Antonio Cardinal Branciforte Colonna †

Deceased

Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1711		Born
1 Jan 1754	42.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
2 Feb 1754	43.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Feb 1754	43.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
17 Feb 1754	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
26 Sep 1766	55.6	Elevated to Cardinal
6 Apr 1767	56.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
25 Feb 1776	65.0	Selected	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
15 Apr 1776	65.2	Confirmed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
31 Jul 1786	75.5	Died	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

MicroData Summary for Antonio Branciforte Colonna
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Antonio Cardinal Branciforte Colonna (born 28 Jan 1711, died 31 Jul 1786) Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti)

Consistory - September 1766: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1769: Participated
Conclave - 1774/1775: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo

a priest for 32.4 years
a bishop for 32.4 years
a cardinal for 19.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joaquín Fernández Cardinal de Portocarrero Mendoza †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. †
Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia
Bishop Giovanni Girolamo Gravina, C.R. †
Bishop of Patti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joaquín Fernández Cardinal de Portocarrero Mendoza † (1735)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Juan Álvaro Cardinal Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (1722)
Archbishop of Monreale
Mihály Frigyes Cardinal Althan † (1718)
Bishop of Vác
Bishop Sigismund von Kollonitsch †
Bishop of Wien

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. † (1767)
Bishop Benoit Judica, O. de M. † (1779)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Lazzaro Opizio Cardinal Pallavicini † (1754)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Sep 1766
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 71, and Page 404
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1754, Number 6

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a priest for 32.4 years a bishop for 32.4 years a cardinal for 19.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Joaquín Fernández Cardinal de Portocarrero Mendoza † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia Bishop Giovanni Girolamo Gravina, C.R. † Bishop of Patti
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Joaquín Fernández Cardinal de Portocarrero Mendoza † (1735) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Juan Álvaro Cardinal Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (1722) Archbishop of Monreale Mihály Frigyes Cardinal Althan † (1718) Bishop of Vác Bishop Sigismund von Kollonitsch † Bishop of Wien	Principal Consecrator of: Archbishop Giovanni Maria Spinelli, C.R. † (1767) Bishop Benoit Judica, O. de M. † (1779) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Lazzaro Opizio Cardinal Pallavicini † (1754)