Archbishop Nicola Riezzo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1904		Born	Squinzano
21 Aug 1927	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Mar 1958	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
29 Jun 1958	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
28 Apr 1969	64.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
27 Jan 1981	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
22 Aug 1998	93.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

a priest for 71.0 years
a bishop for 40.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Minerva †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Corrado Cardinal Ursi †
Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nicola Riezzo † (1958)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C.

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