Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M. †

Deceased

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana

Motto: Gaudium Domini Fortitudo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1912		Born
26 Jul 1936	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
5 May 1969	56.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship
6 Jan 1972	59.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana
13 Feb 1972	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana
4 Jan 1976	63.5	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran
3 Jul 1982	70.0	Died	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran

MicroData Summary
Annibale Bugnini
Archbishop Annibale Bugnini C.M.
(born 14 Jun 1912, died 3 Jul 1982)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Iran

Event Place
Birth Place Civitella del Lago
Ordained Priest Siena, Archdiocese of Siena, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Pope Pius XI Clinic, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Civitella del Lago, Cemetery, Todi, Diocese of Todi, Italy

a priest for 45.9 years
a bishop for 10.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink †
Archbishop of Utrecht
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. † (1976)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/125264
VIAF: 74485933
WikiData: Q566841

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 895

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