Edoardo Cardinal Menichelli †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza

Motto: Sub Lumine Matris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1939		Born
3 Jul 1965	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Severino (-Treia), Italy
30 Sep 1986	46.9	Incardinated	Priest of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
10 Jun 1994	54.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
9 Jul 1994	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
8 Jan 2004	64.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
7 Mar 2004	64.3	Installed	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
14 Feb 2015	75.3	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Feb 2015	75.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza
12 Jun 2015	75.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza
14 Jul 2017	77.7	Retired	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
20 Oct 2025	86.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

MicroData Summary
Edoardo Menichelli
Edoardo Cardinal Menichelli
(born 14 Oct 1939, died 20 Oct 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo

Ad Limina - February 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2013: Bishop
Consistory - 2015: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Serripola di San Severino Marche, Diocese of San Severino (-Treia)
Ordained Priest Sant'Agostino, Cathedral, San Severino Marche, Diocese of San Severino (-Treia)
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place San Severino Marche, Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, San Ciriaco, Cathedral, Ancona, Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 31.2 years
a cardinal for 10.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ferdinando Longinotti †
Bishop of San Severino (-Treia)
Principal Consecrator:
Achille Cardinal Silvestrini †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Valentini †
Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto
Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †
Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Achille Cardinal Silvestrini † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Stefano Russo (2016)
Bishop Luciano Paolucci Bedini (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerardo Rocconi (2006)
Bishop Claudio Giuliodori (2007)
Bishop Pietro Santoro (2007)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Serripola di San Severino Marche, Diocese of San Severino (-Treia)
Ordained Priest	Sant'Agostino, Cathedral, San Severino Marche, Diocese of San Severino (-Treia)
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	San Severino Marche, Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, San Ciriaco, Cathedral, Ancona, Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo

External Link(s):

VIAF: 421160483678204990833
WikiData: Q1287423

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,351
c: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2015
ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2015
i: Bollettino, 8 Jun 2015
r: Bollettino, 14 Jul 2017
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: AM, 6 Jul 2024
d: CB, 20 Oct 2025

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