Archbishop Luciano Suriani

Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria

Titular Archbishop of Amiternum

Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1957		Born
5 Aug 1981	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
22 Feb 2008	51.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amiternum
22 Feb 2008	51.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
26 Apr 2008	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Amiternum
21 Nov 2008	51.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
24 Sep 2009	52.7	Appointed	Official of the Secretariat of State
7 Dec 2015	58.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
13 May 2022	65.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
21 May 2022	65.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia

MicroData Summary
Luciano Suriani
Archbishop Luciano Suriani
(born 11 Jan 1957)
Apostolic Nuncio of Bulgaria

Event Place
Birth Place Atessa, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Giustino, Cathedral, Chieti, Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Bulgaria.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo †
Archbishop of Chieti
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran †
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
Archbishop Bruno Forte
Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Atessa, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Giustino, Cathedral, Chieti, Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q529557

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,731
ab: Bollettino, 24 Sep 2009
ab: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2015
ab: Bollettino, 13 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 21 May 2022

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