Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara

Titular Bishop of Tinista

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1914		Born	Vertova, Italy
7 Aug 1937	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
10 Jul 1959	45.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
10 Jul 1959	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tinista
9 Apr 1961	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tinista
12 Aug 1961	47.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
12 Jun 1971	57.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
19 Sep 1982	68.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi †
Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
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 † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. †

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