Bishop Giacomo Giuseppe Jans †

Deceased

Bishop of Aosta, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1810		Born
19 Sep 1835	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Feb 1867	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
1 May 1867	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
21 Mar 1872	62.0	Died	Bishop of Aosta, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giacomo Giuseppe Jans
Bishop Giacomo Giuseppe Jans
(born 10 Mar 1810, died 21 Mar 1872)
Bishop of Aosta

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Liliane, Diocese of Aosta
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Aosta, Diocese of Aosta

a priest for 36.5 years
a bishop for 4.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luigi Moreno †
Bishop of Ivrea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. †
Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia
Bishop Étienne-Barthélemy Bagnoud, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Bethleem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luigi Moreno † (1838)
Bishop of Ivrea
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlo Savio † (1867)
Bishop Giacomo Antonio Colli † (1867)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16027543

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 131
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1867, Number 24

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