Bishop Giuseppe Torti †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lugano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1928		Born	Ronco sopra Ascona
7 Jun 1952	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland
9 Jun 1995	67.4	Appointed	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
10 Sep 1995	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
18 Dec 2003	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
14 Mar 2005	77.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 9.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber
Bishop Ernesto Togni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giuseppe Torti † (1995)
Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni (1987)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław 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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gianni Danzi †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,605
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
bp/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)

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