Gustavo Cardinal Testa †

Deceased

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati

Motto: Et Patria Et Cor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1886		Born
28 Oct 1910	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bergamo, Italy
4 Jun 1934	47.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
4 Jun 1934	47.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
1 Nov 1934	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
11 Feb 1948	61.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Palestine, TransJordan, and Cyprus
6 Mar 1953	66.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
14 Dec 1959	73.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio
14 Dec 1959	73.3	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Dec 1959	73.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
4 Oct 1961	75.1	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Aug 1962	76.0	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
15 Aug 1967	81.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
13 Jan 1968	81.4	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
28 Feb 1969	82.5	Died	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

MicroData Summary
Gustavo Testa
Gustavo Cardinal Testa
(born 28 Jul 1886, died 28 Feb 1969)
Prefect Emeritus of Oriental Churches

Consistory - 1959: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Boltiere, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Priest S. Grata, Monastery, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Death Place Apartment, Palazzo San Carlo, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Monastery, Santa Grata, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy

a priest for 58.3 years
a bishop for 34.3 years
a cardinal for 9.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi †
Bishop of Bergamo
Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Titular Archbishop of Areopolis
Bishop Adriano Bernareggi †
Titular Bishop of Nyssa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giuseppe Mazzoli † (1935)
Bishop Vincent Gelat † (1948)
Bishop Joseph Hasler † (1957)
Bishop Johannes Anton Vonderach † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Benigno Carrara † (1948)
Archbishop Giacomo Testa † (1953)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Boltiere, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Priest	S. Grata, Monastery, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Death Place	Apartment, Palazzo San Carlo, Vatican City, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Monastery, Santa Grata, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1211930
WikiData: Q683296

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1934, Number 75
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 249
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 698, Ascendance
bpd: AM, 18 Jan 2025

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