sentences:  He was created Privy chamberlain of His Holiness on 15 November 1917.He was appointed Bishop of Acireale by Pope Pius XI on 22 July 1922.He was consecrated on 3 September 1922, by Cardinal Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Church, assisted by Domenico Pasi, Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, and by Placido Ferniani, Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto.