Bishop Matteo Franco, C.P.O. †

Deceased

Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1771		Born
13 Mar 1802	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Pious Workers
24 Jan 1829	57.7	Selected	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
18 May 1829	58.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
24 May 1829	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy
27 Aug 1851	80.3	Died	Bishop of Catanzaro, Italy

MicroData Summary
Matteo Franco
Bishop Matteo Franco C.P.O.
(born 22 Apr 1771, died 27 Aug 1851)
Bishop of Catanzaro

Event Place
Birth Place Salerno, Archdiocese of Salerno

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Canali †
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Archbishop Costantino Patrizi Naro †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751122

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1837
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 141
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1829, Number 13

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