Archbishop Pio Bighi †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1780		Born
4 Jun 1803	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Oct 1847	67.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lystra
10 Oct 1847	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lystra
23 Aug 1853	72.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Philippi
31 Aug 1854	73.9	Died	Titular Archbishop of Philippi

MicroData Summary
Pio Bighi
Archbishop Pio Bighi
(born 5 Sep 1780, died 31 Aug 1854)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 51.2 years
a bishop for 6.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Domenico (Biagio) Stefanelli, O.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
Bishop Mariano Venturi †
Bishop of Veroli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Francesco Cardinal Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. † (1833)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Giacinto Placido Cardinal Zurla, O.S.B. † (1824)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Rudesindo Salvado, O.S.B. † (1849)
Archbishop Angelo Robino † (1853)
Bishop Pietro Luigi Speranza † (1854)
Bishop Nicola Bedini † (1854)
Bishop Giuseppe Maria Fanelli † (1854)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/93831
VIAF: 89073888
WikiData: Q60322591

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 356, and Page 453
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 36

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