Ludovico Cardinal Merlini †

Deceased

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1690		Born	Forlì, Italy
27 Oct 1740	50.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
8 Dec 1740	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
24 Sep 1759	69.7	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Jul 1760	70.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
12 Apr 1762	72.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
12 Nov 1762	72.9	Died	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Consistory - 1759: Created Cardinal

a bishop for 21.9 years
a cardinal for 3.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph de Guyon de Crochans †
Archbishop Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ludovico Cardinal Merlini † (1740)
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 †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 24 Sep 1759
c2+: CB

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.8.1, 5 Sep 2012; data: 8 Sep 2012