Archbishop Pietro Capizzi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

Titular Archbishop of Amorium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1880		Born
11 Apr 1903	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caltanissetta, Italy
16 Sep 1932	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Campagna, Italy
8 Jan 1933	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Campagna, Italy
12 Aug 1937	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
11 Nov 1960	80.1	Retired	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
11 Nov 1960	80.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amorium
7 Jul 1961	80.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

MicroData Summary
Pietro Capizzi
Archbishop Pietro Capizzi
(born 11 Sep 1880, died 7 Jul 1961)
Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone

Event Place
Birth Place Calascibetta, Diocese of Caltanissetta
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Caltanissetta, Diocese of Caltanissetta

a priest for 58.2 years
a bishop for 28.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giovanni Iacono †
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A. †
Bishop of Nicosia
Bishop Ferdinando Ricca †
Bishop of Trapani

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Iacono † (1918)
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Giuseppe Cardinal Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (1883)
Archbishop of Catania
Bishop Giovanni Battista Guttadauro di Reburdone † (1859)
Bishop of Caltanissetta
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:
Archbishop Giovanni Rizzo † (1946)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305358346
WikiData: Q17154560

Source(s):

c2: JPG
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 2

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