Bishop Angelo Rizzo †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1926		Born
31 Oct 1948	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caltanissetta, Italy
2 Feb 1974	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy
18 Mar 1974	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy
16 Feb 2002	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy
16 Jul 2009	83.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

MicroData Summary
Angelo Rizzo
Bishop Angelo Rizzo
(born 11 Apr 1926, died 16 Jul 2009)
Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa

Event Place
Birth Place Montedoro, Diocese of Caltanissetta
Ordained Priest Seminario Vescovile, Chapel, Caltanissetta, Diocese of Caltanissetta
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria La Nova, Cathedral, Caltanissetta, Diocese of Caltanissetta
Death Place Montedoro, Diocese of Caltanissetta

a priest for 60.7 years
a bishop for 35.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giovanni Iacono †
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Principal Consecrator:
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo †
Archbishop of Palermo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfredo Maria Garsia †
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Bishop Francesco Monaco †
Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo † (1966)
Archbishop of Palermo
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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:
Bishop Mario Russotto (1981)
Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro (1981)
Father Sebastiano Roberto Asta (1986)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Carmelo Ferraro (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q354019

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
c1/loc: AM, 1 Apr 2023

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠