Bishop Dante Lafranconi

Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1940		Born
28 Jun 1964	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Como, Italy
7 Dec 1991	51.7	Appointed	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy
25 Jan 1992	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy
23 Feb 1992	51.9	Installed	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy
8 Sep 2001	61.4	Appointed	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
4 Nov 2001	61.6	Installed	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
16 Nov 2015	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Cremona, Italy

MicroData Summary
Dante Lafranconi
Bishop Dante Lafranconi
(born 10 Mar 1940)
Bishop Emeritus of Cremona

Ad Limina - February 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2013: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mandello del Lario, Diocese of Como
Ordained Priest Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Como, Diocese of Como

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Cremona.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Felice Bonomini †
Bishop of Como
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini †
Bishop of Como
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franco Festorazzi †
Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo
Bishop Teresio Ferraroni †
Bishop Emeritus of Como

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini † (1983)
Bishop of Como
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Napolioni (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carmelo Scampa (2003)
Archbishop Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (2003)
Bishop Enrico Trevisi (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 90137329
WikiData: Q1164992

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,654
r: Bollettino, 16 Nov 2015
loc/i: AM, 28 May 2022

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