Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1932		Born	Alberobello
18 Dec 1954	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Conversano, Italy
13 May 1980	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
13 May 1980	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Larino, Italy
29 Jun 1980	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
30 Sep 1986	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
7 Dec 1988	56.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
29 Jan 1989	56.6	Installed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
16 Apr 2009	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
29 May 2011	79.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

a priest for 56.4 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gregorio Falconieri †
Principal Consecrator:
Corrado Cardinal Ursi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese †
Bishop Antonio D’Erchia †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † (1980)
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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:
Archbishop Donato Negro
Bishop Marcello Semeraro
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Domenico Caliandro
Bishop Vittorio Fusco †
Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.
Bishop Vito De Grisantis †

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2009
d: CB, 29 May 2011
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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