Archbishop Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cagliari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 May 1841		Born	Molini di Triora
29 Nov 1858	17.6	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
13 Dec 1863	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
29 Nov 1895	54.6	Appointed	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
1 Dec 1895	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
17 Dec 1900	59.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
1 May 1912	71.0	Died	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 16.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Luca Canepa † (1903)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Disma Marchese † (1901)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 114, and Page 171

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