Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China

Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1831		Born
1855¹	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
1869¹	37.5	Appointed	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
22 Jul 1873	42.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China
22 Jul 1873	42.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia
22 Feb 1874	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia
1 Sep 1882	51.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China
21 Dec 1904	73.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Simeone Volonteri
Bishop Simeone Volonteri P.I.M.E.
(born 6 Jun 1831, died 21 Dec 1904)
Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan {Ho-Nan Meridionale}

Event Place
Birth Place Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Wuchang
Death Place Fengking

a priest for 49.9 years
a bishop for 30.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Géraud Bray, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Lagania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. † (1861)
Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. † (1849)
Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Titular Bishop of Soli
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Pascal Bili, O.F.M. Ref. † (1877)
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. Ref. † (1884)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stefano Scarella, P.I.M.E. † (1884)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 55201811
WikiData: Q64736432

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 435
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1874, Number 11
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 922

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