Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) 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
25 Sep 1735	17.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
4 Jun 1741	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
11 Jun 1741	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul
17 Feb 1777	58.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
2 Mar 1777	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
23 Jun 1777	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
15 Dec 1777	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Mar 1778	59.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Feb 1779³	60.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
20 Sep 1784	66.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
27 Feb 1795	76.6	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

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil
(VIAF: 51732391; WikiData: Q115820)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil B. (born 23 Jun 1718, died 12 Aug 1802) Prefect of Propagation of the Faith

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

Event Place
Birth Place Samoëns, Diocese of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
Ordained Priest Casale Monferrato, Diocese of Casale Monferrato, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Carlo ai Catinari, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Barnabite House of S. Carlo ai Catinari, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) San Carlo ai Catinari, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 61.1 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
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

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 Borsella, O.E.S.A. † (1781)
Bishop Carlo Maurizio Peiretti † (1783)
Bishop Giuseppe Gioacchino Lovera † (1783)
Bishop Pietro Antonio Craveri, O.F.M. Obs. † (1783)
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Archbishop Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (1784)
Bishop Angelo Antonio Anselmi † (1787)
Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Pistone † (1788)
Bishop Pietro Arborio di Gattinara † (1788)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Archbishop Giovanni Devoti † (1789)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Pio Vitale † (1791)
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)
Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Cardinal Ferrero della Marmora † (1796)
Bishop Carlo Benigni † (1796)
Bishop Pio Bonifacio Fassati, O.P. † (1796)
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Pietro Grimaldi † (1797)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. † (1797)
Bishop Carlo Pellegrini † (1798)
Bishop Alfonso Maria Freda † (1798)
Bishop Francesco Luigi Piervisani † (1800)
Bishop Angelo Pietro (Andelo Petar) Galli † (1801)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Samoëns, Diocese of Genève {Geneva}, Switzerland
Ordained Priest	Casale Monferrato, Diocese of Casale Monferrato, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Carlo ai Catinari, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Barnabite House of S. Carlo ai Catinari, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	San Carlo ai Catinari, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Jun 1777
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1777, Number 6
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 139
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 285, Ascendance

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