Because of his health, he asked for an auxiliary bishop.
In 1953, he was made auxiliary bishop of the region.
He served as an auxiliary bishop until his death twenty years later, at age 80.
He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his retirement on May 29, 1984.
He served as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia from 1981 to 1997.
He served as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia from 1970 to 1994.
He is assisted in this role by the auxiliary bishops.
Earlier, he was an auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese for two years.
Last week, he turned over all his routine duties to an auxiliary bishop.
In 1991 he was chosen to become an auxiliary bishop of Vienna.
From 1924 he was assisted by Frederick M. Molyneux as assistant bishop.
In 1915 was elected assistant bishop of Eirinoupolis.
On retirement he became an assistant bishop in the Diocese of York.
An additional position as assistant bishop in Uppsala diocese was created in 1990.
He then served as assistant bishop for the Diocese of Newark from 1989 to 1991.
He was elected assistant bishop of New York, with the right of succession, in 1811.
In retirement he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield.
In 1886 he had declined an election as assistant bishop of Pennsylvania.
From 2002 to 2008, Scriven served the Diocese of Pittsburgh as assistant bishop.
He was also assistant bishop of Utrecht.