Archbishop Piero Biggio †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark

Titular Archbishop of Otriculum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1937		Born	Calasetta, Italy
5 Aug 1962	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Dec 1988	51.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Otriculum
10 Dec 1988	51.4	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh
25 Feb 1989	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Otriculum
23 Apr 1992	54.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
27 Feb 1999	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
27 Feb 1999	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
27 Feb 1999	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
27 Feb 1999	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
27 Feb 1999	61.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
18 Apr 2007	69.8	Died	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark

a priest for 44.7 years
a bishop for 18.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Cogoni †
Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Piero Biggio † (1989)
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick D'Rozario, C.S.C.
Bishop Józef Wróbel, S.C.I.

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