Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Titular Archbishop of Nepte

Apostolic Nuncio to European Community

Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1916		Born
13 Jul 1941	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
4 Oct 1963	46.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nepte
4 Oct 1963	46.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
20 Oct 1963	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nepte
19 Apr 1969	52.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
9 May 1969	52.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg
10 Nov 1970	54.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community
10 Nov 1970	54.0	Appointed	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe
Mar 1983²	66.3	Resigned	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe
24 Mar 1983	66.4	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Igino Eugenio Cardinale
Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale
(born 14 Oct 1916, died 24 Mar 1983)
Apostolic Nuncio of Belgium

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

Event Place
Birth Place Fondi, Latina, Archdiocese of Gaeta, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Apostolic Nunciature, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Buried Place (Original) Castel di Guido, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 19.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop William Gordon Wheeler † (1964)
Bishop Joseph Francis Cleary † (1965)
Bishop Bernard James Murphy, C. R. † (1967)
Bishop Colin Aloysius MacPherson † (1969)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Basil Edward Christopher Butler, O.S.B. † (1966)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/82217
VIAF: 13555015
WikiData: Q5991726

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 102
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 409, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 610, Ascendance

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