Bishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone

Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1830		Born	Palazzolo Acreide
Dec 1852³	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
Dec 1853³	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Dec 1874	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
14 Mar 1875	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
17 Apr 1875	44.7	Installed	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
22 Sep 1879	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
Mar 1887³	56.6	Resigned	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
14 Mar 1887	56.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis
4 Dec 1901	71.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 26.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Giuseppe Cardinal Guarino †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni † (1875)
Giuseppe Cardinal Guarino † (1872)
Michelangelo (Pierre) Cardinal Celesia, O.S.B. † (1860)
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea † (1841)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Gaetano Blandini †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 171, and Page 251
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 272