Fernando Cardinal Cento †

Deceased

Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1883		Born
23 Dec 1905	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
22 Jul 1922	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
3 Sep 1922	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
20 Jun 1926	42.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
24 Jun 1926	42.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
25 Jul 1936	52.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
6 Aug 1937	53.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
26 Nov 1937	54.2	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
9 Mar 1946	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
9 Mar 1946	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg
26 Oct 1953	70.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
1958	74.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
15 Dec 1958	75.3	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Mar 1959	75.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
12 Feb 1962	78.5	Appointed	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
23 Apr 1965	81.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
7 Apr 1967	83.6	Retired	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13 Jan 1973	89.4	Died	Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

MicroData Summary for Fernando Cento
(VIAF: 65404499; WikiData: Q1348883)
Fernando Cardinal Cento (born 10 Aug 1883, died 13 Jan 1973) Major Penitentiary Emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

Consistory - 1958: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Pollenza, Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 50.3 years
a cardinal for 14.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Domenico Pasi †
Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino
Bishop Placido Ferniani †
Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Giancarlo Vecerrica (1965)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Salvador (Bernardo) Montes de Oca, O. Cart. † (1927)
Bishop José Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. † (1938)
Bishop León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. † (1940)
Juan Gualberto Cardinal Guevara y de la Cuba † (1941)
Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana † (1941)
Archbishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz † (1941)
Bishop Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † (1941)
Bishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B. † (1941)
Bishop José Constantino García Pulgar, O.S.A. † (1942)
Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón † (1945)
Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. † (1945)
Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (1945)
Bishop Léon Lommel † (1949)
Archbishop Manuel Nunes Gabriel † (1957)
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pollenza, Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 53
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 67, and Page 114, and Page 171
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 206, and Page 218, and Page 263
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 264
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 112, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Number 338, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 462, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 513, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 615, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 982, Ascendance

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