Archbishop Giuseppe Costanzo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1933		Born
15 Aug 1955	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Acireale, Italy
21 Feb 1976	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale, Italy
21 Feb 1976	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mazaca
4 Apr 1976	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mazaca
17 Nov 1979	46.8	Appointed	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
6 Aug 1982	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Nola, Italy
7 Dec 1989	56.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
12 Sep 2008	75.6	Retired	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
2 Sep 2025	92.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Costanzo
Archbishop Giuseppe Costanzo
(born 2 Jan 1933, died 2 Sep 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Carruba di Riposto, Archdiocese of Error [acit]
Ordained Bishop Annunciation, Cathedral, Acireale, Diocese of Acireale
Death Place Ospedale Umberto I, Siracusa, Archdiocese of Siracusa

a priest for 70.0 years
a bishop for 49.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo †
Archbishop of Palermo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pasquale Bacile †
Bishop of Acireale
Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna †
Archbishop of Catania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo † (1966)
Archbishop of Palermo
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Felice Cece † (1984)
Archbishop Bruno Schettino † (1987)
Bishop Vincenzo Manzella (1991)
Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo (1998)
Archbishop Giovanni Accolla (2016)
Bishop Angelo Giurdanella (2022)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307327804
WikiData: Q735144

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 12 Sep 2008
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 54, Number 3,886
d: CB, 2 Sep 2025

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