Giovanni Stefano Cardinal Donghi †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferrara

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1608		Born	Genoa
13 Jul 1643	35.5	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Aug 1643	35.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro
27 Nov 1651	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
12 May 1652	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
14 May 1655	47.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti
2 Aug 1655	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Imola, Italy
26 Feb 1663	55.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
26 Nov 1669	61.9	Died	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

Consistory - July 1643: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1644: Participated
Conclave - 1655: Participated
Conclave - 1667: Participated

a bishop for 17.5 years
a cardinal for 26.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. †
Bishop Pomponio Spreti †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Stefano Cardinal Donghi † (1652)
Archbishop Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) † (1645)
Luigi Cardinal Capponi † (1621)
Roberto Cardinal Ubaldini † (1608)
Jacques Davy Cardinal Du Perron † (1595)
François Cardinal de Joyeuse †

Source(s):

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Year 1643, Month 7, Day 13 (b)
Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 4, Page 209 (b)

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