Archbishop Gaetano Caporali, C.Pp.S. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1824		Born
18 Sep 1847	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1851¹	26.3	Professed	Priest of Society of Precious Blood
23 Jun 1890	65.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
29 Jun 1890	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
23 Nov 1911	87.2	Died	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gaetano Caporali
Archbishop Gaetano Caporali C.Pp.S.
(born 25 Aug 1824, died 23 Nov 1911)
Archbishop of Otranto

Event Place
Birth Place Castel Frentano, Archdiocese of Lanciano
Ordained Bishop St Alphonse, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 64.1 years
a bishop for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Tancredo Fausti †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Archbishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †
Archbishop of Rossano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Andrea Cassato † (1898)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733783

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 312
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1890, Number 39

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