Bishop Ottavio Branciforte †

Deceased

Bishop of Catania

Events

Date	Event	Title
10 Jan 1633	Appointed	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
16 Jan 1633	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
2 Mar 1638	Appointed	Bishop of Catania, Italy
14 Jun 1646	Died	Bishop of Catania, Italy

a bishop for 13.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Giovanni Battista Pamphilj †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fausto Caffarelli †
Archbishop Biago Proto de Rubeis †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ottavio Branciforte † (1633)
Pope Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † (1626)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 4, Page 146, and Page 142 (b)
Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 93, Number 556 (ob/c2+)

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