Archbishop Roberto Menini, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv

Titular Archbishop of Gangra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Oct 1837		Born	Spalato
5 Jul 1863	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
30 Jan 1880	42.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
30 Jan 1880	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis
2 Feb 1880	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis
5 May 1885³	47.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
19 May 1885	47.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gangra
12 Oct 1916	79.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 36.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni †
  Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Jacques Roissant † (1901)

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 283, and Page 381