Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1718		Born	Samoëns, Switzerland
11 Jun 1741	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
17 Feb 1777	58.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
2 Mar 1777	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
23 Jun 1777	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
15 Dec 1777	59.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
15 Dec 1777	59.5	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Sep 1784	66.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
27 Feb 1795	76.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
12 Aug 1802	84.1	Died	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Consistory - June 1777: Created Cardinal
Consistory - December 1777: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 1799/1800: Participated

a priest for 61.2 years
a bishop for 25.4 years
a cardinal for 25.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Orazio Mattei †
Titular Archbishop of Colossae {Rhodes}
Bishop Francesco Antonio Marcucci †
Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Francesco Maria Ferraris da Genola † (1778)
Bishop Giuseppe Maria Langosco-Stroppiana † (1778)
Bishop Francesco Brunone Fazzi † (1779)
Bishop Charles-Eugène de Valperga de Maglione † (1780)
Bishop Carlo Nicola Maria Fabi, O.S.A. † (1781)
Bishop Carlo Maurizio Peiretti † (1783)
Bishop Giuseppe Gioacchino Lovera † (1783)
Bishop Pietro Craveri, O.F.M. † (1783)
Archbishop Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (1784)
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro † (1784)
Bishop Angelo Antonio Anselmi † (1786)
Bishop Pietro Arborio di Gattinara † (1788)
Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Pistone † (1788)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Archbishop Giovanni Devoti † (1789)
Bishop Francesco Giovanni Scutellari Ajani † (1793)
Filippo Cardinal Casoni † (1794)
Bishop Saverio Granata, C.R. † (1795)
Bishop Giovanni Antonio Pinelli † (1795)
Bishop Iosephus Maria Tobia, O.F.M. Conv. † (1796)
Bishop Carlo Benigni † (1796)
Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Cardinal Ferrero della Marmora † (1796)
Bishop Pio Bonifacio Fassati, O.P. † (1796)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. † (1797)
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † (1797)
Bishop Alfonso Maria Freda † (1798)
Bishop Carlo Pellegrini † (1798)
Bishop Francesco Luigi Piervisani † (1800)
Bishop Angelo Pietro (Andelo Petar) Galli † (1801)

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Jun 1777

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