Bishop Alfonso Maria Vespignani †

Deceased

Bishop of Cesena, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1825		Born
1 Jul 1849	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Jun 1888	62.4	Appointed	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
11 Jun 1888	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
11 Feb 1904	78.1	Died	Bishop of Cesena, Italy

MicroData Summary
Alfonso Maria Vespignani
Bishop Alfonso Maria Vespignani
(born 19 Dec 1825, died 11 Feb 1904)
Bishop of Cesena

Event Place
Birth Place Imola, Diocese of Imola
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 15.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Félix-Marie-François-Ghislain de Neckere †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Bishop Francesco Tavani †
Titular Bishop of Myndus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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):

Vatican Library: 495/260045
VIAF: 89465514
WikiData: Q64735103

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 168
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,227
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1888, Number 29
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 756
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,874

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