Bishop Ernesto Togni †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1926		Born
7 May 1950	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
8 Mar 1971	44.4	Incardinated	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland
15 Jul 1978	51.7	Appointed	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
17 Sep 1978	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
21 Jun 1985	58.7	Resigned	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
11 Nov 2022	96.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland

MicroData Summary for Ernesto Togni
(VIAF: 314889540; WikiData: Q124814)
Bishop Ernesto Togni (born 6 Oct 1926, died 11 Nov 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Lugano

Event Place
Birth Place Brione Verzasca, Diocese of Basel e Lugano
Ordained Priest Brione Verzasca, Diocese of Basel e Lugano
Ordained Bishop S. Laurent, Cathedral, Lugano, Diocese of Lugano
Death Place Casa Cinque Fonti, San Nazzaro, Diocese of Lugano
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Sacro Cuore, Basilica, Lugano, Diocese of Lugano

a priest for 72.5 years
a bishop for 44.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini †
Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ambrogio Marchioni †
Titular Archbishop of Severiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Mamie †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli †
Bishop Emeritus of Lugano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ambrogio Marchioni † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Severiana
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugenio Corecco † (1986)
Bishop Giuseppe Torti † (1995)
Bishop Pier Giacomo Grampa (2004)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 50, Number 3,447
inca: CB, 11 Oct 2022
d: CB, 11 Nov 2022
loc: AM, 16 Dec 2022

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