Bishop Pio Giardina †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Mar 1884		Born
30 Sep 1906	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Messina, Italy
10 Aug 1935	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
10 Aug 1935	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus
28 Oct 1935	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus
8 Aug 1942	58.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
18 Feb 1953	68.8	Died	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

MicroData Summary
Pio Giardina
Bishop Pio Giardina
(born 27 Mar 1884, died 18 Feb 1953)
Bishop of Nicosia

Event Place
Birth Place Santa Domenica Vittoria, Archdiocese of Messina
Ordained Bishop San Antonio, Cathedral, Messina, Archdiocese of Messina

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Angelo Paino †
Archbishop of Messina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Lipari
Bishop Antonio Mantiero †
Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Angelo Paino † (1909)
Archbishop of Messina
Archbishop Letterio D’Arrigo Ramondini † (1898)
Archbishop of Messina
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Angelo Calabretta † (1936)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q47263887

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 86

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