Archbishop Riccardo Fontana

Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jan 1947		Born	Forte dei Marmi
2 Jul 1972	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pisa, Italy
16 Dec 1995	48.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
6 Jan 1996	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
16 Jul 2009	62.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
13 Sep 2009	62.6	Installed	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Riccardo Fontana (1996)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gino Reali

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,641

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