Michele Cardinal Lega †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1860		Born	Brisighella
13 Sep 1883	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Faenza, Italy
20 Oct 1908	48.8	Appointed	Dean of the Roman Rota
25 May 1914	54.4	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1914	54.4	Resigned	Dean of the Roman Rota
25 May 1914	54.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
15 Dec 1914	55.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Mar 1920	60.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
18 Dec 1924	65.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
21 Jun 1926	66.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
11 Jul 1926	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
16 Dec 1935	76.0	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

Consistory - 1914: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated
Conclave - 1922: Participated

a priest for 52.3 years
a bishop for 9.4 years
a cardinal for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Carlo Cardinal Cremonesi †
Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.S.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michele Cardinal Lega † (1926)
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † (1919)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop Bonaventura Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1926, Number 45

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