Archbishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1901		Born
11 Apr 1925	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca
14 Sep 1950	48.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
14 Sep 1950	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bova, Italy
29 Oct 1950	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
2 Dec 1950	49.0	Installed	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
8 Dec 1950	49.0	Installed	Bishop of Bova, Italy
8 Sep 1960	58.8	Resigned	Bishop of Bova, Italy
1965²	63.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
1967²	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bova, Italy
Jan 1972³	70.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
18 Aug 1973	71.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bova, Italy
4 Jun 1977	75.5	Retired	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
4 Jun 1977	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Bova, Italy
18 Apr 1992	90.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Vittorio Ferro
(VIAF: 88599044; WikiData: Q3767228)
Archbishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro C.R.S. (born 13 Nov 1901, died 18 Apr 1992) Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Costigliole d'Asti, Diocese of Asti
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Death Place Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 41.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Siri †
Archbishop of Genova
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Umberto Rossi †
Bishop of Asti
Bishop Francesco Marchesani †
Bishop of Chiavari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Siri † (1944)
Archbishop of Genova
Pietro Cardinal Boetto, S.J. † (1938)
Archbishop of Genova
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Santo Bergamo † (1970)
Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino † (1974)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Costigliole d'Asti, Diocese of Asti
Ordained Bishop	San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Death Place	Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 115
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 91
ab/r211/b249: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 645
i: CB, 6 May 2018
mn/aadm: CB, 31 Aug 2021

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