Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini †

Deceased

Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1876		Born
26 Dec 1899	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
30 Apr 1920	44.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia
22 Jul 1921	45.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
24 Aug 1921	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
12 Aug 1922	46.3	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to China
9 Sep 1922	46.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
4 Jan 1927	50.7	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
28 May 1931	55.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
1932²	55.7	Ceased	Superior General of Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord
28 Nov 1933	57.6	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China
20 Dec 1935	59.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
12 Jan 1953	76.7	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	76.7	Resigned	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
15 Jan 1953	76.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
22 May 1954	78.1	Appointed	Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
9 Jun 1958	82.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso
17 Oct 1958	82.5	Died	Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini
(born 3 Apr 1876, died 17 Oct 1958)
Chancellor of Apostolic Chancery

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Castion di Zoppola, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
Ordained Priest Portogruaro
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Concordia Sagittaria, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Zoppola, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

a priest for 58.8 years
a bishop for 37.1 years
a cardinal for 5.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine †
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi †
Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper)
Bishop Luigi Paulini †
Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Archbishop Francis Mansour Zayek † (1946)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Karol Slivovsky † (1923)
Bishop Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. † (1925)
Archbishop Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † (1925)
Bishop Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † (1926)
Bishop Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. † (1927)
Bishop Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) † (1928)
Bishop Georg Weig, S.V.D. † (1928)
Bishop Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) † (1930)
Bishop Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem) † (1930)
Bishop Francis Liu Jinwen (Liu Chin-wen, Liou King wen) † (1930)
Bishop Ignazio Canazei, S.D.B. † (1930)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera † (1955)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philippe Zhao Huai-yi (Tchao) † (1926)
Bishop Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. † (1926)
Bishop Odoric Simon Tcheng Hede (Cheng Hede), O.F.M. † (1926)
Bishop Joseph Hu Ruoshan (Hu Joo-shan, Hu Jo-shan), C.M. † (1926)
Bishop Aloysius Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. † (1926)
Bishop Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. † (1926)
Archbishop Mario Vianello † (1931)
Archbishop Joseph Attipetty † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Fan Heng-nfan † (1933)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng † (1933)
Bishop Matthias Li Jun-ho (Li Rongzhao, Ly Yun-ho) † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Cui Shouxun (Tsui Shou-hsun, Tsoei Shou-hsün) † (1933)
Archbishop Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † (1936)
Archbishop Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. † (1936)
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti † (1936)
Bishop Joseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) † (1936)
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris † (1938)
Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. † (1939)
Bishop Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J. † (1939)
Bishop Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † (1939)
Bishop Ignace Ramarosandratana † (1939)
Archbishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. † (1939)
Bishop James Colbert † (1939)
Bishop Jean Larregain, M.E.P. † (1939)
Bishop Blasius Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. † (1939)
Bishop Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. † (1939)
Thomas Cardinal Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † (1939)
Bishop William Francis O’Shea, M.M. † (1939)
Bishop Urbanus Stephanus Mauritius Cornelius (Urbain Étienne) Morlion, M. Afr. † (1939)
Bishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † (1939)
Bishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. † (1940)
Archbishop Joseph Patrick Hurley † (1940)
Bishop Domenico Brizi † (1945)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi † (1950)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castion di Zoppola, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
Ordained Priest	Portogruaro
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Concordia Sagittaria, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Cemetery, Zoppola, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 51731311
WikiData: Q918301

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Jan 1953
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 62
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 525, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,074, Ascendance

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