Bishop Ferdinando Mattei †

Deceased

Bishop of Malta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1761		Born
23 Dec 1805	44.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paphus
2 May 1806³	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Paphus
12 Jun 1807	45.8	Selected	Bishop of Malta
18 Sep 1807	46.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Malta
14 Jul 1829	67.9	Died	Bishop of Malta

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ferdinando Mattei
Bishop Ferdinando Mattei
(born 24 Jul 1761, died 14 Jul 1829)
Bishop of Malta

Event Place
Birth Place Senglea, Diocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo, Italy
Death Place Lija, Diocese of Malta
Buried Place (Original) S.Annunziata Chapel, Cathedral, Mdina, Diocese of Malta

a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Raffaele Mormile, C.R. †
Archbishop of Palermo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Raffaele Mormile, C.R. † (1792)
Archbishop of Palermo
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:
Archbishop Publio Maria Sant † (1818)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Senglea, Diocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo, Italy
Death Place	Lija, Diocese of Malta
Buried Place (Original)	S.Annunziata Chapel, Cathedral, Mdina, Diocese of Malta

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16206193

Source(s):

b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1806, Number 25
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,517
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 260, and Page 298
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,481
ob/c2/loc: AT, 3 Sep 2026

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