Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Balsas, Maranho

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1941		Born	Brescia
26 Mar 1966	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
22 Nov 1995	54.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
2 Mar 1996	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
15 Apr 1998	56.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
17 Sep 2006	65.0	Died	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil

a priest for 40.5 years
a bishop for 10.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte
Bishop Aldo Gerna, M.C.C.I.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † (1996)
Bishop Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. † (1967)
Bishop Mario Longo Dorni † (1954)
Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (1945)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho

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