Archbishop Albino Mensa †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1916		Born
29 Jun 1939	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Mar 1960	44.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
22 May 1960	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
5 Jun 1960	44.3	Installed	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
12 Oct 1966	50.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
4 Jun 1991	75.3	Retired	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
8 Jan 1998	81.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

MicroData Summary
Albino Mensa
Archbishop Albino Mensa
(born 14 Jan 1916, died 8 Jan 1998)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Villa Alicia, Diocese of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
Ordained Bishop Pinerola, Diocese of Pinerolo
Death Place Pinerola, Diocese of Pinerolo

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 37.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi †
Bishop of Pinerolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dionisio Borra †
Bishop of Fossano
Bishop Luigi Barbero †
Bishop of Vigevano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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

Ordained Priest:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1960)
Bishop Pier Giorgio Debernardi (1965)
Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello (1966)
Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi (1967)
Bishop Gianni Ambrosio (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Natalino Pescarolo † (1990)
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luigi Bongianino † (1968)
Bishop Massimo Giustetti † (1972)
Bishop Pietro Giachetti † (1976)
Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello (1987)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2490132

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 58

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