Bishop Antonio Ranza †

Deceased

Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1801		Born
15 Mar 1823	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
20 Dec 1823	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Apr 1849	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
20 May 1849	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
20 Nov 1875	74.8	Died	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

MicroData Summary
Antonio Ranza
Bishop Antonio Ranza
(born 15 Jan 1801, died 20 Nov 1875)
Bishop of Piacenza

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Piacenza

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pier Grisologo Basetti (Bassetti) †
Bishop of Borgo San Donnino
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gaetano Benaglia †
Bishop of Lodi
Bishop Michelangelo Orlandi †
Bishop of Pontremoli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pier Grisologo Basetti (Bassetti) † (1834)
Bishop of Borgo San Donnino
Emmanuele Cardinal de Gregorio † (1829)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Buscarini † (1872)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/98829
VIAF: 160565575
WikiData: Q3620078

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 458
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1849, Number 34

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