Archbishop Carlo Serena †

Deceased

Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1882		Born
23 Dec 1905	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sorrento, Italy
4 Jul 1935	53.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
5 Jul 1935	53.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
5 Jul 1935	53.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Myra
11 Aug 1935	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Myra
22 Oct 1945	63.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
30 Jul 1972	90.3	Died	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

MicroData Summary
Carlo Serena
Archbishop Carlo Serena
(born 18 Mar 1882, died 30 Jul 1972)
Archbishop of Sorrento

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Capri, Archdiocese of Sorrento
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 66.6 years
a bishop for 36.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Borgongini Duca †
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Archbishop Giuseppe Pizzardo †
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. † (1939)
Bishop Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. † (1939)
Bishop Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. † (1941)
Archbishop Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón † (1942)
Archbishop Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (1942)
Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. † (1942)
Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal † (1942)
Archbishop Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. † (1944)
Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † (1945)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paolo Savino † (1959)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64658291

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 61
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 100
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 623, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 664, Ascendance

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