Bishop Nicola Capasso †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

Titular Bishop of Zaba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1886		Born
2 Jul 1910	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Aversa, Italy
13 Mar 1933	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
23 Apr 1933	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
16 Feb 1966	79.5	Retired	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
16 Feb 1966	79.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zaba
30 Apr 1968	81.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

MicroData Summary
Nicola Capasso
Bishop Nicola Capasso
(born 2 Aug 1886, died 30 Apr 1968)
Bishop Emeritus of Acerra

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Frattamaggiore, Diocese of Aversa
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Aversa, Diocese of Aversa
Death Place Frattamaggiore, Diocese of Aversa

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 35.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop of Aversa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gabriele Natale Moriondo, O.P. †
Bishop of Caserta
Bishop Luigi dell’Aversana (Orabona) †
Bishop of Venosa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carmine Cesarano, C.Ss.R. † (1915)
Bishop of Aversa
Archbishop Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. † (1915)
Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Federico Pezzullo † (1937)
Bishop Francesco Orlando † (1942)
Archbishop Gennaro Verolino † (1951)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q28357673

Source(s):

c2: JPG
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 21

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