Bishop Francesco Beschi

Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Aug 1951		Born
7 Jun 1975	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brescia, Italy
25 Mar 2003	51.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy
25 Mar 2003	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vinda
18 May 2003	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vinda
22 Jan 2009	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
15 Mar 2009	57.6	Installed	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Beschi
Bishop Francesco Beschi
(born 6 Aug 1951)
Bishop of Bergamo

Ad Limina - February 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2013: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2024 (Italy, Lombardia): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Brescia, Diocese of Brescia
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Brescia, Diocese of Brescia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bergamo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Luigi Morstabilini †
Bishop of Brescia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giulio Sanguineti
Bishop of Brescia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bruno Foresti †
Bishop Emeritus of Brescia
Bishop Vigilio Mario Olmi †
Titular Bishop of Gunugus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giulio Sanguineti (1981)
Bishop of Brescia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini † (2010)
Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (2010)
Bishop Maurizio Gervasoni (2013)
Bishop Maurizio Malvestiti (2014)
Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (2016)
Archbishop Maurizio Claudio Bravi (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 308183740
WikiData: Q583425

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 22 Jan 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 171, Number 14,380
c1: CB, 24 Dec 2013

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