Giuseppe Cardinal Simonetti †

Deceased

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1709		Born
26 Mar 1735	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 May 1761	51.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
7 Jun 1761	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Jul 1763³	53.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
26 Sep 1766	57.0	Elevated to Cardinal
1 Dec 1766	57.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
4 Jan 1767	57.2	Died	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Simonetti
Giuseppe Cardinal Simonetti
(born 23 Sep 1709, died 4 Jan 1767)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Consistory - September 1766: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Castelnuovo di Farfa, Italy

a priest for 31.7 years
a bishop for 5.5 years
a cardinal for .2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Domenico Giordani †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Archbishop Giovanni Lercari †
Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi † (1739)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Prospero Celestino Meloni † (1761)
Archbishop Guglelmo Camaldari † (1762)
Archbishop Tiberio Borghesi † (1762)
Bishop Salvatore Andriani, B. † (1765)
Archbishop Paolo Da Ponte, O.C.D. † (1765)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Filipponi Tenderini † (1766)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/87586
WikiData: Q3108145

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Sep 1766
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1761, Number 16
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 36, Additions/Corrections (back)

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