Archbishop Bruno Forte

Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1949		Born
18 Apr 1973	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
26 Jun 2004	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
8 Sep 2004	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
25 Sep 2004	55.1	Installed	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

MicroData Summary
Bruno Forte
Archbishop Bruno Forte
(born 1 Aug 1949)
Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2013: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Abruzzo and Molise): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Maria Santissima Assunta, Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Corrado Cardinal Ursi †
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Michele Cardinal Giordano †
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Luigi Diligenza †
Archbishop Emeritus of Capua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger † (1977)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Domenico Angelo Scotti (2005)
Bishop Pietro Santoro (2007)
Bishop Camillo Cibotti (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Luciano Suriani (2008)
Archbishop Emidio Cipollone (2010)
Archbishop Mauro Lalli (2024)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/126488
VIAF: 61556841
WikiData: Q684969

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,681

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