Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini †

Deceased

Archbishop of Palermo

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1888		Born	San Benedetto Po
10 Jul 1910	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mantova, Italy
28 Oct 1928	40.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
11 Oct 1945	57.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
8 Dec 1945	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
18 Feb 1946	58.1	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 1946	58.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina
11 Jun 1967	79.4	Died	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Conclave - 1963: Participated

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 21.5 years
a cardinal for 21.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini † (1945)
Giuseppe Cardinal Pizzardo † (1930)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Filippo Aglialoro †
Bishop Giuseppe Petralia †

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