Domenico Cardinal Ferrata †

Deceased

Secretary of State

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca

Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Mar 1847		Born
18 Sep 1869	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Montefiascone, Italy
1884²	36.8	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
2 Apr 1885	38.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
14 Apr 1885	38.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
19 Apr 1885	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
16 Apr 1889	42.1	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
10 May 1891	44.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
22 Jun 1896	49.2	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Jun 1896	49.2	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to France
3 Dec 1896	49.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
19 Jun 1899	52.2	Appointed	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals
20 Nov 1899	52.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
19 Apr 1900	53.1	Resigned	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals
23 Oct 1900	53.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
27 Nov 1902	55.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
7 Jan 1903	55.8	Resigned	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
26 Oct 1908	61.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments
7 Apr 1913	66.0	Appointed	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
2 Jan 1914	66.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
4 Sep 1914	67.5	Appointed	Secretary of State
10 Oct 1914	67.5	Died	Secretary of State

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Domenico Ferrata
Domenico Cardinal Ferrata
(born 4 Mar 1847, died 10 Oct 1914)
Secretary of State

Consistory - June 1896: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Participated
Conclave - 1914: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Gradoli, Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Agostino, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Gradoli, Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 29.4 years
a cardinal for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lodovico Cardinal Jacobini †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Isidore-Joseph du Rousseaux †
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Édouard-Joseph Bélin †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lodovico Cardinal Jacobini † (1874)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni Maria Giuseppe Santarelli † (1904)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Friedrich Xaver Odo Fiala † (1885)
Archbishop Antonio Sabatucci † (1890)
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop Jerónimo Thomé da Silva † (1890)
Bishop Joseph Déruaz † (1891)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gradoli, Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Agostino, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Cemetery, Gradoli, Diocese of Montefiascone, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/81224
VIAF: 22274140
WikiData: Q691905

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 550, and Page 52
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Jun 1896
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1885, Number 14
xsta/x933/nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 14, and Page 24, and Page 64
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 129

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