Bishop Bruno M. Pelaia †

Deceased

Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1903		Born
29 Jul 1928	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Squillace, Italy
19 Apr 1960	56.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
19 Apr 1960	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamdia
29 Jun 1960	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamdia
10 Feb 1961	57.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
18 Jul 1974	71.0	Died	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

MicroData Summary
Bruno M. Pelaia
Bishop Bruno M. Pelaia
(born 27 Jun 1903, died 18 Jul 1974)
Bishop of Tricarico

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 Serra San Bruno, Diocese of Squillace
Ordained Bishop Catanzaro, Archdiocese of Catanzaro

a priest for 45.9 years
a bishop for 14.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Armando Fares †
Archbishop of Catanzaro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono †
Bishop of Nicastro
Bishop Vincenzo De Chiara †
Bishop of Mileto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Armando Fares † (1950)
Archbishop of Catanzaro
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Aurelio Sorrentino † (1962)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 166508276
WikiData: Q64734124

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 76

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