Archbishop Antonio Sozzo

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Concordia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1942		Born
28 Aug 1971	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Verona, Italy
5 Aug 1995	53.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Concordia
5 Aug 1995	53.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
5 Aug 1995	53.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia
14 Oct 1995	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Concordia
23 May 1998	56.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
17 Jul 2003	61.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco
16 Sep 2015	73.3	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco

MicroData Summary
Antonio Sozzo
Archbishop Antonio Sozzo
(born 9 May 1942)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Paola, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri †
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Bishop Attilio Nicora †
Bishop of Verona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I. (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (2007)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paola, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q605223

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,621
r: CB, 3 Sep 2015
r: CB, 21 Sep 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
opd: CB, 3 Aug 2024

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