Bishop Bl. Anton Durcovici †

Deceased

Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 May 1888		Born
24 Sep 1910	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
30 Oct 1947	59.4	Appointed	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
5 Apr 1948	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
14 Apr 1948	59.9	Installed	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
10 Dec 1951	63.5	Died	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
17 May 2014		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Anton Durcovici
Bishop Bl. Anton Durcovici
(born 17 May 1888, died 10 Dec 1951)
Bishop of Iaşi

Event Place
Birth Place Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sfântul Iosif, Cathedral, Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Death Place Prison, Sighet
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Sighetu Marmaţiei

a priest for 41.2 years
a bishop for 3.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar †
Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Bishop Marco Glaser †
Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † (1929)
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 54953681
WikiData: Q589043

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 25

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