Bishop Pierfranco Pastore

Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Titular Bishop of Forontoniana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1927		Born	Varallo Sesia, Italy
25 Jun 1950	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
1984	56.7	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
3 Dec 1994	67.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forontoniana
6 Jan 1995	67.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forontoniana
29 Nov 2003	76.6	Retired	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Please contact the Bishop through the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierfranco Pastore (1995)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,462

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