sentences:  He was named a Monsignor in 1931 and was a member of the Board of Delegates for Religious Communities of Women.On December 18, 1931, Bona was appointed the second Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, by Pope Pius XI.He received his episcopal consecration on February 25, 1932, from Cardinal George Mundelein, with Bishops Paul Peter Rhode and Francis Martin Kelly serving as co-consecrators, at Holy Name Cathedral.