Archbishop Gian Franco Saba

Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1968		Born
13 Sep 1992	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
23 Oct 1993	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
27 Jun 2017	48.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
13 Sep 2017	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
1 Oct 2017	49.0	Installed	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

MicroData Summary for Gian Franco Saba
(VIAF: 58481268; WikiData: Q30876573)
Archbishop Gian Franco Saba (born 20 Sep 1968) Archbishop of Sassari

Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Sardegna): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Olbia, Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio
Ordained Deacon San Simplicio, Basilica, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Ordained Priest San Simplicio, Basilica, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Ordained Bishop A. Caocci Stadio, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Sassari.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Pietro Meloni
Bishop of Nuoro
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.
Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari
Archbishop Arrigo Miglio
Archbishop of Cagliari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti (1997)
Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias
Bl. Eduardo Francisco Cardinal Pironio † (1964)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto
Archbishop Antonio José Plaza † (1950)
Archbishop of La Plata
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Antonio Soddu (2022)
Bishop Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Olbia, Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio
Ordained Deacon	San Simplicio, Basilica, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Ordained Priest	San Simplicio, Basilica, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Ordained Bishop	A. Caocci Stadio, Olbia, Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2017
c2: CB, 27 Jun 2017
c34: CB, 11 Aug 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Number 19,579
od/c01/loc: AM, 2 Nov 2018

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠