Archbishop Antonio Lanza †

Deceased

Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Bishop of Bova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1905		Born
16 Apr 1927	22.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cosenza, Italy
12 May 1943	38.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
12 May 1943	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Bova, Italy
29 Jun 1943	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
10 Aug 1943	38.3	Installed	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
23 Jun 1950	45.2	Died	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

MicroData Summary
Antonio Lanza
Archbishop Antonio Lanza
(born 18 Mar 1905, died 23 Jun 1950)
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria

Event Place
Birth Place Castiglione Cosentino, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Ordained Bishop San Ignazio, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

a priest for 23.1 years
a bishop for 6.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Bishop Demetrio Moscato †
Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/149843
VIAF: 13587462
WikiData: Q3619736

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1947
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 36
odp/i/loc: CB, 22 Jul 2024

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