Bishop Giovanni Cito †

Deceased

Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1633		Born
15 Mar 1671	37.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
22 Mar 1671	38.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Dec 1698	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
28 Dec 1698	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy
15 Oct 1708	75.5	Died	Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano), Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Cito
Bishop Giovanni Cito
(born 20 Mar 1633, died 15 Oct 1708)
Bishop of Lettere (-Gragnano)

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Santo Spirito dei Napoletani, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 37.5 years
a bishop for 9.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pier Matteo Cardinal Petrucci, C.O. †
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tommaso Guzzoni, C.O. †
Bishop of Sora
Bishop Domenico Belisario de Bellis †
Bishop of Molfetta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pier Matteo Cardinal Petrucci, C.O. † (1681)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
Alderano Cardinal Cibo (Cybo) † (1656)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Niccolò Cardinal Albergati-Ludovisi † (1645)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Girolamo Cardinal Colonna † (1633)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q29548689

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 246
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1698, Number 33

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