Bishop Francesco Antonio Granata †

Deceased

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1701		Born
13 Mar 1723	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
Sep 1724³	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Sep 1757	56.6	Appointed	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
2 Oct 1757	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
11 Jan 1771	69.9	Died	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francesco Antonio Granata
Bishop Francesco Antonio Granata
(born 5 Feb 1701, died 11 Jan 1771)
Bishop of Sessa Aurunca

Event Place
Birth Place Capua

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 13.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Camillo Cardinal Paolucci (Merlini) †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Simone Gritti †
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Archbishop Domenico Giordani †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Camillo Cardinal Paolucci (Merlini) † (1724)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/108528
VIAF: 88987062
WikiData: Q3750075

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 388
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1757, Number 29

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