Bishop Modesto (Luigi Eugenio) Contratto, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop of Acqui, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1798		Born
1821¹	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
27 Jun 1836	38.2	Selected	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
21 Nov 1836	38.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
2 Apr 1837	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
6 Dec 1867	69.6	Died	Bishop of Acqui, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Modesto (Luigi Eugenio) Contratto
Bishop Modesto (Luigi Eugenio) Contratto O.F.M. Cap.
(born 3 Apr 1798, died 6 Dec 1867)
Bishop of Acqui

Event Place
Birth Place Bagnasco, Archdiocese of Monreale
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria, Church, Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Death Place Acqui, Diocese of Acqui

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 30.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) †
Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dionisio-Andrea Pasio †
Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia)
Bishop André Charvaz †
Bishop of Pinerolo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) † (1833)
Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari
Archbishop Luigi Fransoni † (1821)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pier Giuseppe Vaggi, O.F.M. Cap. † (1849)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bagnasco, Archdiocese of Monreale
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria, Church, Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Death Place	Acqui, Diocese of Acqui

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Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1866
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 84
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1837, Number 7

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