Bishop Benedetto Spila, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy

Titular Bishop of Arethusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1846		Born
26 Aug 1866	19.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
12 Feb 1870	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
24 Apr 1903	56.4	Appointed	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
10 May 1903	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
29 Apr 1909	62.4	Resigned	Bishop of Alatri, Italy
29 Apr 1909	62.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arethusa
25 Sep 1928	81.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy

MicroData Summary
Benedetto Spila
Bishop Benedetto Spila O.F.M.
(born 13 Nov 1846, died 25 Sep 1928)
Bishop Emeritus of Alatri

Event Place
Birth Place Subiaco

a priest for 58.6 years
a bishop for 25.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco di Paola Cardinal Cassetta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mauro Bernardo Pietro Nardi, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Thebae in Thebaide
Archbishop Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco di Paola Cardinal Cassetta † (1884)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Sebastiano Francisco Pifferi, O.F.M. † (1905)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/42655
VIAF: 232860389
WikiData: Q64762319

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 84
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1903, Number 10
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 66

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