Bishop Gjergj Volaj †

Deceased

Bishop of Sapë

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1904		Born	Shiroka
27 Jun 1930	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Jun 1940	35.8	Appointed	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
8 Sep 1940	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
3 Apr 1948	43.5	Died	Bishop of Sapë, Albania

a priest for 17.8 years
a bishop for 7.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaspër Thaçi †
Archbishop Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gjergj Volaj † (1940)
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris † (1938)
Archbishop Giuseppe Nogara † (1928)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
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 (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: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1940
bd/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1940, Number 51

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