Bishop Luigi Sposito †

Deceased

Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Titular Bishop of Capreae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Mar 1921		Born	Sorrento, Italy
10 Jun 1945	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1992	71.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagaria
18 Dec 1992	71.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
6 Jan 1993	71.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagaria
1997	75.8	Retired	Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
28 Feb 1998	77.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capreae
11 Jun 2004	83.3	Died	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 11.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luigi Sposito † (1993)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw 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 †

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