Patriarch Giuseppe Valerga †

Deceased

Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1813		Born
11 Dec 1836	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Oct 1847	34.4	Appointed	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
10 Oct 1847	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
2 Dec 1872	59.6	Died	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Valerga
Patriarch Giuseppe Valerga
(born 9 Apr 1813, died 2 Dec 1872)
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Luano, Diocese of Albenga, Italy
Ordained Bishop Pauline Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 35.9 years
a bishop for 25.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius IX
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Giovanni Giuseppe Canali †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
Patriarch Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) †
Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Patriarch Vincenzo Bracco † (1866)
Archbishop Nicolás Castells, O.F.M. Cap. † (1866)
Archbishop Francesco Domenico Reynaudi (Raynaud), O.F.M. Cap. † (1868)
Bishop Zaccaria Fanciulli, O.F.M. Cap. † (1872)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Patriarch Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti † (1850)
Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. † (1850)
Bishop Girolamo Verzeri † (1850)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/258842
VIAF: 69722694
WikiData: Q952974

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 305
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 33

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