Bishop Adriano Caprioli †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1936		Born
28 Jun 1959	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
27 Jun 1998	62.1	Appointed	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
12 Sep 1998	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
20 Sep 1998	62.3	Installed	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
29 Sep 2012	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
4 Jul 2026	90.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

MicroData Summary
Adriano Caprioli
Bishop Adriano Caprioli
(born 16 May 1936, died 4 Jul 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

Ad Limina - January 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Solbiate Olona, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Priest Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Bishop Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Death Place Santa Maria Nuova, Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 27.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Cardinal Montini †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Consecrator:
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pasquale Macchi †
Prelate Emeritus of Loreto
Bishop Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. † (1980)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. (2012)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Solbiate Olona, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Priest	Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Bishop	Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Death Place	Santa Maria Nuova, Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/161687
VIAF: 59109396
WikiData: Q375549

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,424
r: Bollettino, 29 Sep 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Deceased Cardinals (back)
i: CB, 31 Dec 2014
d: CB, 4 Jul 2026

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