 On May 3, 1908, Becker was appointed the first Bishop of Santa Caterina, Brazil, by Pope Pius X.He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 18 from Archbishop Cláudio Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, CM, with Bishops João Braga and João Pimenta serving as co-consecrators.Becker was later named Archbishop of Porto Alegre on August 1, 1912, being installed as such on December 8 of that same year.