Bishop Francesco Amadio †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Sep 1913		Born
25 Jul 1936	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Apr 1967	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
11 Apr 1967	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forconium
11 Jun 1967	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forconium
28 Jun 1971	57.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
29 Jan 1972	58.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
14 May 1980	66.6	Appointed	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
30 Sep 1989	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
15 Jul 2000	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Amadio
Bishop Francesco Amadio
(born 15 Sep 1913, died 15 Jul 2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)

Event Place
Birth Place Montedinove

a priest for 63.9 years
a bishop for 33.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vincenzo Radicioni †
Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luciano Marcante †
Bishop of Valva e Sulmona
Bishop Fiorenzo Angelini †
Titular Bishop of Messene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vincenzo Radicioni † (1952)
Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche)
Archbishop Egidio Bignamini † (1945)
Archbishop of Ancona e Numana
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lorenzo Chiarinelli † (1983)
Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari (1989)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/286775
VIAF: 45880571
WikiData: Q64736051

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)

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