Bishop Francesco Monaco †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Aug 1898		Born
15 Feb 1925	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nicosia, Italy
12 Dec 1953	55.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
12 Dec 1953	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia
24 Feb 1954	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia
2 Oct 1956	58.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
21 Dec 1973	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
9 Feb 1986	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Monaco
Bishop Francesco Monaco
(born 5 Aug 1898, died 9 Feb 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta

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 Agira, Diocese of Nicosia
Ordained Bishop San Nicolo da Bari, Cathedral, Nicosia, Diocese of Nicosia

a priest for 60.9 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Clemente Gaddi †
Bishop of Nicosia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonino Catarella †
Bishop of Piazza Armerina
Bishop Francesco Pennisi †
Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Clemente Gaddi † (1953)
Bishop of Nicosia
Bishop Felice Bonomini † (1940)
Bishop of Como
Bishop Giacinto Tredici, O.Ss.C.A. † (1934)
Bishop of Brescia
Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo (1969)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Calogero Lauricella † (1961)
Bishop Alfredo Maria Garsia † (1974)
Bishop Angelo Rizzo † (1974)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/202117
VIAF: 89224343
WikiData: Q44696585

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 9

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