Bishop Pio Giuseppe Passerini, P.I.M.E. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China

Titular Bishop of Achantus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1866		Born
4 Oct 1886	20.7	Professed	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
22 Dec 1888	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
29 Mar 1895	29.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China
29 Mar 1895	29.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Achantus
8 Sep 1895	29.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Achantus
16 Apr 1918	52.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}, China

MicroData Summary
Pio Giuseppe Passerini
Bishop Pio Giuseppe Passerini P.I.M.E.
(born 7 Jan 1866, died 16 Apr 1918)
Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi {Scen-Si Meridionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Zinasco Vecchio, Diocese of Vigevano, Italy
Ordained Bishop Tong-Yuan-fang
Death Place Hanchung

a priest for 29.3 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Bishop of Agathonice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pius Vidi, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Bishop of Cestrus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. Obs. † (1867)
Titular Bishop of Agathonice
Bishop Efisio Chiais, O.F.M. Obs. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Tium
Bishop Alfonso-Maria di Donato, O.F.M. Obs. † (1835)
Titular Bishop of Cardicium
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/234356
VIAF: 89308695
WikiData: Q64734545

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1919
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 71
d: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 34
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 53
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020

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