Bishop Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Trapani, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Sep 1927		Born
29 Jun 1954	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
2 Sep 1981	53.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
2 Sep 1981	53.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uthina
24 Oct 1981	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uthina
8 Sep 1988	60.9	Appointed	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
18 Aug 1997	69.8	Died	Bishop of Trapani, Italy

MicroData Summary
Domenico Amoroso
Bishop Domenico Amoroso S.D.B.
(born 25 Sep 1927, died 18 Aug 1997)
Bishop of Trapani

Event Place
Birth Place Messina, Archdiocese of Messina
Ordained Bishop Cathedral Basilica, Messina, Archdiocese of Messina

a priest for 43.1 years
a bishop for 15.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo †
Archbishop of Palermo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignazio Cannavò †
Archbishop of Messina
Archbishop Francesco Fasola †
Archbishop Emeritus of Messina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo † (1966)
Archbishop of Palermo
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 286121649
WikiData: Q1237058

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,774

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