Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia

Titular Bishop of Thapsus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Dec 1914		Born	Verolengo, Italy
10 Mar 1940	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
10 Jan 1952	37.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
10 Jan 1952	37.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thapsus
20 Apr 1952	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thapsus
22 Oct 1960	45.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

a priest for 20.6 years
a bishop for 8.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Cardinal Samorè †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz †
Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † (1952)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1952, Number 30

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