Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1908		Born
15 Aug 1930	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bergamo, Italy
16 Dec 1949	41.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
16 Dec 1949	41.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Belgian Congo
16 Dec 1949	41.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Rwanda
8 Jan 1950	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
27 Sep 1954	46.5	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
25 May 1967	59.2	Died	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

MicroData Summary
Pietro Sigismondi
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi
(born 23 Feb 1908, died 25 May 1967)
Secretary of Propagation of the Faith

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 Villa d'Almé, Diocese of Bergamo, Italy
Ordained Bishop Collège de Propaganda Fide, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
Archbishop Angelo Rotta †
Titular Archbishop of Thebae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Ordained Deacon:
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1957)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony † (1954)
Bishop Patrick Dougherty † (1954)
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy † (1956)
Stephen Fumio Cardinal Hamao † (1957)
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1957)
Archbishop Paulinus Costa † (1963)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera † (1955)
Archbishop Nicholas Thomas Elko † (1955)
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † (1955)
Pietro Cardinal Parente † (1955)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Archbishop Aurelio Signora † (1957)
Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † (1959)
Bishop Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. † (1960)
Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel † (1961)
Bishop Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I. † (1961)
Archbishop Jean Zoa † (1961)
Archbishop Mario Brini † (1962)
Archbishop Paolino Limongi † (1963)
Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo † (1963)
Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale † (1963)
Bishop José García Villas, C.M. † (1963)
Bishop Baptist Mudartha † (1963)
Bishop Arnold Ralph Cotey, S.D.S. † (1963)
Bishop Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. † (1963)
Bishop François Hoenen, S.V.D. † (1963)
Bishop Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. † (1963)
Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka † (1963)
Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha † (1963)
Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas † (1963)
Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1963)
Archbishop Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † (1964)
Bishop Georges Benoit Gassongo † (1965)
Bishop Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. † (1966)
Giovanni Cardinal Benelli † (1966)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16590526

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 1
ab: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 42, Page 213

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