Complex sentence: He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Tuam and Titular Bishop of Coela on 16 December 1937, and was ordained bishop on 2 January 1938.
Split into simpler sentences: He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Tuam and Titular Bishop of Coela on 16 December 1937. The following month, he was ordained bishop on 2 January 1938.