Archbishop Carlo Giuseppe Benedetto Mercy d’Argenteau †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Tyrus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1787³		Born
10 Aug 1825	38.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Liège, Belgium
2 Oct 1826	39.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
3 Oct 1826	39.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
8 Oct 1826	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
27 Apr 1837	50.1	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria
16 Nov 1879	92.6	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Carlo Giuseppe Benedetto Mercy d’Argenteau
(VIAF: 775582; WikiData: Q22001629)
Archbishop Carlo Giuseppe Benedetto Mercy d’Argenteau (born 17 Mar 1787, died 16 Nov 1879) Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Bishop St. Laurent in Damasco, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium

a priest for 54.2 years
a bishop for 53.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei †
Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Archbishop Antonio Luigi Piatti †
Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Archbishop Auguste Van Heule, S.J. † (1851)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Theodor Laurent † (1839)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	St. Laurent in Damasco, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Liège, Diocese of Liège, Belgium

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 382
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1826, Number 33
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 54

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