Michele Cardinal della Torre †

Deceased

Bishop of Ceneda, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1511¹		Born
7 Feb 1547	36.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
30 May 1547	36.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy
Oct 1547³	36.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
1550²	39.0	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to France
25 Mar 1556	45.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
12 Aug 1568	57.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to France
12 Dec 1583	72.9	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1586	75.1	Died	Bishop of Ceneda, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Michele della Torre
(VIAF: 72566100; WikiData: Q981277)
Michele Cardinal della Torre (born 1511, died 21 Feb 1586) Bishop of Ceneda

Consistory - 1583: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1585: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Udine
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Ceneda, Diocese of Ceneda
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Ceneda, Diocese of Ceneda

a bishop for 38.7 years
a cardinal for 2.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. †
Bishop of Teramo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. † (1546)
Bishop of Teramo
Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella † (1543)
Bishop of Castro [del Lazio]
Archbishop Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. † (1535)
Archbishop of Amalfi
Archbishop Martin de Portugal † (1533)
Archbishop of Funchal
Girolamo Cardinal Grimaldi †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pietro Contarini † (1557)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Udine
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Ceneda, Diocese of Ceneda
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Ceneda, Diocese of Ceneda

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Dec 1583
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 162
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 289
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1547, Number 9
b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Number 19,544
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 90, Number 7,613

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