Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Titular Bishop of Soli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1805¹		Born
27 Mar 1846	41.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
27 Mar 1846	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Soli
23 May 1847	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Soli
2 Nov 1855	50.8	Died	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francesco Xavier Maresca
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca O.F.M.
(born 1805, died 2 Nov 1855)
Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Kin-ka-kang
Death Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

a bishop for 8.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi †
Titular Bishop of Canopus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Canopus
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. Ref. † (1849)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16737140

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 349
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1847, Number 17
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 919

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