Archbishop Giovanni Iacono †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Mar 1873		Born
20 Sep 1902	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Jul 1918	45.3	Appointed	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
8 Sep 1918	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
18 Mar 1921	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
21 Aug 1956	83.4	Retired	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
21 Aug 1956	83.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
26 May 1957	84.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Iacono
Archbishop Giovanni Iacono
(born 14 Mar 1873, died 26 May 1957)
Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta

Event Place
Birth Place Ragusa

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 38.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Cardinal Francica-Nava de Bontifè †
Archbishop of Catania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Bignami †
Archbishop of Siracusa
Bishop Emilio Ferrais †
Titular Bishop of Lystra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giuseppe Cardinal Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (1883)
Archbishop of Catania
Bishop Giovanni Battista Guttadauro di Reburdone † (1859)
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea † (1841)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Secretary of State
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Angelo Rizzo † (1948)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pietro Capizzi † (1933)
Archbishop Giovanni Rizzo † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Salvatore Russo † (1932)
Archbishop Angelo Ficarra † (1936)
Bishop Antonino Catarella † (1942)
Bishop Luigi Cammarata † (1947)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3767533

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 40
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 103

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