Angelo Cardinal Comastri

President of the Fabric of St. Peter

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Salvatore in Lauro

Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1943		Born	Sorano
11 Mar 1967	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Jul 1990	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
12 Sep 1990	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
3 Mar 1994	50.5	Resigned	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
9 Nov 1996	53.1	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Loreto, Italy
5 Feb 2005	61.4	Retired	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
5 Feb 2005	61.4	Appointed	President of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Feb 2005	61.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
31 Oct 2006	63.1	Succeeded	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
24 Nov 2007	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2007	64.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Salvatore in Lauro
24 May 2008	64.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Salvatore in Lauro

Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal

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a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Luigi Boccadoro †
Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli
Bishop Eugenio Binini

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Comastri (1990)
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin (1957)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giancarlo Vecerrica

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