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Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Contesini †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Athenae

Events

a priest for 48.2 years a bishop for 17.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Pope Clement XIII (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773) Bishop Marco Molin, O.S.B. † (1773) Bishop Giampaolo Dolfin, C.R.L. † (1774) Bishop Charles-Eugène de Valperga de Maglione † (1780) Bishop Antonio Maria Gardini † (1782) Bishop Francesco Saverio Cristiani, O.S.A. † (1782) Pope Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, O.S.B. † (1782) Antonio Cardinal Sentmanat y Castellá † (1783) Bishop Carlo Maurizio Peiretti † (1783) Bishop Giuseppe Gioacchino Lovera † (1783) Bishop Mercuriale Prati, O.S.B. † (1784) Archbishop Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore † (1784) Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro † (1784)