Bishop Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.

Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1946		Born
18 Sep 1963	17.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
19 Sep 1971	25.7	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
26 Jun 1973	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
25 Mar 2000	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
20 May 2000	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
4 Jun 2000	54.4	Installed	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
28 May 2013	67.4	Appointed	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
10 Aug 2013	67.6	Installed	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
19 Jun 2021	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

MicroData Summary
Rodolfo Cetoloni
Bishop Rodolfo Cetoloni O.F.M.
(born 3 Jan 1946)
Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto

Ad Limina - April 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2013: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Badia a Ruoti, Diocese of Arezzo
Ordained Priest Jerusalem, Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
Ordained Bishop San Romolo, Cathedral, Fiesole, Diocese of Fiesole

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Grosseto.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan]
Principal Consecrator:
Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli †
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luciano Giovannetti †
Bishop of Fiesole
Bishop Alberto Giglioli †
Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli † (1982)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Giovanni Cardinal Benelli † (1966)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Stefano Manetti (2014)
Bishop Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. (2022)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 196138843
WikiData: Q2161215

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Number 13,768
ab: Bollettino, 28 May 2013
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Deceased Cardinals (back)
loc/i: AM, 14 Jan 2018
r: Bollettino, 19 Jun 2021

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