Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1895		Born	Genova, Italy
1914	18.5	Professed	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
26 Mar 1921	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
29 Mar 1938	42.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
29 Mar 1938	42.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Citharizum
26 May 1938	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Citharizum
11 Apr 1946	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
19 Feb 1978	82.7	Died	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Schoppelrey, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † (1938)
Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. † (1932)
Bishop Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. † (1910)
Bishop Agapito Augusto Fiorentini, O.F.M. † (1902)
Bishop Vincenzo Epiphane Carlassare, O.F.M. † (1884)
Bishop Simeone Volonteri, P.I.M.E. † (1874)
Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. † (1861)
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. † (1849)
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †
Bishop Emiliano Guano †
Bishop Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †

Source(s):

ob/c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 41

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