Bishop Paolo Rota †

Deceased

Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Sep 1886		Born
21 May 1910	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cremona, Italy
10 Mar 1947	60.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona, Italy
10 Mar 1947	60.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Memphis
25 May 1947	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Memphis
28 Dec 1952	66.2	Appointed	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
31 Dec 1960	74.2	Died	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

MicroData Summary
Paolo Rota
Bishop Paolo Rota
(born 14 Sep 1886, died 31 Dec 1960)
Bishop of Fidenza

Event Place
Birth Place Casalsigone

a priest for 50.6 years
a bishop for 13.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Geremia Bonomelli †
Bishop of Cremona
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Cazzani †
Bishop of Cremona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ambrogio Squintani †
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Bishop Giovanni Urbani †
Titular Bishop of Axomis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Cazzani † (1904)
Bishop of Cremona
Bishop Francesco Ciceri † (1901)
Bishop of Pavia
Archbishop Agostino Gaetano Riboldi † (1877)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Archbishop Lucido Maria Parocchi † (1871)
Archbishop of Bologna
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † (1950)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi † (1950)
Archbishop Natale Mosconi † (1951)
Bishop Virginio Dondeo † (1953)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/252473
VIAF: 89420162
WikiData: Q23818788

Source(s):

ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 45

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