Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1939		Born	Saltino di Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy
11 Aug 1963	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
2 Jul 1993	53.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
2 Jul 1993	53.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
3 Oct 1993	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
11 Oct 2004	65.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Izmir (Smirne).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Achille Cardinal Silvestrini
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (1993)
Achille Cardinal Silvestrini (1979)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap.

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