 As Apostolic Delegate, his jurisdiction also included Malta, Gibraltar, and Bermuda.Drained by his dual duties as papal diplomat and diocesan bishop, he resigned as Bishop of Savannah on November 12, 1959; he was named Titular Archbishop of "Pessinus" by Pope John XXIII on the same date.In 1960 he became the first papal representative to visit the Houses of Parliament in more than 400 years.