Bishop Francesco Benassi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Guastalla

Titular Bishop of Argos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Aug 1811		Born	Villa San Sisto
24 May 1834	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Parma, Italy
20 Jun 1859	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
18 Mar 1867	55.6	Resigned	Bishop-Elect of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
27 Oct 1871	60.2	Appointed	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
3 Dec 1871	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
30 Sep 1884³	73.1	Resigned	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
10 Nov 1884	73.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Argos
15 Mar 1892³	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Guastalla, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 20.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Francesco Emilio Cugini †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Carlo Macchi †
- Bishop Antonio Canzi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francesco Benassi † (1871)
Archbishop Francesco Emilio Cugini † (1852)
Lodovico Cardinal Altieri † (1836)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Giuseppe Buscarini †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 120, and Page 163
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 294
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Number 17,387