Bishop Joseph Gjonali (Gionali) †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania

Titular Bishop of Rhesaina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1875		Born
10 Mar 1900	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Aug 1921	46.3	Appointed	Abbot of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania
21 Nov 1921	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Callinicum
15 Jan 1922	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Callinicum
13 Jun 1928	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
30 Oct 1935	60.4	Resigned	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
30 Oct 1935	60.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhesaina
20 Dec 1952	77.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sapë, Albania

MicroData Summary
Joseph Gjonali (Gionali)
Bishop Joseph Gjonali (Gionali)
(born 6 May 1875, died 20 Dec 1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Sapë

Event Place
Birth Place Kaçinari, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop Collège de Propaganda Fide, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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:
Archbishop Pjetër Gjura † (1929)
Bishop Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. † (1940)
Archbishop Giuseppe Zaffonato † (1944)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11728436

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,270
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 180, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 3
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 104

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