Archbishop Francesco Minerva †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1904		Born	Canosa di Puglia
16 Apr 1927	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 Sep 1948	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
31 Oct 1948	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
17 Dec 1950	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
20 Oct 1980	76.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
27 Jan 1981	77.0	Retired	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
23 Aug 2004	100.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

a priest for 77.4 years
a bishop for 55.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Minerva † (1948)
Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi † (1931)
Archbishop Angelo Bartolomasi † (1911)
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicola Riezzo †
Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Corrado Cardinal Ursi †
Archbishop Giuseppe Carata †
Bishop Aldo Garzia †
Archbishop Donato Negro

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