Bishop Lorenzo Signani, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Mar 1804		Born
1 Oct 1826	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
28 Sep 1855	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
14 Oct 1855	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
2 Sep 1863	59.4	Died	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy

MicroData Summary
Lorenzo Signani
Bishop Lorenzo Signani O.F.M. Cap.
(born 29 Mar 1804, died 2 Sep 1863)
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri

Event Place
Birth Place Brisighella
Ordained Bishop Imm. Conception (OFM Cap), Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 36.9 years
a bishop for 7.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giusto Cardinal Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Ligi-Bussi, O.F.M. Conv. †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Bishop Giuseppe Palermo, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giusto Cardinal Recanati, O.F.M. Cap. † (1848)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Priest:
Agostino Cardinal Ciasca, O.E.S.A. † (1858)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giovanni Antonio Benini (Bedini) † (1855)
Archbishop Carlo Rivelli † (1855)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307403451
WikiData: Q64734474

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1858
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 409
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1855, Number 38
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,601

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