Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda

Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Titular Archbishop of Cannae

Titular See: (Zaire)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1933		Born	Zafferana Etnea, Italy
14 Jul 1957	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Apr 1979	45.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cannae
22 Apr 1979	45.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
27 May 1979	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Cannae
29 Jan 1985	51.4	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
2 Jun 1992	58.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
12 Oct 2002	69.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Portugal.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, S.O.C. †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda (1979)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw 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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M.
Archbishop Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M.
Bishop Luis Morgan Casey
Bishop Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †
Bishop Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.
Bishop Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis
Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho
Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira
Bishop Carillo Gritti
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor
Bishop Salvatore Pappalardo
Bishop Antonino Migliore

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