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Sisto Cardinal Riario Sforza †

Deceased

Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina

Events

a priest for 44.1 years a bishop for 32.3 years a cardinal for 31.7 years

Principal Consecrator: Mario Cardinal Mattei † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Mario Cardinal Mattei † (1844) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Vincenzo Cardinal Macchi † (1818) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Lorenzo Cardinal Litta † (1793) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Luigi Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga † (1764) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) 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

Ordained Priest: Alfonso Cardinal Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O. † (1847) Bishop Carlo Caputo † (1867) Gennaro Cardinal Portanova † (1869) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Luigi Vetta † (1849) Bishop Gennaro di Giacomo † (1849) Bishop Francesco Petagna † (1850) Bishop Raffaele Carbonelli † (1850) Archbishop Tommaso Michele Salzano, O.P. † (1854) Bishop Gennaro de Vivo † (1874) Archbishop Salvatore Maria Nisio, Sch. P. † (1875)