He became the abbot of the monastery of Praglia near Padua in February 1905, shortly after it was restored to the Benedictines after being suppressed for 38 years.
[citation needed] He received his episcopal consecration on 9 June 1907 from Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti.
[citation needed] On 3 February 1910, Pope Pius appointed him titular archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia and Apostolic Administrator of Perugia.
[4] On 9 October 1922, Pope Pius XI named him titular archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia and Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina.
[6] He returned to Rome after the government of Argentina declared him persona non grata in the course of a protracted dispute over the appointment of a new archbishop of Buenos Aires.