Pope Leo XII

Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †

Deceased

Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1760		Born
1783²	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
14 Jun 1783	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Feb 1794	33.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
24 Feb 1794	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
23 Apr 1794	33.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
1800²	39.4	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
8 Mar 1816	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Senigallia, Italy
8 Mar 1816	55.5	Elevated to Cardinal
29 Apr 1816	55.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
10 Sep 1816	56.1	Resigned	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
9 May 1820	59.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity
10 Feb 1821	60.5	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
28 Sep 1823	63.1	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
5 Oct 1823	63.1	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Feb 1829	68.5	Died	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga
(born 2 Aug 1760, died 10 Feb 1829)
Pope of Roma {Rome}

Consistory - March 1816: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1823: Participated; Elected Pope
Consistory - May 1824: Pope
Consistory - September 1824: Pope
Consistory - December 1824: Pope
Consistory - 1825: Pope
Consistory - March 1826: Pope
Consistory - October 1826: Pope
Consistory - 1827: Pope
Consistory - 1828: Pope
Conclave - 1829: Previous Pope

Event Place
Birth Place della Genga, Castle, Diocese of Fabriano
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Frascati, Suburbicarian See of Frascati
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Current) Before Altar of St. Leo the Great, Grotto, St. Peter's, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 34.9 years
a cardinal for 7.5 years (Elected Pope)
a pope for 5.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Felice Zondadari †
Titular Archbishop of Adana
Archbishop Ottavio Boni †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Giuseppe Cardinal della Porta Rodiani † (1822)
Mister Abraham Chasciùr † (1824)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Gaspare Bernardo Cardinal Pianetti † (1826)

Event	Place
Birth Place	della Genga, Castle, Diocese of Fabriano
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Frascati, Suburbicarian See of Frascati
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Current)	Before Altar of St. Leo the Great, Grotto, St. Peter's, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/21242
VIAF: 88846822
WikiData: Q43727

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 342
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 8 Mar 1816
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1794, Number 1
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 245
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 245, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 560, Ascendance

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