Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1736		Born	Fagnano, Italy
25 Feb 1782	45.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
16 Mar 1782	45.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
31 Mar 1782	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
8 Apr 1782	45.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
1801	64.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
23 Feb 1801	64.6	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Jul 1801	65.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
24 Jan 1830	93.5	Died	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Consistory - February 1801: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1823: Participated
Conclave - 1829: Participated

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 47.8 years
a cardinal for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Innocenzo Cardinal Conti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Orazio Mattei †
Archbishop Girolamo Volpi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao † (1782)
Innocenzo Cardinal Conti † (1769)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (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 †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Feb 1801

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