Bishop Basilio Leto †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Biella

Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1819		Born	Massarano
21 May 1842	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Jul 1873	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Biella, Italy
10 Aug 1873	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Biella, Italy
19 Dec 1885	66.2	Resigned	Bishop of Biella, Italy
15 Jan 1886	66.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina
15 Feb 1896	76.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Celestino Matteo Fissore †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Basilio Leto † (1873)
Archbishop Celestino Matteo Fissore † (1871)
Archbishop Lorenzo Gastaldi † (1867)
Archbishop Alessandro Riccardi di Netro † (1842)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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:
Archbishop Davide Riccardi † (1878)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Santiago (Giacomo) Costamagna, S.D.B. † (1895)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 162, and Page 496

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