Archbishop Francesco Antonio Soddu

Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

Motto: In Omnibus Caritas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1959		Born
27 Apr 1985	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sassari, Italy
29 Oct 2021	62.0	Appointed	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
5 Jan 2022	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
21 Feb 2026	66.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Antonio Soddu
Archbishop Francesco Antonio Soddu
(born 24 Oct 1959)
Archbishop of Sassari

Ad Limina - March 2024 (Italy, Umbria): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chiaramonti, Archdiocese of Sassari
Ordained Priest San Nicola, Cathedral, Sassari, Archdiocese of Sassari
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Terni, Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Sassari.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Salvatore Isgró †
Archbishop of Sassari
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gian Franco Saba
Archbishop of Sassari
Bishop Stefano Russo
Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv. (2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia
Gualtiero Cardinal Bassetti (1994)
Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve
Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli † (1982)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Giovanni Cardinal Benelli † (1966)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q109316374

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 Oct 2021
11.loc: CB, 29 Oct 2021
c2+: CB, 12 Dec 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 251, Number 20,849
c1: AM, 28 May 2022
op: AM, 28 Jul 2025
ab: Bollettino, 21 Feb 2026

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