Bishop Giovanni Pirastru †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

Titular Bishop of Trebia Augusta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1883		Born
31 Dec 1905	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sassari, Italy
22 Jul 1930	47.2	Appointed	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
7 Sep 1930	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
7 Sep 1970	87.3	Retired	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
7 Sep 1970	87.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trebia Augusta
31 Mar 1978	94.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Pirastru
Bishop Giovanni Pirastru
(born 5 May 1883, died 31 Mar 1978)
Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias

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 Ploaghe, Archdiocese of Sassari
Ordained Bishop Church, Bonorva, Archdiocese of Sassari

a priest for 72.2 years
a bishop for 47.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †
Archbishop of Sassari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco d’Errico †
Bishop of Alghero
Bishop Giuseppe Miglior †
Bishop of Ogliastra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (1924)
Archbishop of Sassari
Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba † (1902)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Bishop Giacinto Arcangeli † (1898)
Bishop of Asti
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Mario Ghiga † (1961)
Archbishop Enea Selis † (1964)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giuseppe Cogoni † (1931)
Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi † (1931)
Bishop Nicolò Frazioli † (1931)
Bishop Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. † (1939)
Bishop Francesco Cogoni † (1939)
Bishop Antonio Tedde † (1948)
Archbishop Francesco Spanedda † (1957)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64615686

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 56

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