Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

Titular Bishop of Taparura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1931		Born
18 Aug 1952	21.4	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Aug 1958	27.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Jun 1962	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
1 Jul 1993	62.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
1 Jul 1993	62.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taparura
19 Sep 1993	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Taparura
15 Apr 2008	77.0	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
6 Feb 2026	94.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Pietro Gabrielli
Bishop Pietro Gabrielli S.D.B.
(born 17 Mar 1931, died 6 Feb 2026)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez

Ad Limina - October 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pove del Grappa, Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Macas, Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez
Death Place Macas, Vicariate Apostolic of Méndez

a priest for 63.6 years
a bishop for 32.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Canalini
Titular Archbishop of Valeria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus
Bishop Frumencio Escudero Arenas
Titular Bishop of Cincari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Canalini (1986)
Titular Archbishop of Valeria
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B. (2008)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2094406

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Number 12,239
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139
d: CB, 6 Feb 2026

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