Bishop Francesco Polesini †

Deceased

Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1729		Born
22 Dec 1753	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jun 1772	42.5	Appointed	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
5 Jul 1772	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pula (Pola), Croatia
1 Jun 1778	48.4	Appointed	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
9 Jan 1819	89.0	Died	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia

MicroData Summary
Francesco Polesini
Bishop Francesco Polesini
(born 13 Dec 1729, died 9 Jan 1819)
Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo)

Event Place
Birth Place Montonae

a priest for 65.0 years
a bishop for 46.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Saverio de Zelada †
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Contesini †
Titular Archbishop of Athenae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi † (1739)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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: Q64707852

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 328, and Page 342
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1772, Number 20

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