Bishop Vittorio Piola †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1921		Born
27 May 1944	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Jul 1970	49.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
18 Jul 1970	49.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Atella
6 Sep 1970	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Atella
15 Feb 1972	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Biella, Italy
15 May 1986	65.1	Resigned	Bishop of Biella, Italy
6 Aug 1993	72.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

MicroData Summary
Vittorio Piola
Bishop Vittorio Piola
(born 24 Mar 1921, died 6 Aug 1993)
Bishop Emeritus of Biella

Event Place
Birth Place Talonno di Invorio Inferiore
Ordained Bishop Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Cathedral, Novara, Diocese of Novara

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †
Bishop of Novara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ugo Poletti †
Titular Archbishop of Aemona
Bishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti †
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Phoenicia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. † (1953)
Bishop of Novara
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q30166307

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 682

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