Bishop Melchiorre Delfico †

Deceased

Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Nov 1694		Born
23 Nov 1719	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 May 1738	43.4	Appointed	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
11 May 1738	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
23 Apr 1744	49.4	Died	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

MicroData Summary
Melchiorre Delfico
Bishop Melchiorre Delfico
(born 17 Nov 1694, died 23 Apr 1744)
Bishop of Muro Lucano

Event Place
Birth Place Teramo

a priest for 24.4 years
a bishop for 5.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Raffaele Cosimo de’ Girolami †
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Feroni †
Titular Archbishop of Damascus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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):

WikiData: Q64762815

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1738, Number 15
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 298

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