Domenico Cardinal Battaglia

Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino

Motto: Confide Surge Vocat Te

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jan 1963		Born
8 Aug 1987	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
6 Feb 1988	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
24 Jun 2016	53.4	Appointed	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
3 Sep 2016	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
2 Oct 2016	53.7	Installed	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
12 Dec 2020	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Feb 2021	58.0	Installed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Feb 2021	58.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
12 Jun 2021	58.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
7 Dec 2024	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Dec 2024	61.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino
5 Oct 2025	62.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino

MicroData Summary
Domenico Battaglia
Domenico Cardinal Battaglia
(born 20 Jan 1963)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Campania): Bishop
Consistory - 2024: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Satriano, Diocese of Squillace
Ordained Priest Santa Maria di Altavilla, Church, Satriano, Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Catanzaro, Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Antonio Cantisani †
Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antonio Cantisani †
Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.
Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michele De Rosa
Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti
Archbishop Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.
Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano
Archbishop Antonio Cantisani †
Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace
Archbishop Antonio Ciliberti †
Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2007)
Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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:
Bishop Francesco Beneduce, S.J. (2021)
Bishop Michele Autuoro (2021)
Bishop Gaetano Castello (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Maurizio Aloise (2021)
Bishop Giuseppe Mazzafaro (2021)
Bishop Vito Piccinonna (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1983164913185718980000
WikiData: Q24758132

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Jun 2016
ob/i: CB, 24 Jun 2016
c2+: CB, 18 Aug 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Number 19,091
ab: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2020
loc: AM, 23 Dec 2020
aadm: CB, 7 May 2021
card: Bollettino, 4 Nov 2024
bpd: CB, 4 Nov 2024
ab: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2024
i: Bollettino, 24 Sep 2025

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