Nicolò Maria Cardinal Lercari †

Deceased

Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1675		Born	Taggia, Italy
7 Dec 1704	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Jun 1724	48.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
18 Jun 1724	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
14 Jun 1726	50.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Secretariat of State
9 Dec 1726	51.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
9 Dec 1726	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1730	54.3	Resigned	Secretary of the Secretariat of State
11 Mar 1743	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
21 Mar 1757	81.4	Died	Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

Consistory - December 1726: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1730: Participated
Conclave - 1740: Participated

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 32.8 years
a cardinal for 30.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Camillo Cardinal Cibo (Cybo) †
Prospero Cardinal Marefoschi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nicolò Maria Cardinal Lercari † (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 Tomaso Marana, O.S.B. †
Bishop Niccolò Maria Lomellino, C.R.S. †
Bishop Agostino Rivarola †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Marco Antonio Cardinal Ansidei †
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Altieri (Jr.) †
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †
Archbishop Jean Claude Sommier †
Bishop Alberto Gualtieri, O.F.M. †
Bishop Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. †
Bishop Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. †
Archbishop Francesco Federico Giordani †
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Gamberucci †
Archbishop Giusto Fontanini †
Archbishop Valerio Bellati †
Giulio Cardinal Alberoni †
Bishop Placido Pezzancheri, O. Cist. †
Archbishop Carlo Francesco Airoldi †
Archbishop Nicola Jorio (Iorio) †
Bishop Nicolas Gervaise †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 9 Dec 1726
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Additions/Corrections (back)

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