Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bouar, Central African Republic

Motto: Ad Jesum Per Mariam

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1939		Born
11 Sep 1955	15.9	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 Sep 1956	16.9	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
9 Oct 1960	21.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Sep 1963	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
27 Feb 1978	38.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic
19 Nov 1978	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic
2 Dec 2017	78.1	Retired	Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic
10 Aug 2026	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bouar, Central African Republic

MicroData Summary
Armando Umberto Gianni
Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni O.F.M. Cap.
(born 23 Sep 1939, died 10 Aug 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Bouar

Ad Limina - May 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gragnola, Diocese of Apuania, Italy
Ordained Bishop Bouar, Diocese of Bouar
Death Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

a priest for 62.8 years
a bishop for 47.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen †
Archbishop of Bangui
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Berbérati
Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Emeritus of Moundou

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen † (1969)
Archbishop of Bangui
Archbishop Luigi Poggi † (1965)
Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. † (1991)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q678817

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 50, Number 3,452
qfmc: CB, 12 Jul 2024
d: CB, 10 Aug 2026

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