Bishop Pietro Niccolò Forti †

Deceased

Bishop of Pescia, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1799		Born
21 Sep 1822	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pescia, Italy
12 Apr 1847	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
18 Apr 1847	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
13 Apr 1854	54.3	Died	Bishop of Pescia, Italy

MicroData Summary
Pietro Niccolò Forti
Bishop Pietro Niccolò Forti
(born 11 Dec 1799, died 13 Apr 1854)
Bishop of Pescia

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

a priest for 31.5 years
a bishop for 6.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Maria Cardelli, O.F.M. Ref. †
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Archbishop Giovanni Domenico (Biagio) Stefanelli, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Singlau † (1849)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21208033

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 456
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 12

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