Bishop Giovanni Francesco Toppia †

Deceased

Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1754		Born
19 Sep 1778	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Mar 1818	64.1	Selected	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
25 May 1818	64.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
2 Aug 1818	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
20 Jul 1828	74.4	Died	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Francesco Toppia
Bishop Giovanni Francesco Toppia
(born 28 Jan 1754, died 20 Jul 1828)
Bishop of Vigevano

Event Place
Birth Place Perletto

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 9.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Maria Sappa de Milanes †
Bishop of Acqui
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni-Antonio Niccola (Nicola) †
Bishop of Alba (Pompea)
Bishop Alessandro d’Angennes †
Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Carlo Giuseppe Maria Sappa de Milanes † (1817)
Bishop of Acqui
Giuseppe Cardinal Morozzo Della Rocca † (1802)
Bishop of Novara
Leonardo Cardinal Antonelli † (1794)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Bishop Carlo Francesco Carnevale † (1819)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3767291

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 396
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1818, Number 70

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