Archbishop Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D.

Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Oct 1958		Born
17 Sep 1985	26.9	Entered	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
14 Sep 1990	31.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
24 Oct 1992	34.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
20 Apr 2009	50.5	Elected	Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites
4 Sep 2021	62.9	Ceased	Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites
6 Feb 2025	66.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
11 May 2025	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

MicroData Summary
Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà
Archbishop Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà O.C.D.
(born 3 Oct 1958)
Archbishop of Pisa

Event Place
Birth Place Catanzaro, Archdiocese of Catanzaro
Ordained Priest San Torpè, Church, Pisa, Archdiocese of Pisa
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Pisa, Archdiocese of Pisa

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Pisa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Alessandro Plotti †
Archbishop of Pisa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto
Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna
Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)
Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice
Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto (2003)
Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa
Archbishop Alessandro Plotti † (1981)
Archbishop of Pisa
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 304962253
WikiData: Q2228068

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Feb 2025
ob/c1: CB, 6 Feb 2025
mn: CB, 9 Feb 2025
op.loc: AM, 16 Mar 2025
c2: CB, 9 May 2025
c2+: CB, 10 May 2025

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