Oscar Cardinal Cantoni

Bishop of Como, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde

Motto: Fare di Cristo il Cuore del Mondo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1950		Born
28 Jun 1975	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Como, Italy
25 Jan 2005	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
5 Mar 2005	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crema, Italy
19 Mar 2005	54.5	Installed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
4 Oct 2016	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Nov 2016	66.2	Installed	Bishop of Como, Italy
27 Aug 2022	71.9	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Aug 2022	71.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde
8 Dec 2022	72.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde

MicroData Summary
Oscar Cantoni
Oscar Cardinal Cantoni
(born 1 Sep 1950)
Bishop of Como

Ad Limina - February 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2013: Bishop
Consistory - 2022: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - February 2024 (Italy, Lombardia): Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Lenno, Diocese of Como
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Como.

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Teresio Ferraroni †
Bishop of Como
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini †
Bishop of Como
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Teresio Ferraroni †
Bishop Emeritus of Como
Archbishop Paolo Romeo
Titular Archbishop of Vulturia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini † (1983)
Bishop of Como
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Manenti (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniele Gianotti (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lenno, Diocese of Como
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como

External Link(s):

VIAF: 163147070
WikiData: Q1248683

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 178, Number 14,828
ab: Bollettino, 4 Oct 2016
i: CB, 15 Oct 2016
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 27 Aug 2022
i: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2022

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