Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pala †

Deceased

Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Oct 1928		Born
29 Jul 1951	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cagliari, Italy
22 Feb 1984	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
6 May 1984	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
2 Jun 1984	55.6	Installed	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
21 May 1987	58.5	Died	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Francesco Pala
Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pala
(born 17 Oct 1928, died 21 May 1987)
Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio

Event Place
Birth Place Marrubiu
Ordained Bishop Cagliari, Archdiocese of Cagliari

a priest for 35.8 years
a bishop for 3.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paolo Botto †
Archbishop of Cagliari
Principal Consecrator:
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †
Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari
Bishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia
Titular Bishop of Minturnae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3767282

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,204

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