Bishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1830		Born
Dec 1852³	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
Dec 1853³	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Dec 1874	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
14 Mar 1875	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
17 Apr 1875	44.7	Installed	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
22 Sep 1879	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
Mar 1887³	56.5	Resigned	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
14 Mar 1887	56.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis
4 Dec 1901	71.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Battista Bongiorni
(VIAF: 88904861; WikiData: Q42864083)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Bongiorni (born 1 Aug 1830, died 4 Dec 1901) Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone

Event Place
Birth Place Palazzolo Acreide
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Noto, Diocese of Noto

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 26.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Guarino †
Archbishop of Siracusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Guarino † (1872)
Archbishop of Siracusa
Archbishop Michelangelo (Pietro Geremia) Celesia, O.S.B. † (1860)
Archbishop of Palermo
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea † (1841)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Secretary of State
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Gaetano Blandini † (1881)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Palazzolo Acreide
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Noto, Diocese of Noto

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 171, and Page 251
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 272
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 17
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 53, Number 3,780

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