Corrado Cardinal Ursi †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto

Motto: Grana Multa Una Hostia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1908		Born
25 Jul 1931	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
31 Jul 1951	43.0	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
30 Sep 1951	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
28 Oct 1951	43.2	Installed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
Oct 1953³	45.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gallipoli, Italy
22 Jul 1954	45.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gallipoli, Italy
30 Nov 1961	53.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
30 Nov 1961	53.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy
27 May 1962	53.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy
10 Feb 1966	57.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
23 May 1966	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Jun 1967	58.9	Elevated to Cardinal
29 Jun 1967	58.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
9 May 1987	78.7	Retired	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
29 Aug 2003	95.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Corrado Ursi
Corrado Cardinal Ursi
(born 26 Jul 1908, died 29 Aug 2003)
Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}

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
Consistory - 1967: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Andria, Diocese of Andria
Ordained Priest Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi
Death Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original) Incoronata, Basilica, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 72.0 years
a bishop for 51.9 years
a cardinal for 36.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Achille Salvucci †
Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi
Bishop Francesco Minerva †
Bishop of Lecce

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri † (1941)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gennaro Acampa (1968)
Archbishop Bruno Forte (1973)
Bishop Lucio Lemmo (1973)
Archbishop Vincenzo Pelvi (1973)
Archbishop Tommaso Caputo (1974)
Bishop Antonio Di Donna (1976)
Archbishop Ciro Miniero (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antonio Zama † (1967)
Archbishop Settimio Todisco † (1970)
Francesco Cardinal Colasuonno † (1975)
Bishop Aldo Garzia † (1975)
Bishop Armando Franco † (1977)
Bishop Antonio Pagano † (1977)
Archbishop Antonio Ambrosanio † (1977)
Archbishop Luigi Diligenza † (1978)
Archbishop Mario Miglietta † (1979)
Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † (1980)
Bishop Donato De Bonis † (1993)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Orazio Semeraro † (1957)
Archbishop Nicola Riezzo † (1958)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Andria, Diocese of Andria
Ordained Priest	Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Molfetta, Diocese of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi
Death Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original)	Incoronata, Basilica, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/203284
VIAF: 2497602
WikiData: Q1135258

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 102
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Deceased Cardinals (back)
aadm: CB, 9 Oct 2025

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