Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Avellino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jul 1928		Born	Polla
1 Oct 1944	16.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
25 Feb 1951	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
11 Jun 1988	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
10 Sep 1988	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
20 Feb 1993	64.6	Appointed	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
13 Nov 2004	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
11 Sep 2006	78.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

a priest for 55.5 years
a bishop for 18.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gioacchino Illiano
Bishop Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M. † (1988)
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 Francesco Marino

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