Archbishop Luigi Bignami †

Deceased

Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1862		Born
9 Nov 1884	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy
11 Dec 1905	43.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
14 Jan 1906	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
27 Dec 1919	57.4	Died	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

MicroData Summary
Luigi Bignami
Archbishop Luigi Bignami
(born 28 Jun 1862, died 27 Dec 1919)
Archbishop of Siracusa

Event Place
Birth Place Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}

a priest for 35.1 years
a bishop for 13.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bl. Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari †
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Carlo Castelli, Obl.S.C. †
Bishop of Bobbio
Bishop Giovanni (di Dio) Mauri †
Titular Bishop of Famagusta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bl. Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari † (1890)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Angelo Portelli, O.P. † (1911)
Bishop Giuseppe Vizzini † (1913)
Archbishop Giovanni Iacono † (1918)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/196376
VIAF: 304912008
WikiData: Q3839339

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1920
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 3

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