Bishop Paolo Bonavisa †

Deceased

Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1680³		Born
11 Mar 1714	33.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
17 Mar 1714	33.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Dec 1742	62.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Teos
21 Dec 1742	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Teos
11 Mar 1743	62.5	Appointed	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy
21 Jul 1759	78.9	Died	Bishop of Spoleto, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Paolo Bonavisa
Bishop Paolo Bonavisa
(born 27 Aug 1680, died 21 Jul 1759)
Bishop of Spoleto

Event Place
Birth Place Spoleto

a priest for 45.3 years
a bishop for 16.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michele Maria Vincentini †
Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
Bishop Cesare Bonajuti †
Bishop of Hvar (Lesina)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili † (1727)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
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 Giuseppe de Vignoli † (1746)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64746513

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 386, and Page 396
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1742, Number 34

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