Niccolò Paolo Andrea Cardinal Coscia †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Jan 1681		Born	Pietradefusi
28 Mar 1705	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Jun 1724	43.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
23 Jul 1724	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
11 Jun 1725	44.4	Elevated to Cardinal
23 Jul 1725	44.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Domnica
5 Sep 1725	44.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
21 Feb 1730	49.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
8 Jan 1731	50.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
8 Jan 1755	74.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

Consistory - 1725: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1730: Participated
Conclave - 1740: Participated

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 30.5 years
a cardinal for 29.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Pierre-Guérin Cardinal de Tencin †
Bishop Cesare Francesco Lucini, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Niccolò Paolo Andrea Cardinal Coscia † (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:
Patriarch Antonio Maria Pallavicini †
Bishop Domenico Antonio Manfredi †
Bishop Giovanni Battista Chiappé, O.S.H. †
Bishop Antonio Fonseca †
Archbishop Jean Claude Sommier †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 11 Jun 1725

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