Bishop Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Cefalù

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1781		Born	Milazzo
1802¹	20.9	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
17 Feb 1805	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
18 Feb 1839	58.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
Apr 1839³	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
20 May 1844	63.3	Selected	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
17 Jun 1844	63.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
13 Oct 1854	73.7	Died	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 49.7 years a bishop for 15.5 years	Principal Consecrator: Francesco di Paola Cardinal Villadecani †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. † (1839) Francesco di Paola Cardinal Villadecani † (1820) Bishop Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. † (1808) Archbishop Gaetano Sarrasi †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 146, and Page 241

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