Carlo Cardinal Furno †

Deceased

Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1921		Born
25 Jun 1944	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ivrea, Italy
1 Aug 1973	51.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Abari
1 Aug 1973	51.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
16 Sep 1973	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Abari
25 Nov 1978	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
21 Aug 1982	60.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
15 Apr 1992	70.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
26 Nov 1994	72.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
26 Nov 1994	72.9	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Dec 1995	74.0	Appointed	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
29 Sep 1997	75.8	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
27 May 2004	82.4	Retired	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
24 Feb 2005	83.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
28 Mar 2006	84.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
10 May 2006	84.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
27 Jun 2007	85.5	Retired	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
9 Dec 2015	94.0	Died	Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

MicroData Summary
Carlo Furno
Carlo Cardinal Furno
(born 2 Dec 1921, died 9 Dec 2015)
Grand Master Emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Bairo Canavese, Diocese of Ivrea, Italy
Ordained Priest Ivrea, Diocese of Ivrea, Italy
Ordained Bishop Notre Dame du Siège et Saint Maxime, Church, Aglié, Diocese of Ivrea, Italy
Death Place Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 71.4 years
a bishop for 42.2 years
a cardinal for 21.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paolo Cardinal Bertoli †
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agostino Casaroli †
Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
Bishop Luigi Bettazzi †
Bishop of Ivrea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paolo Cardinal Bertoli † (1952)
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. (1976)
Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. † (1976)
Augusto Cardinal Vargas Alzamora, S.J. † (1978)
Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † (1983)
Bishop Pedro Fré, C.Ss.R. † (1986)
Bishop José Alves da Costa, D.C. † (1986)
Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa † (1988)
Bishop Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. † (1988)
Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B. (1988)
Bishop João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. † (1988)
Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado † (1989)
Bishop Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, O. Praem. † (1990)
Bishop Waldemar Chaves de Araújo (1990)
Archbishop Pedro Ercílio Simon † (1990)
Bishop Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † (1991)
Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. (1991)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eduardo Davino † (1993)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 311427935
WikiData: Q920465

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 May 2006
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 165, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 10 Dec 2015
ab: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 99, Page 830
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,200

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