Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Cardinal Pitra, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

Librarian of the Vatican Library

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1812		Born
13 Dec 1836	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Autun, France
15 Jan 1842	29.4	Entered	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
10 Feb 1843	30.5	Solemn Vows	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Mar 1863	50.6	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Mar 1863	50.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione
22 Feb 1867	54.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
19 Jan 1869	56.4	Appointed	Librarian of the Vatican Library
19 Jan 1869	56.4	Appointed	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
12 May 1879	66.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
1 Jun 1879	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
24 Mar 1884	71.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
9 Feb 1889	76.5	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

MicroData Summary for Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Pitra
(VIAF: 68934374; WikiData: Q545294)
Jean-Baptiste-François (Odo) Cardinal Pitra O.S.B. (born 1 Aug 1812, died 9 Feb 1889) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Consistory - March 1863: Created Cardinal
First Vatican Council: Council Father
Conclave - 1878: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Champforgeuil, Diocese of Autun, France
Ordained Priest Autun, Diocese of Autun, France
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place S. Callisto, Convent, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Propaganda Fide Chapel, Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 9.6 years
a cardinal for 25.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bénigne-Urbain-Jean-Marie du Trousset d’Héricourt †
Bishop of Autun
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Leo XIII
(Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella †
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Bishop Francesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Leo XIII (1843)
(Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Champforgeuil, Diocese of Autun, France
Ordained Priest	Autun, Diocese of Autun, France
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	S. Callisto, Convent, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Propaganda Fide Chapel, Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 44, and Page 45
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 47, and Page 53
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1879, Number 28
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 16 Mar 1863
b: Biographia Benedictina, 17 Sep 2021

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