Bishop Francesco Oliva

Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

Motto: Speravi In Misericordia Dei

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1951		Born
5 Jan 1976	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
5 May 2014	63.3	Appointed	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
20 Jul 2014	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
1 Jul 2021	70.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
2 Oct 2021	70.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
23 May 2026	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Oliva
Bishop Francesco Oliva
(born 14 Jan 1951)
Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)

Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Calabria): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Avena di Papasidero, Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio
Ordained Bishop Co-Cathedral, Gerace, Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Domenico Vacchiano †
Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Nunzio Galantino
Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova
Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari
Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Nunzio Galantino (2012)
Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio
Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco (1998)
Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi † (1989)
Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J. † (1980)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincenzo Calvosa (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Avena di Papasidero, Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio
Ordained Bishop	Co-Cathedral, Gerace, Diocese of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 39617251
WikiData: Q16761547

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 May 2014
ob: CB, 8 May 2014
c2+: CB, 14 May 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 219, Number 18,220
ab: Bollettino, 21 Jul 2021
bpd: AM, 5 Oct 2021
c1: AM, 14 Feb 2023
r: Bollettino, 23 May 2026

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