Bishop Enrico Celaja †

Deceased

Bishop of Oria, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Aug 1711		Born
21 Dec 1748	37.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Nov 1771	60.2	Selected	Bishop of Oria, Italy
30 Mar 1772	60.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Oria, Italy
5 Apr 1772	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oria, Italy
Mar 1780³	68.5	Died	Bishop of Oria, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Enrico Celaja
Bishop Enrico Celaja
(born 16 Aug 1711, died Mar 1780)
Bishop of Oria

Event Place
Birth Place San Silvestri

a priest for 31.1 years
a bishop for 7.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Scipione Cardinal Borghèse †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Maria Piccolomini †
Titular Archbishop of Perge
Bishop Carlo Gagliardi †
Bishop of Muro Lucano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Scipione Cardinal Borghèse † (1765)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
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):

WikiData: Q64745236

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 427
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1772, Number 9

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