Archbishop Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1885		Born
19 Mar 1908	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
27 Jan 1936	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
19 Mar 1936	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
26 Jun 1940	54.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
19 Mar 1949	63.5	Died	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
5 Nov 2016		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi
Archbishop Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi O.F.M.
(born 4 Sep 1885, died 19 Mar 1949)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo)

Event Place
Birth Place Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Death Place Durrës, Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo)

a priest for 41.0 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † (1927)
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Frano Franush Illia † (1943)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gjergj Volaj † (1940)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/244414
VIAF: 45113300
WikiData: Q2527373

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,234
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 15
beat: CB, 14 Jul 2016
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 48, Additions/Corrections (back)
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 75, Additions/Corrections (back)
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,340, Additions/Corrections (back)

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