07
ScotlandBishop James William McCarthy

former Bishop of Galloway (Scotland)

1914.05.251914.06.09
ItalyCardinal Luigi Lavitrano

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious

1914.05.251914.06.21
ItalyArchbishop Antonio Lega

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

former Bishop of Cervia (Italy)

1914.05.251914.06.21
ItalyArchbishop Natale Gabriele Moriondo, O.P.

former Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1914.05.251914.06.29
BrazilBishop Antônio Malan, S.D.B.

former Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil)

1914.05.251914.07.26
ArgentinaBishop Inocencio Dávila y Matos

former Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina)

1914.05.251914.10.28
ArgentinaBishop José Anselmo Luque

former Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina)

1914.05.251914.10.28
CubaArchbishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D.

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

1914.05.251914.11.08
ColombiaBishop Antonio Vincenzo Arenas

former Bishop of Socorro (Colombia)

1914.05.281914.08.02
FranceBishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Le Fer de la Motte

former Bishop of Nantes (France)

1914.05.281914.11.05
SpainPatriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay

former Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

1914.05.281914.11.08
SpainArchbishop José Miralles y Sbert

former Archbishop-Bishop of Mallorca (Spain)

1914.05.281914.11.15
USACardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

former Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

former Military Vicar of United States of America (USA)

1914.07.031914.10.28
SpainBishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz

former Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

1914.07.111914.11.22
GermanyArchbishop Hermann Wilhelm Berning

former Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

former Archbishop ad personam

1914.07.141914.09.29
South AfricaBishop Charles Cox, O.M.I.

former Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal (South Africa)

1914.07.151914.10.28
IndiaBishop Alexander Chulaparambil (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

1914.07.161914.11.01
FranceBishop Ernest Neveux

former Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

1914.07.161915.06.29
ChinaBishop Adolphe Rayssac (實茂芳), M.E.P.

former Vicar Apostolic of Shantou 汕頭 (China)

1914.07.171915.05.01
MadagascarBishop Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp.

former Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

1914.07.171915.11.21
GuamBishop Joachin Felipe Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap.

former Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam)

1914.07.201914.11.30
ChinaBishop Vincent-François-Joseph Sage (善味增爵), M.E.P.

former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Manchuria 南滿 (China)

1914.07.201915.03.07
USABishop Thomas Joseph Shahan

former Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA)

1914.07.241914.11.15
ItalyArchbishop Francesco d’Errico

former Bishop of Alghero (Italy)

1914.08.051914.10.25
BrazilBishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello

former Bishop of Caetité (Brazil)

1914.08.181915.02.21
BrazilArchbishop João Irineu Joffily

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

1914.08.181915.06.13
ItalyBishop Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap.

former Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

1914.08.251914.09.13
ScotlandBishop John Toner

former Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

1914.09.081914.10.15
NetherlandsBishop Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans

former Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

1914.09.081914.11.01
ChileBishop Eduardo Solar Vicuña

former Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile)

1914.09.081914.12.09
IraqArchbishop Jean Nissan (Chaldean Rite)

former Archbishop-Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

1914.09.151915.12.06
CanadaBishop Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux

former Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke (Canada)

1914.09.301914.12.29
PortugalBishop Antonio Emanuele Pereira Ribeiro

former Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)

1914.10.021915.02.07
PortugalBishop Manuel Damasceno da Costa

former Bishop of Angra (Portugal)

1914.10.021915.04.11
PortugalBishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso

former Bishop of Guarda (Portugal)

1914.10.031915.03.21
SwitzerlandBishop Joseph-Tobie Mariétan, C.R.A.

former Abbot Ordinary of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland)

former Abbot Ordinary of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

1914.10.151914.12.06
PortugalBishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva

former Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal)

1914.10.311915.03.21
BrazilArchbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil)

1914.11.161915.05.02
ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Maria Zonghi

former President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

1914.12.051914.12.27
CroatiaBishop Dionýz Njarady (Croatian Rite)

former Bishop of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia)

1914.12.051915.01.09
ArgentinaBishop Carlos Echenique Altamira

former Auxiliary Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

1914.12.101915.07.04
ItalyBishop Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv.

former Bishop of Irsina (Italy)

former Bishop of Gravina (Italy)

1914.12.141915.02.02
ItalyBishop Pietro Calchi Novati

former Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

1914.12.211915.02.07
ItalyBishop Simone Pietro Grassi

former Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

1914.12.221915.04.25
AustriaArchbishop Adam Hefter

former Bishop of Gurk (Austria)

1914.12.261915.02.07

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