Alessandro Cardinal Franchi †

Deceased

Secretary of the Secretariat of State

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jun 1819		Born	Rome
16 Mar 1842	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Jun 1856	37.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
5 Jul 1856	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
31 Oct 1860	41.3	Appointed	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Mar 1868	48.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
1869	49.5	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
22 Dec 1873	54.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
22 Dec 1873	54.5	Elevated to Cardinal
10 Mar 1874	54.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
5 Mar 1878	58.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Secretariat of State
31 Jul 1878	59.1	Died	Secretary of the Secretariat of State

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - 1873: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1878: Participated

a priest for 36.4 years
a bishop for 22.1 years
a cardinal for 4.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alessandro Macioti †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Bel, C.M. †
Benito Cardinal Sanz y Forés †
Bishop Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. †
Archbishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Bishop Michael O’Connor †
Archbishop Camillo Sorgente †
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni †
Bishop Bl. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini †
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella †
Bishop St. Daniele Comboni, M.C.C.I. †
Mario Cardinal Mocenni †
Guglielmo Cardinal Sanfelice D'Acquavella, O.S.B. †
Bishop Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret †
Bishop Francis Silas Marean Chatard †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski †
Bishop Michael Franciscus Buttigieg †
Archbishop Martial-Guillaume-Marie Testard du Cosquer †
Bishop Manoel do Rego Medeiros †
Bishop Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata †
Bishop Francisco Cardoso Aires †

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