Bishop Ascanio Cassiani †

Deceased

Bishop of Andria, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1606		Born
16 Dec 1641	35.7	Appointed	Bishop of Andria, Italy
26 Jan 1642	35.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Andria, Italy
12 Jun 1657	51.1	Died	Bishop of Andria, Italy

MicroData Summary
Ascanio Cassiani
Bishop Ascanio Cassiani
(born 3 Apr 1606, died 12 Jun 1657)
Bishop of Andria

Event Place
Birth Place Terra Mont Royal de Rieti
Death Place Andria, Diocese of Andria

a bishop for 15.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Faustus Poli †
Titular Archbishop of Amasea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lelio Falconieri †
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Bishop Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) †
Bishop Emeritus of Camerino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Faustus Poli † (1633)
Titular Archbishop of Amasea
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pomponio Spreti † (1646)
Bishop Pier Luigi Carafa, C.R. † (1646)
Bishop Domenico Carnevale † (1646)
Bishop Stefano Martini † (1646)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64744994

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 83
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1642, Number 7

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