Bishop Gjergj Volaj †

Deceased

Bishop of Sapë, Albania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1904		Born
27 Jun 1930	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Jun 1940	35.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
8 Sep 1940	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
3 Apr 1948	43.5	Died	Bishop of Sapë, Albania

MicroData Summary
Gjergj Volaj
Bishop Gjergj Volaj
(born 21 Sep 1904, died 3 Apr 1948)
Bishop of Sapë

Event Place
Birth Place Shiroka
Ordained Bishop Sapë, Diocese of Sapë

a priest for 17.7 years
a bishop for 7.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaspër Thaçi †
Archbishop of Shkodrë
Archbishop Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Archbishop Giuseppe Nogara † (1928)
Archbishop of Udine
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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):

WikiData: Q50215049

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1940
bd/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 51
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,341

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