Archbishop Giovanni Festa †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1864		Born	Avellino, Italy
9 Jun 1902	38.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Squillace, Italy
9 Jun 1902	38.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capitolias
11 Jun 1902	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capitolias
2 Feb 1918	54.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tharona
20 Jan 1923	59.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
18 Apr 1930³	66.3	Died	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a bishop for 27.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Francesco di Paola Cardinal Cassetta †
  Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Ernesto Fontana †
  Bishop of Crema
- Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.J. †
  Titular Archbishop of Amida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco di Paola Cardinal Cassetta † (1884)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,415
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 179
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1902, Number 32