Gustavo Cardinal Testa †

Deceased

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (degli Schiavoni)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1886		Born	Boltierre
28 Oct 1910	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bergamo, Italy
4 Jun 1934	47.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
4 Jun 1934	47.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of
1 Nov 1934	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
11 Feb 1948	61.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine
6 Mar 1953	66.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
1959	72.4	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Dec 1959	73.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (degli Schiavoni)
14 Dec 1959	73.4	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Oct 1961	75.2	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Aug 1962	76.0	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
15 Aug 1967	81.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
13 Jan 1968	81.5	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
28 Feb 1969	82.6	Died	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Consistory - 1959: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1963: Participated

a priest for 58.3 years
a bishop for 34.3 years
a cardinal for 9.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Adriano Bernareggi †
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gustavo Cardinal Testa † (1934)
Bl. Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929)
Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † (1919)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Boleslaw Hieronim Klopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozlowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawlowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka Mlodziejowski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † (1676)
Bishop Bonawentura Madalinski † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Hasler †
Bishop Johannes Vonderach †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giacomo Testa †

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