Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jul 1670		Born
25 Aug 1714	44.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
2 Sep 1714	44.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
2 Sep 1714	44.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Oct 1716	46.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
11 Apr 1717	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
26 Sep 1720	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
15 Nov 1720	50.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
20 Sep 1730	60.1	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
11 Dec 1730	60.4	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy
24 Sep 1731	61.1	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 1731	61.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione
4 Oct 1733	63.2	Appointed	Secretary of State
26 Sep 1734	64.2	Resigned	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
27 Aug 1738	68.1	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
6 Feb 1740	69.5	Resigned	Secretary of State
29 Aug 1740	70.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
24 Oct 1744	74.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

MicroData Summary for Giuseppe Firrao
(VIAF: 89071145; WikiData: Q373883)
Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao (born 12 Jul 1670, died 24 Oct 1744) Bishop Emeritus of Aversa

Consistory - 1731: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1740: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Luzzi, Diocese of Bisignano
Ordained Bishop Jesuit, College, Porrentruy, Jura, Diocese of Basel, Switzerland
Buried Place (Original) Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 30.1 years
a bishop for 27.5 years
a cardinal for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach †
Bishop of Basel
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Christoph Haus †
Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis
Bishop Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg †
Titular Bishop of Tricca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach † (1705)
Bishop of Basel
Archbishop Vincenzo Bichi † (1702)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marcello Filomarini † (1734)
Bishop Antonio Manerba (Malerba) † (1735)
Bishop Octavio da Pozzo † (1736)
Bishop Antonio Falangola † (1736)
Bishop Troiano Caracciolo del Sole † (1738)
Bishop Nicola Antonio Schiaffinati, O.E.S.A. † (1739)
Bishop Ferdinando Mandarini † (1741)
Bishop Antonio Zavarroni † (1741)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Luzzi, Diocese of Bisignano
Ordained Bishop	Jesuit, College, Porrentruy, Jura, Diocese of Basel, Switzerland
Buried Place (Original)	Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 24 Sep 1731
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1717, Number 3
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 287
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 244
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,207

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