The Catholic University of Santiago de Chile conferred upon him the Doctorate "Honoris Causa" and made him a Fellow of its Literary and Philosophical Academy.
On 27 October 1953, Pope Pius XII appointed him titular archbishop of Perge and Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic.
[2] During his term, he facilitated in the erection of 6 dioceses (Borongan, Laoag, Imus, Malolos, Tarlac, and Cabanatuan), the ecclesiastical province of Lingayen-Dagupan, 3 territorial prelatures (Marbel, Tagum, and San Jose de Antique), and the appointment of 11 bishops and one apostolic administrator.
He died in Rome of a heart attack on 8 October 1963 at the age of 59 while waiting with a group of diplomats for a meeting with Pope Paul VI.
Present were Cardinal Joseph Pizardo, Cardinal Rufino Santos, and Cardinal Efrem Forni; the prelates from the Secretariat of State led by Antonio Samorè, Angelo Dell'Acqua and Ernesto Camagni; the prelates from the "Ante-Camera Pontificia" presided over by Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano; all the apostolic nuncios, internuncios and delegates in service headed by Antonio Riberi and Lino Zanini; the Ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See, Benigno Toda y Toledo, as well as Ambassador of the Republic of Santo Domingo, with the personnel of their embassies.