Bishop Francesco Tortora, O.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jan 1915		Born
25 Jul 1937	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Minims
19 Mar 1962	47.1	Appointed	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
19 Mar 1962	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Livias
20 May 1962	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Livias
21 Oct 1972	57.7	Appointed	Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
22 Sep 1988	73.6	Resigned	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
17 Nov 1988	73.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Tortora
Bishop Francesco Tortora O.M.
(born 20 Jan 1915, died 17 Nov 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi)

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Trecase, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo

a priest for 51.3 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini †
Archbishop of Palermo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Ricceri †
Bishop of Trapani
Bishop Filippo Aglialoro †
Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini † (1945)
Archbishop of Palermo
Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo † (1930)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Secretary of State
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89735806
WikiData: Q47451013

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 62

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