Pier Francesco Cardinal Meglia †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to France

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1810		Born	Santo Stefano al Mare, Italy
24 Sep 1836	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Sep 1864	53.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
25 Sep 1864	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
1 Oct 1864	53.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to México
26 Oct 1866	56.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
10 Jul 1874	63.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
19 Sep 1879	68.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
19 Sep 1879	68.9	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Mar 1883	72.4	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to France

Consistory - September 1879: Created Cardinal

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 18.5 years
a cardinal for 3.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pier Francesco Cardinal Meglia † (1864)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Franz Leopold von Leonrod †
Bishop Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp. †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 238

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