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Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux

His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 9 November 1969, the principal consecrator was Jean-Marie Villot, Cardinal Secretary of State, and the principal co-consecrators were Alberto Castelli, Titular Archbishop of Rhusium and Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand, Bishop of Lille.

Alberto Bovone

Pope John Paul II named him Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia on April 5, 1984, and Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith three days later, on April 8.

Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

He was appointed Titular archbishop of Thessalonica on 18 December 1711, and shortly after consecrated bishop in Rome by Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci.

Eugene Nugent

On 13 February 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to the Comoros (papal representative to the Catholic communities in both countries but accredited only to the government of Madagascar) and Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill (Dunshaughlin) County Meath, Ireland.

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa

On 22 December 1990, Errázuriz Ossa was appointed Titular Archbishop of Hólar and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Francisco Mora y Borrell

He resigned his office on 1 February 1896 at which time the Holy See named him Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria.

Giovanni Angelo Becciu

On 15 October 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Angola, at the same time as per custom elevating him to the Titular Archbishop of Roselle.

Giovanni Battista Caprara

Appointed titular archbishop of Iconio on 1 December 1766, he was consecrated bishop in the Quirinal Palace on 8 December 1766 by Pope Clement XIII.

Giulio Bevilacqua

On February 15, 1965, Bevilacqua was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia and Titular Archbishop of Gaudiaba by Paul VI, in advance of his elevation to the College of Cardinals.

Karl Joseph Alter

At the same time Alter was appointed Titular Archbishop of Minora, a post from which he stepped down on December 31, 1970.

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

On 9 July 2008, Ladaria Ferrer was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Titular Archbishop of Thibica by Pope Benedict XVI.

Mario Rizzi

Mario Rizzi (March 3, 1926 – April 13, 2012) was the Roman Catholic Italian titular archbishop of Bagnoregio and apostolic nuncio to Bulgaria 1991-1996.

Nikola Eterović

Nikola Eterović (born January 20, 1951 in Pučišća) is a Croatian Titular Archbishop of the Catholic Church, and Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, since 21 September 2013.


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Cardinals created by Gregory XV

Francesco Sacrati, titular archbishop of Damasco – cardinal-priest of S. Matteo in Merulana, † 6 September 1623

Cardinals created by Innocent XI

# Stefano Agostini, datary of His Holiness, titular archbishop of Heraclea – cardinal-priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (received the title on 22 September 1681), † 21 March 1683

Charles Warren Currier

In Rome, on July 6, 1913, he was consecrated by Cardinal Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M., and assisted by Domenico Serafini, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria, and Donato Sbarretti, Titular Archbishop of Efeso, Bishop Emeritus of Havana.

Edmund Stonor

11 February 1889, aged 57, he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Trapezus and ordained later that month.

Henry Hanlon

He was ordained Priest on the 21 September 1889 for the Mill Hill Missionaries and travelled to Northern India, where he served until 1894 when he was recalled to Rome to be appointed the first Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile District of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo, being consecrated 17 July 1894 and taking the title of Titular Archbishop of Teos.

Jan Cieplak

On 29 March 1919 he was named the titular archbishop of Achrida.

Janusz Kaleta

Established in June 2003 Conference of Bishops of Kazakhstan currently has five members, among them an Archbishop - Tomasz Peta, also the chairman of the episcopate, a titular archbishop, former bishop of Karaganda, Jan Paul Lenga, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity in Almaty José Luís Mumbiela Sierra, and Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Karaganda.

Norman Thomas Gilroy

In 1937 he became Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney and Titular Archbishop of Argyranthemum.

Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

The Most Reverend Francis P. Facione is the Titular Archbishop of Devon and the current Presiding Bishop of this Independent Catholic denomination.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

Timothy P. Broglio, Titular Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic (1977–2001) Appointed Archbishop for the Military Services of the United States, 2008.

Theotonius Amal Ganguly

Five years later he was dually appointed Titular Archbishop of Drizipara and the Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka.

William McDermott

The Principal Consecrator was Enrique Pélach y Feliú, Bishop of Abancay and Co-Consecrators were Alcides Mendez Castro, titular Archbishop of Pederoniana and Military Ordinary for Peru, and Florencio Romani, Bishop of Huancavélica.