Bishop Gennaro Giordano †

Deceased

Bishop of Acerra, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1717³		Born
23 Sep 1741	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
8 May 1776	58.6	Selected	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
20 May 1776	58.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
28 May 1776	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
Feb 1789³	71.3	Died	Bishop of Acerra, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gennaro Giordano
Bishop Gennaro Giordano
(born 20 Sep 1717, died Feb 1789)
Bishop of Acerra

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 12.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Contesini †
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Archbishop Francesco Maria Piccolomini †
Titular Archbishop of Perge

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada † (1766)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
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: Q64747941

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 63
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1776, Number 17

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