Achille Cardinal Silvestrini

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1923		Born	Brisighella, Italy
13 Jul 1946	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 May 1979	55.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
4 May 1979	55.5	Appointed	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
27 May 1979	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
28 Jun 1988	64.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo
28 Jun 1988	64.7	Elevated to Cardinal
1 Jul 1988	64.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
24 May 1991	67.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
9 Jan 1999	75.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo
7 Sep 2000	76.9	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

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Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Achille Cardinal Silvestrini (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:
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli
Bishop Silvano Montevecchi
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †
Ivan Cardinal Dias
Archbishop Clemente Faccani
Bishop Franco Gualdrini
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò
Audrys Juozas Cardinal Backis
Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani

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