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Achille Cardinal Silvestrini

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo

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Principal Consecrator: Pope John Paul II (Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo Titular Archbishop of Thagora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope John Paul II (1958) (Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901) Archbishop of Lviv Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886) Bishop of Kraków Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861) Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Leo XII (1794) (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †) Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (1993) Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli (1994) Bishop Silvano Montevecchi (1997) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Bernard Henri René Jacqueline † (1982) Ivan Cardinal Dias (1982) Archbishop Clemente Faccani † (1983) Bishop Franco Gualdrini † (1983) Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali (1985) Antonio Maria Cardinal Vegliò (1985) Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis (1988) Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani (1989)