Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China

Titular Archbishop of Myra

Events

Date	Event	Title
1691²	Appointed	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
1694¹	Resigned	Bishop-Elect of Nanking [Nanjing], China
20 Oct 1696	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
20 Oct 1696	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Berytus
7 Mar 1700	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Berytus
20 Apr 1712	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Myra
27 Dec 1737	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Francesco Nicolai
(VIAF: 89314920; WikiData: Q45133167)
Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Nicolai O.F.M. (died 27 Dec 1737) Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang

Event Place
Birth Place Leonessa, Diocese of Rieti, Italy
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 37.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Sperello Cardinal Sperelli †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Odoardo Cibo (Cybo) †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
Bishop Domenico Belisario de Bellis †
Bishop of Molfetta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Sperello Cardinal Sperelli †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Rosignoli † (1700)
Bishop Tomaso Giustiniani, C.R.M. † (1700)
Bishop Vincenzo Lupi, O.F.M. † (1703)
Archbishop Francesco Paolo Nicolai † (1704)
Bishop Marco Antonio de Rosa † (1705)
Bishop Bartolomeo Gambadoro † (1705)
Bishop Raffaele Maria Filamondo, O.P. † (1705)
Bishop Nicola Portoghese, O.F.M. † (1710)
Bishop Daniele Sansoni † (1712)
Archbishop Carolus Polodig, O.C.D. † (1714)
Bishop Jacques Pescherard, O.F.M. Cap. † (1715)
Bishop Gennaro Scalea † (1718)
Bishop Domenico Galisi † (1718)
Bishop Nicola Terzago † (1718)
Bishop Giuseppe Grisconi, Sch. P. † (1718)
Patriarch Carlo Ambrogio Mezzabarba † (1719)
Bishop Pierluigi del Mayo † (1722)
Bishop Pietro Savastani, O.F.M. Ref. † (1722)
Bishop Gaetano Costa de Puerto, O.F.M. Ref. † (1723)
Bishop Agostino Odoardi, O.S.B. † (1724)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Altieri (Jr.) † (1724)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Bishop Jean François Fouquet, S.J. † (1725)
Bishop Angelico da Napoli Viglini, O.F.M. Cap. † (1728)
Bishop Bl. Antonio Lucci, O.F.M. Conv. † (1729)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Leonessa, Diocese of Rieti, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 118, and Page 278
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1700, Number 1
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020

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