Bishop Giacomo Zaffrani †

Deceased

Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1878		Born
10 Aug 1901	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Como, Italy
16 Sep 1932	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
30 Oct 1932	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
6 May 1960	81.6	Died	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giacomo Zaffrani
Bishop Giacomo Zaffrani
(born 29 Sep 1878, died 6 May 1960)
Bishop of Guastalla

Event Place
Birth Place Casalzuigno, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop Como, Diocese of Como

a priest for 58.7 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alessandro Macchi †
Bishop of Como
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinando Bernardi †
Bishop of Andria
Bishop Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Tanis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alessandro Macchi † (1923)
Bishop of Como
Eugenio Cardinal Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. † (1911)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Bl. Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari † (1890)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Clemente Gaddi † (1953)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/277291
VIAF: 89572032
WikiData: Q64734557

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 80
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,980

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