Bishop Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Dec 1911		Born
22 Sep 1934	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
23 Dec 1950	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Hyderabad, India
8 Apr 1951	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hyderabad, India
8 Jan 1953	41.0	Appointed	Bishop of Warangal, India
30 Nov 1985	73.9	Retired	Bishop of Warangal, India
23 May 1998	86.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Beretta
(WikiData: Q3611133)
Bishop Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (born 26 Dec 1911, died 23 May 1998) Bishop Emeritus of Warangal

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Brugherio, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Brugherio, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Death Place Warangal, Diocese of Warangal

a priest for 63.6 years
a bishop for 47.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi, P.I.M.E. †
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
Bishop Domenico Bernareggi †
Titular Bishop of Famagusta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Fernández † (1967)
Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma † (1967)
Bishop Balashoury Thanugundla † (1974)
Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. † (1977)
Archbishop Thumma Bala † (1987)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brugherio, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Brugherio, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Death Place	Warangal, Diocese of Warangal

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 26
bpd: AM, 1 Sep 2023

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