Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1876		Born
27 Nov 1898	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Novara, Italy
1911²	34.6	Incardinated	Priest of Oblates of Saints Charles and Gaudentius of Novara
24 Mar 1924	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
27 Apr 1924	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy
2 Oct 1929	53.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
12 Jan 1930	53.6	Installed	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
11 Dec 1930	54.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
8 Mar 1931	54.7	Installed	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
13 Mar 1933	56.8	Elevated to Cardinal
13 Mar 1933	56.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
3 Nov 1954	78.4	Appointed	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference
1958²	81.6	Ceased	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference
30 Mar 1965	88.8	Died	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Maurilio Fossati
(VIAF: 39371574; WikiData: Q774400)
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati O.Ss.G.C.N. (born 24 May 1876, died 30 Mar 1965) Archbishop of Torino {Turin}

Consistory - 1933: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1939: Participated
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Arona, Diocese of Novara
Ordained Bishop Sacro Monte, Basilica, Varallo, Diocese of Novara
Death Place Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Buried Place (Original) Seminary, Chapel, Rivoli, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Buried Place (Current) Consolata, Shrine, Turino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}

a priest for 66.3 years
a bishop for 40.9 years
a cardinal for 32.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edoardo Pulciano †
Bishop of Novara
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. †
Bishop of Vigevano
Bishop Giovanni Garigliano †
Bishop of Biella

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba † (1902)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli † (1898)
Bishop of Asti
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Ordained Deacon:
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. † (1952)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † (1936)
Bishop Francesco Sanmartino † (1938)
Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † (1938)
Francesco Cardinal Marchisano † (1952)
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. † (1952)
Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi (1959)
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. (1961)
Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. † (1963)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giovanni Pirastru † (1930)
Archbishop Francesco Imberti † (1932)
Bishop Giuseppe Debernardi † (1933)
Bishop Luigi Maria Grassi, B. † (1933)
Bishop Paolo Rostagno † (1935)
Bishop Carlo Rossi † (1937)
Bishop Felice Beccaro † (1939)
Bishop Giuseppe Angrisani † (1940)
Bishop Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. † (1940)
Bishop Carlo Stoppa † (1943)
Bishop Giuseppe Dell’Omo † (1943)
Archbishop Giuseppe Burzio † (1946)
Bishop Vincenzo Gili † (1946)
Bishop Antonio Picconi † (1946)
Bishop Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. † (1947)
Bishop Francesco Bottino † (1948)
Archbishop Guido Tonetti † (1950)
Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. † (1951)
Bishop Giuseppe Garneri † (1954)
Bishop Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † (1954)
Archbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. † (1955)
Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. † (1959)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Miglior † (1927)
Archbishop Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. † (1931)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Arona, Diocese of Novara
Ordained Bishop	Sacro Monte, Basilica, Varallo, Diocese of Novara
Death Place	Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Buried Place (Original)	Seminary, Chapel, Rivoli, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}
Buried Place (Current)	Consolata, Shrine, Turino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 25
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 582, Ascendance
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 103, Number 8,950
c1/inca/loc: AM, 10 Jan 2023

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