Bishop Alessandro Cantoli, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Bishop of Bovino, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1812		Born
28 May 1836	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor
22 Dec 1871	59.6	Appointed	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
27 Dec 1871	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
16 Oct 1884	72.4	Died	Bishop of Bovino, Italy

MicroData Summary
Alessandro Cantoli
Bishop Alessandro Cantoli O.F.M. Obs.
(born 6 May 1812, died 16 Oct 1884)
Bishop of Bovino

Event Place
Birth Place Crecchio, Archdiocese of Lanciano (e Ortona)
Ordained Bishop S. Maria in Ara Coeli, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 48.3 years
a bishop for 12.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Filippo Maria Cardinal Guidi, O.P. †
Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Angelini †
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Bishop Francesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Filippo Maria Cardinal Guidi, O.P. † (1864)
Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/153149
VIAF: 88845806
WikiData: Q64733180

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 155
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 73

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