Patriarch Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1663¹		Born
19 May 1689	26.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
22 May 1689	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Apr 1698	35.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
13 Apr 1698	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
14 May 1708	45.3	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
7 Mar 1728³	65.1	Died	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Muzio Gaeta (Sr.)
Patriarch Muzio Gaeta (Sr.)
(born 1663, died 7 Mar 1728)
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 29.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Fabrizio Cardinal Spada †
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michelangelo dei Conti †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Archbishop Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona †
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fabrizio Cardinal Spada † (1672)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
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 Simone Paolo Aleotti † (1698)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q28030760

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 114, and Page 220
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1698, Number 6

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