Bishop Antonino Orrù †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1928		Born
13 Jul 1952	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cagliari, Italy
9 Apr 1990	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy
13 May 1990	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy
5 Feb 2004	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy
13 Aug 2022	94.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy

MicroData Summary
Antonino Orrù
Bishop Antonino Orrù
(born 23 Apr 1928, died 13 Aug 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sinnai, Archdiocese of Cagliari
Ordained Priest Santa Barbara, Church, Sinnai, Archdiocese of Cagliari
Ordained Bishop N.S. de Bonaria, Church, Cagliari, Archdiocese of Cagliari
Death Place Cagliari, Archdiocese of Cagliari
Buried Place (Original) Santa Barbara, Cemetery, Sinnai, Archdiocese of Cagliari

a priest for 70.0 years
a bishop for 32.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paolo Botto †
Archbishop of Cagliari
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti †
Archbishop of Cagliari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia
Archbishop of Oristano
Bishop Tarcisio Pillolla †
Titular Bishop of Cartennae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (1973)
Archbishop of Cagliari
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Giovanni Paolo Zedda (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (1993)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q599231

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 123, Number 11,065
d: CB, 13 Aug 2022
opd/c1/loc: CB, 14 Aug 2022

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