Bishop Francesco Franco †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicotera, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1700³		Born
5 Dec 1723	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Nov 1736	35.9	Appointed	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
30 Nov 1736	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bitetto, Italy
10 May 1745	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
20 Apr 1777³	76.3	Died	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francesco Franco
Bishop Francesco Franco
(born 24 Dec 1700, died 20 Apr 1777)
Bishop of Nicotera

Event Place
Birth Place Seminara

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 40.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Girolamo Bona †
Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
Bishop Giuseppe di Marsciano †
Bishop of Orvieto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bartolomé Rull, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1758)
Archbishop Giovanni Carmine Pellerano, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1770)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734113

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 123, and Page 311
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1736, Number 33

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