Bishop Luciano Capelli, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1947		Born
1965	17.2	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Jun 1975	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
5 Jun 2007	59.6	Appointed	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands
21 Oct 2007	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands
16 Jun 2023	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands
16 Jun 2023	75.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gizo, Solomon Islands
27 Aug 2023	75.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gizo, Solomon Islands

MicroData Summary
Luciano Capelli
Bishop Luciano Capelli S.D.B.
(born 19 Oct 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Gizo

Ad Limina - June 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Cologna di Tirano, Italy
Ordained Bishop Melanesian Spearhead Group Hall, Gizo, Diocese of Gizo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Gizo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla
Titular Archbishop of Nebbio
Bishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P.
Bishop Emeritus of Gizo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. (1996)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
John Baptist Cardinal Wu Cheng-chung † (1975)
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1420704

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Number 15,556
r: Bollettino, 16 Jun 2023
aadm: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 115, Page 816

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