Archbishop Michele Pennisi

Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1946		Born
9 Sep 1972	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caltagirone, Italy
21 Apr 2002	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
3 Jul 2002	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
8 Feb 2013	66.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
26 Apr 2013	66.4	Installed	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
28 Apr 2022	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

MicroData Summary
Michele Pennisi
Archbishop Michele Pennisi
(born 23 Nov 1946)
Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2013: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Licodia Eubea, Diocese of Caltagirone
Ordained Priest Grammichele, Diocese of Caltagirone
Ordained Bishop Maria Ss. delle Vittorie, Cathedral, Piazza Armerina, Diocese of Piazza Armerina

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Monreale.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Carmelo Canzonieri †
Bishop of Caltagirone
Principal Consecrator:
Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi
Archbishop of Palermo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo †
Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo
Archbishop Paolo Romeo
Titular Archbishop of Vulturia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi (1973)
Archbishop of Palermo
Bishop Francesco Minerva † (1948)
Bishop of Lecce
Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi † (1931)
Archbishop of Taranto
Archbishop Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † (1911)
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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:
Bishop Rosario Gisana (2014)
Archbishop Gualtiero Federico Isacchi (2022)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/330642
VIAF: 162462086
WikiData: Q1931105

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Number 14,218
ab: Bollettino, 8 Feb 2013
r: Bollettino, 28 Apr 2022
bpd/loc: AM, 28 May 2022

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