Bishop Giovanni Bianchi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pescia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1918		Born	Firenze
6 Jul 1941	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
22 Jun 1964	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
22 Jun 1964	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Seleuciana
8 Sep 1964	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Seleuciana
27 Jun 1977	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
18 Dec 1993	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
21 Sep 2003	85.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 39.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ermenegildo Cardinal Florit †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Bagnoli †
Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Bianchi † (1964)
Ermenegildo Cardinal Florit † (1954)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †
Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap.
Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli
Bishop Gualtiero Bassetti

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