Archbishop Michele Seccia

Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1951		Born
27 Dec 1975	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
26 Nov 1977	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy
20 Jun 1997	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
8 Sep 1997	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
24 Jun 2006	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
8 Sep 2006	55.2	Installed	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
29 Sep 2017	66.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
2 Dec 2017	66.4	Installed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
18 Jun 2025	74.0	Retired	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy

MicroData Summary
Michele Seccia
Archbishop Michele Seccia
(born 6 Jun 1951)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2013: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Puglia): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie)
Ordained Bishop Palazzetto dello sport, San Severo, Diocese of San Severo

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Lecce.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Carata †
Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno †
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. †
Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth)
Archbishop Giuseppe Casale †
Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri † (1941)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barletta, Archdiocese of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie)
Ordained Bishop	Palazzetto dello sport, San Severo, Diocese of San Severo

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1327034

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 24 Jun 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,046
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ab: Bollettino, 29 Sep 2017
i: CB, 2 Dec 2017
od/c1/loc: AM, 28 May 2022
r: Bollettino, 18 Jun 2025

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