Archbishop Ignazio Sanna

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

Motto: Deus Caritas Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1942		Born
11 Mar 1967	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nuoro, Italy
22 Apr 2006	64.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
25 Jun 2006	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
4 May 2019	77.2	Retired	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
3 Jun 2019	77.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
6 Aug 2022	80.4	Retired	President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

MicroData Summary
Ignazio Sanna
Archbishop Ignazio Sanna
(born 20 Feb 1942)
President Emeritus of Theology

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2013: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Orune, Diocese of Nuoro, Italy
Ordained Priest Church, Orune, Diocese of Nuoro, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Oristano, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Pontifical Academy of Theology.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giuseppe Melas †
Bishop of Nuoro
Principal Consecrator:
Camillo Cardinal Ruini †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia
Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano
Bishop Salvatore Rino Fisichella
Titular Bishop of Vicohabentia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Camillo Cardinal Ruini † (1983)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Bishop Gilberto Baroni † (1954)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro † (1947)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Giuseppe Siri † (1944)
Archbishop of Genova
Pietro Cardinal Boetto, S.J. † (1938)
Archbishop of Genova
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/253078
VIAF: 14942139
WikiData: Q1657603

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Apr 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,175
c1/loc: AM, 25 Sep 2018
r: Bollettino, 4 May 2019
r: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2022
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 269, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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