Bishop Francesco Maria Franco †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

Titular Bishop of Ilium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jul 1877		Born
29 Jun 1900	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asti, Italy
10 Mar 1919	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
1 May 1919	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
18 Sep 1933	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
10 Jul 1950	72.9	Retired	Bishop of Crema, Italy
10 Jul 1950	72.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ilium
7 Feb 1968	90.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Maria Franco
Bishop Francesco Maria Franco
(born 27 Jul 1877, died 7 Feb 1968)
Bishop Emeritus of Crema

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place San Damiano d’Asti

a priest for 67.6 years
a bishop for 48.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luigi Spandre †
Bishop of Asti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe Francesco Re †
Bishop of Alba (Pompea)
Bishop Giuseppe Gamba †
Bishop of Novara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luigi Spandre † (1899)
Bishop of Asti
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. † (1934)
Archbishop Ambrogio Squintani † (1936)
Archbishop Vincenzo Cavalla † (1946)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 90106973
WikiData: Q3750225

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 26
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 86

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