Bishop Biagio d’Agostino †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 May 1896		Born
3 Apr 1920	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Termoli, Italy
15 Dec 1951	55.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Termoli, Italy
15 Dec 1951	55.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Citium
3 Feb 1952	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Citium
14 May 1954	58.0	Appointed	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
22 Jul 1954	58.2	Installed	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy
24 Feb 1956	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
26 Oct 1974	78.4	Retired	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
26 Mar 1984	87.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

MicroData Summary
Biagio d’Agostino
Bishop Biagio d’Agostino
(born 4 May 1896, died 26 Mar 1984)
Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
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 Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Death Place Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Cathedral, Termoli, Diocese of Termoli

a priest for 63.9 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Rocco Caliandro †
Bishop of Termoli
Principal Consecrator:
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oddo Bernacchia †
Bishop of Termoli
Bishop Alberto Carinci †
Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Death Place	Termoli, Diocese of Termoli
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Cathedral, Termoli, Diocese of Termoli

External Link(s):

VIAF: 90291474
WikiData: Q3639362

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 9
i: CB, 9 Oct 2025

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