Archbishop Paolino Limongi †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Parva

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1914		Born
18 Jul 1937	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Aug 1963	48.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Parva
15 Aug 1963	48.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
20 Oct 1963	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Parva
9 Jul 1969	54.6	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran
Mar 1971³	56.2	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran
5 Dec 1996	82.0	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Paolino Limongi
Archbishop Paolino Limongi
(born 2 Dec 1914, died 5 Dec 1996)
Apostolic Nuncio

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bellona, Archdiocese of Capua, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 33.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (1968)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/286221
VIAF: 317193202
WikiData: Q17325614

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 100
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 295, Ascendance

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