Archbishop Giovanni Ceirano †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark

Titular Archbishop of Tagase

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1927		Born	Lagnasco, Italy
1 Jul 1951	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Dec 1989	62.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tagase
21 Dec 1989	62.4	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
6 Jan 1990	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tagase
15 Jan 1990	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands
20 Aug 1992	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
20 Aug 1992	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
20 Aug 1992	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
20 Aug 1992	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
20 Aug 1992	65.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
27 Feb 1999	71.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
27 Feb 1999	71.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
27 Feb 1999	71.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
27 Feb 1999	71.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
27 Feb 1999	71.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
30 Jan 2006	78.5	Died	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Ceirano † (1990)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119, Number 10,679
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)

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