Archbishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Titular Bishop of Rusellae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1932		Born	Villorba, Italy
13 Sep 1959	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
28 Mar 1998	65.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusellae
28 Mar 1998	65.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
25 Apr 1998	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusellae
1 Mar 2001	68.6	Died	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 2.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.
Titular Bishop of Taurianum
Bishop Paolo Magnani
Bishop of Treviso

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Angelo Mottola (1999)
Archbishop Mario Zenari (1999)
Archbishop Józef Wesołowski (2000)
Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello (2000)
Archbishop George Panikulam (2000)
Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello (2000)
Bishop Ivo Baldi Gaburri (2000)
Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (2000)
Bishop David Laurin Ricken (2000)
Bishop Anton Cosa (2000)
Bishop András Veres (2000)
Péter Cardinal Erdő (2000)
Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S. (2000)
Bishop Franco Croci (2000)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,271
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)

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