Lorenzo Cardinal Litta †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Note(s): (Russian Empire)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1756		Born
6 Jun 1789	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Sep 1793	37.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
6 Oct 1793	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
8 Feb 1794	37.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
1796²	39.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
11 Feb 1797	40.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
May 1799³	43.1	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
23 Feb 1801	45.0	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
28 Sep 1801	45.5	Elevated to Cardinal
23 Dec 1801	45.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
27 Aug 1803	47.5	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
20 May 1814	58.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
26 Sep 1814	58.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Jun 1816³	60.2	Resigned	Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
1818²	61.8	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops
24 Sep 1818	62.5	Resigned	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
1 May 1820	64.1	Died	Prefect of the Congregation for Residence of Bishops

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Lorenzo Litta
(VIAF: 2460110; WikiData: Q2707608)
Lorenzo Cardinal Litta (born 23 Feb 1756, died 1 May 1820) Prefect of Residence of Bishops

Consistory - February 1801: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - September 1801: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)

Event Place
Birth Place Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Monteflavio, Diocese of Sabina, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 30.9 years
a bishop for 26.5 years
a cardinal for 19.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlo Crivelli †
Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)
Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti †
Titular Archbishop of Myra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Luigi Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga † (1764)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jan Chrzciciel Albertrandi † (1796)
Archbishop Giovanni Marchetti † (1814)
Archbishop Candido Maria Frattini † (1814)
Archbishop Michele Belli † (1814)
Bishop Francesco Maria Cipriani, O.S.B. † (1814)
Bishop Anselmo Basilici † (1814)
Archbishop Luidj Škakoc (Scacoz), O.F.M. Obs. † (1815)
Bishop Ignazio Palmidessa, O.P. † (1816)
Bishop Michelangelo Calmet † (1816)
Bishop Pietro Paolo Mazzichi † (1817)
Bishop Giuseppe-Maria Lais † (1818)
Bishop Rodolfo Brignole Sale † (1818)
Bishop Edward Bede Slater, O.S.B. † (1818)
Bishop Giovanni Philip Paroni, O.F.M. Conv. † (1818)
Vincenzo Cardinal Macchi † (1818)
Bishop Giulio Mami † (1818)
Bishop Guilelmus Zerbi † (1818)
Bishop Giuseppe Maria Pellicano † (1818)
Bishop Francesco Saverio Triggiani, O.F.M. Conv. † (1818)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Bolognese † (1819)
Bishop Vincenzo Maria Manieri, O.F.M. Conv. † (1819)
Archbishop Luigi Ugolini † (1819)
Bishop Emmanuele Lodi, O.P. † (1819)
Archbishop Antonio Baldini † (1820)
Filippo Cardinal Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. † (1820)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. † (1801)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Monteflavio, Diocese of Sabina, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

c2: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Feb 1801
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1793, Number 13
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 400
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 248

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