He was Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines from 1922 to 1948 and then played a similar role in Mexico until his death in 1956.

[2] This was quickly revised because of intense conflict between the Church and the Mexican government,[3] and on 17 March 1922 he was named titular archbishop of Dramas and Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines.

[5] His service in the Philippines was interrupted in 1936 when he visited Mexico as an Apostolic Visitor to develop an independent assessment of the ongoing conflict between the government and the Church.

[6] He arrived in June shortly after the death of Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Archbishop of Mexico, on 19 May 1936[3] and it fell to him to recommend a successor.

[7][a] He continued from Mexico to Rome on other business,[8] and there he provided intelligence that led Pope Pius XI to address an encyclical to the bishops of Mexico that directed them to adopt a less confrontational posture.