Michelangelo (Pierre) Cardinal Celesia, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Palermo

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1814		Born	Palermo
15 Jan 1835	21.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
24 Jul 1836	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
25 Mar 1850	36.2	Appointed	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
23 Mar 1860	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Patti, Italy
15 Apr 1860	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Patti, Italy
27 Oct 1871	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
10 Nov 1884	70.8	Elevated to Cardinal
10 Nov 1884	70.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca
25 Nov 1887	73.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco
14 Apr 1904	90.3	Died	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - November 1884: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Unable to Participate

a priest for 67.7 years
a bishop for 44.0 years
a cardinal for 19.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michelangelo (Pierre) Cardinal Celesia, O.S.B. † (1860)
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea † (1841)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
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:
Archbishop Joachim-Hyacinthe Gonin, O.P. †
Bishop Michael Adrian Hankinson, O.S.B. †

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