Bishop Sauveur Casanova †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1918		Born
24 Feb 1945	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ajaccio, France
13 Aug 1987	69.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
15 Oct 1987	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
5 Jan 1995	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
26 May 1998	79.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France

MicroData Summary
Sauveur Casanova
Bishop Sauveur Casanova
(born 2 Jun 1918, died 26 May 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio

Event Place
Birth Place Corte
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Ajaccio, Diocese of Ajaccio

a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 10.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Angelo Felici †
Titular Archbishop of Caesariana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †
Titular Bishop of Vico Equense
Bishop Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †
Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Angelo Felici † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Caesariana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 197137048
WikiData: Q3474384

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Number 9,163
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Additions/Corrections (front)

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