Bishop Luigi Pirelli †

Deceased

Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1895		Born
14 Jun 1918	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
26 Feb 1952	57.1	Appointed	Bishop of Andria, Italy
27 Apr 1952	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Andria, Italy
8 Jan 1957	62.0	Resigned	Bishop of Andria, Italy
8 Jan 1957	62.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lysias
14 Aug 1963	68.6	Appointed	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
14 Aug 1964	69.6	Died	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

MicroData Summary
Luigi Pirelli
Bishop Luigi Pirelli
(born 1 Jan 1895, died 14 Aug 1964)
Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Varenna, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Bishop Nostra Signora della Grazia, Church, Benevento, Archdiocese of Benevento

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 12.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Diego Venini †
Titular Archbishop of Adana
Bishop Alberto Carinci †
Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64720481

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1964
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 35
opd/loc: AM, 1 Apr 2023

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