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Bishop Giovanni Maria Bisignani †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Aegae

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Messina, Archdiocese of Messina, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Messina, Archdiocese of Messina, Italy

a priest for 53.9 years a bishop for 31.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Francesco di Paola Villadecani † Archbishop of Messina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Francesco di Paola Villadecani † (1820) Archbishop of Messina Bishop Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. † (1808) Bishop of Patti Archbishop Gaetano Maria Garrasi, O.E.S.A. † (1792) Archbishop of Messina Andrea Cardinal Corsini † (1776) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Giovanni Portelli † (1831) Bishop Martino Ursino (Orsino) † (1844)

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