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

Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne)

Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia

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
12 Jun 2010	70.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, 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 Wojtyła † (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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