Bishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1928		Born
13 Mar 1954	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
3 Oct 1969	41.1	Appointed	Prefect of Fort Johnston, Malawi
17 Sep 1973	45.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
8 Dec 1973	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
20 Nov 2004	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
13 Apr 2005	76.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

MicroData Summary
Alessandro Assolari
Bishop Alessandro Assolari S.M.M.
(born 26 Aug 1928, died 13 Apr 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi

Event Place
Birth Place Scanzorosciate, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Priest Loreto, Apostolic Administration of Loreto, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Alexandre, Cathedral, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Death Place Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy

a priest for 51.0 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Clemente Gaddi †
Bishop of Bergamo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Chiona †
Archbishop of Blantyre
Archbishop John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Skálholt

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Clemente Gaddi † (1953)
Bishop of Bergamo
Bishop Felice Bonomini † (1940)
Bishop of Como
Bishop Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. † (1934)
Bishop of Brescia
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

Ordained Priest:
Father Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M. (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. † (2005)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q24331644

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,236
loc: AM, 17 Jan 2024

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