Bishop Modesto Farina †

Deceased

Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1771		Born
19 Apr 1794	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Nov 1820	49.6	Selected	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
13 Aug 1821	50.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
15 Aug 1821	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
10 May 1856	85.1	Died	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

MicroData Summary
Modesto Farina
Bishop Modesto Farina
(born 18 Mar 1771, died 10 May 1856)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}

Event Place
Birth Place Lugano

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michele Belli †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Archbishop Antonio Baldini †
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlo Fontanini, C.M. † (1827)
Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Cappellari † (1832)
Patriarch Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti, O.S.B. † (1841)
Bishop Giacomo De’ Foretti † (1843)
Bishop Federico Manfredini † (1843)
Bishop Angelo Fusinato † (1851)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Grasser † (1823)
Bishop Antonio-Maria Calcagno † (1835)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/197780
VIAF: 62968509
WikiData: Q3859967

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1838
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 300
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1821, Number 18

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