Bishop Carmelo Canzonieri †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1907		Born
15 Mar 1930	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ragusa, Italy
11 Mar 1957	49.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
11 Mar 1957	49.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
12 May 1957	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
30 Jul 1963	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
8 Jan 1983	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
26 Mar 1993	85.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

MicroData Summary
Carmelo Canzonieri
Bishop Carmelo Canzonieri
(born 22 Sep 1907, died 26 Mar 1993)
Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ragusa, Diocese of Ragusa
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni Battista, Cathedral, Ragusa, Diocese of Ragusa

a priest for 63.0 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ettore Baranzini †
Archbishop of Siracusa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Pennisi †
Bishop of Ragusa
Bishop Clemente Gaddi †
Bishop of Nicosia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ettore Baranzini † (1933)
Archbishop of Siracusa
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Francesco Sgalambro † (1957)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Francesco Sgalambro † (1957)
Archbishop Michele Pennisi (1972)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Sgalambro † (1986)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3660228

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 134
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 57

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