Giuseppe Cardinal Betori

Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Motto: Deo Et Verbo Gratiae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1947		Born
26 Sep 1970	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Foligno, Italy
5 Apr 2001	54.1	Appointed	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference
5 Apr 2001	54.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Falerone
6 May 2001	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Falerone
8 Sep 2008	61.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
26 Oct 2008	61.6	Installed	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
18 Feb 2012	64.9	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	64.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
9 Jun 2012	65.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
18 Apr 2024	77.1	Retired	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Betori
Giuseppe Cardinal Betori
(born 25 Feb 1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}

Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2013: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2024 (Italy, Toscana): Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Foligno, Diocese of Foligno
Ordained Bishop San Feliciano, Cathedral, Foligno, Diocese of Foligno

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Siro Silvestri †
Bishop of Foligno
Principal Consecrator:
Camillo Cardinal Ruini
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arduino Bertoldo †
Bishop of Foligno
Archbishop Ennio Antonelli
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Bishop Antonio Buoncristiani
Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
Bishop Giovanni Benedetti †
Bishop Emeritus of Foligno

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Camillo Cardinal Ruini (1983)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Bishop Gilberto Baroni † (1954)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro † (1947)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Giuseppe Siri † (1944)
Archbishop of Genova
Pietro Cardinal Boetto, S.J. † (1938)
Archbishop of Genova
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
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 Stefano Manetti (2014)
Bishop Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. (2015)
Bishop Giovanni Nerbini (2019)
Archbishop Andrea Bellandi (2019)
Bishop Giovanni Paccosi (2023)
Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Claudio Giuliodori (2007)
Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla (2007)
Archbishop Mario Enrico Delpini (2007)
Bishop Carlo Mazza (2007)
Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi (2008)
Bishop Adriano Tessarollo (2009)
Bishop Carlo Ciattini (2011)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/139495
VIAF: 115499405
WikiData: Q82672

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2008
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1m14: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 1 Jun 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,973
r: Bollettino, 18 Apr 2024

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