Bishop Gennaro Fenizia †

Deceased

Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jul 1889		Born
15 Aug 1914	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
17 Aug 1938	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
30 Oct 1938	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
4 Dec 1938	49.4	Installed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
21 Jul 1948	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
21 Jul 1948	59.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy
12 Dec 1948	59.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy
15 Nov 1952	63.3	Died	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

MicroData Summary
Gennaro Fenizia
Bishop Gennaro Fenizia
(born 10 Jul 1889, died 15 Nov 1952)
Bishop of Cava e Sarno

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Death Place Cava dei Tirreni, Diocese of Cava e Sarno
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Cava dei Tirreni, Diocese of Cava e Sarno

a priest for 38.2 years
a bishop for 14.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe d’Alessio †
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Bishop Alfonso Ferrandina †
Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † (1909)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Archbishop of Spoleto
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Death Place	Cava dei Tirreni, Diocese of Cava e Sarno
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Cava dei Tirreni, Diocese of Cava e Sarno

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q50056895

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 88
opd/loc/aadm: CB, 9 Oct 2025

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠