Bishop Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M.

Bishop of Rrëshen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1939		Born	Bitonto, Italy
18 Mar 1967	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
5 Feb 2000	60.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rrëshen, Albania
23 Nov 2005	66.5	Appointed	Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania
28 Dec 2005	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rrëshen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Bulaitis †
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. (2005)
Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita (1993)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Nov 2005
ob: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Number 15,023

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