The Cardinal received his episcopal consecration on the following April 19 from Pope John, with Cardinals Giuseppe Pizzardo and Benedetto Aloisi Masella serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.
In this position, he would serve as the second-highest official of that dicastery, under Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo.
From left to right: German prelate and politician Ludwig Kaas, German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli, Alfredo Ottaviani, and Reich minister Rudolf Buttmann.
Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Sinopoli | Giuseppe De Santis | Giuseppe Capogrossi | Giuseppe Terragni | Giuseppe Mazzini | Giuseppe Ungaretti | Giuseppe Lignano | Giuseppe Tucci | Giuseppe Radaelli | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Giuseppe Morello | Giuseppe Marchese | Giuseppe Guarneri | Giuseppe Di Cristina | San Giuseppe Jato | Rima San Giuseppe | Giuseppe Valdengo | Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | Giuseppe Soleri | Giuseppe Sergi | Giuseppe Quaglio | Giuseppe Piazzi | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Giuseppe Parini | Giuseppe Mosca | Giuseppe Greco | Giuseppe Giusti | Giuseppe Farina |