Bishop Raffaele de Franco †

Deceased

Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Mar 1803		Born
18 Mar 1852	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
28 Mar 1852	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
23 Aug 1883	80.3	Died	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

MicroData Summary
Raffaele de Franco
Bishop Raffaele de Franco
(born 30 Mar 1803, died 23 Aug 1883)
Bishop of Catanzaro

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Caccuri
Ordained Bishop Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Ligi-Bussi, O.F.M. Conv. †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Bishop Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. †
Bishop Emeritus of Terni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q61666787

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 191
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1852, Number 14

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