Pio Cardinal Taofinu’u, S.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio

Motto: Tuu Tuu i le Loloto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1923		Born
8 Dec 1954	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Sep 1962	38.7	Professed	Priest of Society of Mary
11 Jan 1968	44.0	Appointed	Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
29 May 1968	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Mar 1973	49.2	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	49.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
10 Sep 1982	58.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Sep 1982	58.7	Appointed	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Sep 1982	58.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
7 Aug 1985	61.6	Resigned	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Jun 1986	62.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Nov 2002	78.9	Retired	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Jan 2006	82.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
Pio Taofinu’u
Pio Cardinal Taofinu’u S.M.
(born 8 Dec 1923, died 19 Jan 2006)
Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia

Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Falealupo, Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa
Ordained Priest Apia, Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa
Ordained Bishop Apia, Diocese of Apia, American Samoa
Death Place Apia, Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
Buried Place (Original) Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Mulivai village, Apia, Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 37.6 years
a cardinal for 32.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean Baptiste Dieter, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Ierafi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †
Archbishop of Suva, Fiji
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †
Bishop of Tonga
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby †
Bishop of Christchurch

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † (1956)
Archbishop of Suva, Fiji
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga † (1977)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. † (1982)
Bishop John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. † (1986)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea † (1972)
Bishop Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. † (1979)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Falealupo, Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa
Ordained Priest	Apia, Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa
Ordained Bishop	Apia, Diocese of Apia, American Samoa
Death Place	Apia, Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
Buried Place (Original)	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Mulivai village, Apia, Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia

External Link(s):

VIAF: 6998982
WikiData: Q1532824

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 194
b: CB, 4 Aug 2022
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Mar 1973

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