Archbishop Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

Titular Archbishop of Palmyra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1856		Born
8 Sep 1871	14.9	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Oct 1881	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
3 Sep 1904	47.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
5 Sep 1904	47.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
18 Sep 1904	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
12 Dec 1911	55.2	Died	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines

MicroData Summary
Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius
Archbishop Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius O.S.B.
(born 17 Sep 1856, died 12 Dec 1911)
Apostolic Delegate of Philippines

Event Place
Birth Place Alexandria, Diocese of Malta
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Manila, Archdiocese of Manila
Buried Place (Current) San Beda College, Manila, Archdiocese of Manila

a priest for 30.1 years
a bishop for 7.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Archbishop Edmund Stonor †
Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jorge Barlin Imperial † (1906)
Bishop James Jordan Carroll † (1909)
Bishop Juan Bautista Gorordo y Perfecto † (1909)
Archbishop Giuseppe Petrelli † (1910)
Bishop Pablo Singzon y Baeza (de la Anunciacion) † (1910)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Athanase Melèce Onésime Sawoya, B.C. † (1905)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5289719

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1912
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 286
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1904, Number 44

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