Giuseppe Cardinal Spinelli †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1694		Born
14 Jun 1721	27.3	Ordained Subdeacon	Subdeacon
8 Mar 1722	28.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
17 Apr 1724	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Sep 1725	31.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
21 Sep 1725	31.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium
28 Oct 1725	31.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
1727²	32.9	Appointed	Superior of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
16 Jun 1731	37.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium
16 Jun 1731	37.3	Resigned	Superior of Batavia (Holland Mission), Netherlands
May 1732³	38.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
15 Dec 1734	40.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
17 Jan 1735	40.9	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Mar 1735	41.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
25 Sep 1752	58.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
9 Apr 1753	59.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
8 Feb 1754	60.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Jul 1756³	62.4	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
11 Sep 1756	62.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Jan 1757³	62.9	Resigned	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
13 Jul 1759	65.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
13 Jul 1761	67.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
12 Apr 1763	69.1	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Spinelli
Giuseppe Cardinal Spinelli
(born 1 Feb 1694, died 12 Apr 1763)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia

Consistory - January 1735: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1740: Participated
Conclave - 1758: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Buried Place (Original) Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Rombaut, Cathedral, Malines, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Buried Place (Original)	Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Relatives

Cousin of: Cosimo Cardinal Imperiali †, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Nephew of: Giuseppe Renato Cardinal Imperiali †, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Uncle of: Fernando Cardinal Spinelli †, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

a priest for 38.9 years
a bishop for 37.4 years
a cardinal for 28.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Thomas Philip Wallrad Cardinal d’Hénin-Létard d’Alsace-Boussut de Chimay †
  Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Pierre-Joseph de Franken-Sierstof †
  Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
- Bishop Charles d’Espinoza, O.F.M. Cap. †
  Titular Bishop of Tricca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Philip Wallrad Cardinal d’Hénin-Létard d’Alsace-Boussut de Chimay † (1716)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Giorgio Spínola † (1711)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
- Bishop George Hay † (1758)
- Bishop John Geddes † (1759)
Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Dominic O’Daly, O.P. † (1725)
- Bishop Sylvester Louis Lloyd, O.F.M. † (1729)
- Bishop Michael Marculli † (1733)
- Bishop Niccolò de Rosa † (1733)
- Archbishop Michele di Palma † (1737)
- Archbishop Pacifico Bizza † (1738)
- Bishop Francesco Iorio (Jorio) † (1738)
- Bishop Paolo Cernuschi † (1739)
- Bishop Giacinto Maria Jannucci † (1739)
- Bishop Giovanni Francisco Ingenuo † (1741)
- Antonino Cardinal Sersale † (1743)
- Archbishop Nicola Cioffi † (1744)
- Bishop Giacinto Sardi † (1751)
- Bishop Niccolò Borgia † (1751)
- Bishop Carlo Rosati † (1752)
- Archbishop Francesco Pacca † (1752)
- Bishop Marco Antonio Zoglio (Zollius) † (1752)
- Archbishop Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R. † (1754)
- Archbishop Benedetto Latilla, C.R.L. † (1754)
- Bishop Ciro de Alteriis † (1754)
- Bishop Marco Aurelio Petruccelli † (1754)
- Bishop Gennaro Perrelli † (1755)
- Archbishop Nicola Sanchez de Luna † (1755)
- Bishop Honuphrius del Tufo † (1756)
- Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Capece Zurlo, C.R. † (1756)
- Bishop Giuseppe Pitocco † (1756)
- Archbishop Giuseppe Sersale † (1758)
- Archbishop Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B. † (1758)
- Archbishop Antonio Puoti † (1758)
- Bishop Gioacchino Martínez † (1760)
- Bishop Giovanni Coccoli † (1760)
- Bishop Giovanni Saverio Pirelli † (1760)
- Bishop Giovanbattista Caracciolo, C.R. † (1761)
- Bishop Gennaro Maria Albertini, C.R. † (1761)
- Bishop Angelo Antonio Pallante † (1761)
- Archbishop Michael Triali † (1761)
- Bishop Francesco Pantuliani † (1762)
- Bishop Andrea Torre, C.P.O. † (1762)
- Bishop Domenico Volpe † (1762)
- Bishop Giuseppe Maria de Leone † (1762)
- Bishop Filippo Paini † (1762)
- Bishop Donato Antonio Giannelli † (1762)
- Archbishop Antonino Ganini † (1763)
- Bishop Antonio De Cumis † (1763)
- Bishop Diego Genovesi † (1763)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Silvio Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga † (1731)
- Archbishop Casimiro Rossi † (1733)
- Bishop Giovanni Bernardino Vendemini † (1733)
- Bishop Marcello Filomarini † (1734)
- Bishop Guido Orselli † (1734)
- Giovanni Battista Cardinal Spínola † (1752)
- Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/85020
VIAF: 41896668
WikiData: Q1334150

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 17 Jan 1735
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1725, Number 43
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 262

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