Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1942		Born
9 Sep 1963	21.4	Professed	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
11 Mar 1967	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
1 Apr 2005	62.9	Appointed	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
9 Jul 2005	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
23 Nov 2018	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Lira, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Franzelli
Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli M.C.C.I.
(born 9 Apr 1942)
Bishop Emeritus of Lira

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Roccafranca, Italy
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Akii Bua, Stadium, Lira, Diocese of Lira

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lira.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Baptist Odama
Archbishop of Gulu
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda †
Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal
Bishop Joseph Oyanga †
Bishop Emeritus of Lira

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Baptist Odama (1996)
Archbishop of Gulu
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1981)
Archbishop of Kampala
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Archbishop of Kampala
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Filippi, M.C.C.I. (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1528335

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 181, Number 14,940
r: Bollettino, 23 Nov 2018

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