Bishop Antonio Faà di Bruno †

Deceased

Bishop of Asti, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1762		Born
18 Dec 1786	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Dec 1817	55.0	Selected	Bishop of Asti, Italy
16 Mar 1818	55.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Asti, Italy
24 Mar 1818	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Asti, Italy
10 Nov 1829	67.0	Died	Bishop of Asti, Italy

MicroData Summary
Antonio Faà di Bruno
Bishop Antonio Faà di Bruno
(born 10 Nov 1762, died 10 Nov 1829)
Bishop of Asti

Event Place
Birth Place Alessandria

a priest for 42.8 years
a bishop for 11.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Candido Maria Frattini †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Archbishop Michele Belli †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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: Q3619062

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 92
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1818, Number 8

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