Gennaro Cardinal Portanova †

Deceased

Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1845		Born
22 May 1869	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Aug 1883	37.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ischia, Italy
9 Aug 1883	37.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhosus
12 Aug 1883	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhosus
11 Feb 1885	39.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
16 Mar 1888	42.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
1889²	43.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bova, Italy
1895²	49.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Bova, Italy
1898²	52.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
1899²	53.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
19 Jun 1899	53.6	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Jun 1899	53.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
25 Apr 1908	62.5	Died	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gennaro Portanova
(VIAF: 315942943; WikiData: Q1301946)
Gennaro Cardinal Portanova (born 11 Oct 1845, died 25 Apr 1908) Archbishop of Reggio Calabria

Consistory - 1899: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Ssmo. Redentore a Villa Caserta, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
Buried Place (Original) City, Cemetery, Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
Buried Place (Current) Cathedral, Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

a priest for 38.9 years
a bishop for 24.7 years
a cardinal for 8.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Sisto Cardinal Riario Sforza †
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Camillo Santori †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Bishop Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Nyssa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Giuseppe Moràbito † (1899)
Bishop Domenico Scopelliti † (1899)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop	Ssmo. Redentore a Villa Caserta, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
Buried Place (Original)	City, Cemetery, Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
Buried Place (Current)	Cathedral, Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 325, and Page 480
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 482, and Page 47
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 Jun 1899
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 36

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