Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jul 1928		Born
1 Oct 1944	16.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
25 Feb 1951	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
11 Jun 1988	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
10 Sep 1988	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
20 Feb 1993	64.6	Appointed	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
13 Nov 2004	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
11 Sep 2006	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

MicroData Summary
Antonio Forte
Bishop Antonio Forte O.F.M.
(born 9 Jul 1928, died 11 Sep 2006)
Bishop Emeritus of Avellino

Event Place
Birth Place Polla

a priest for 55.5 years
a bishop for 18.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin †
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gioacchino Illiano †
Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
Bishop Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †
Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Sabino Iannuzzi, O.F.M. (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Marino (2005)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/306851
VIAF: 89744275
WikiData: Q3619588

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Number 10,017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,126
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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