Bishop Federico Pezzullo †

Deceased

Bishop of Policastro, Italy

Motto: Fortiter Et Suaviter

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1890		Born
3 Aug 1913	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Aversa, Italy
23 Jan 1937	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
11 Apr 1937	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
6 May 1937	46.3	Installed	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
10 Sep 1979	88.7	Died	Bishop of Policastro, Italy

MicroData Summary
Federico Pezzullo
Bishop Federico Pezzullo
(born 13 Dec 1890, died 10 Sep 1979)
Bishop of Policastro

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
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 Frattamaggiore, Diocese of Aversa
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Aversa, Diocese of Aversa
Death Place Policastro Bussentino
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Cathedral, Policastro, Diocese of Policastro

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 42.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Settimio Caracciolo di Torchiarolo †
Bishop of Aversa
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antonio Teutonico †
Bishop of Aversa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicola Capasso †
Bishop of Acerra
Bishop Alfonso Castaldo †
Bishop of Pozzuoli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Teutonico † (1936)
Bishop of Aversa
Patriarch Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Antonio Cantisani † (1949)
Bishop Vincenzo Cozzi † (1950)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antonio Cantisani † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo † (1945)
Bishop Domenico Savarese † (1947)
Archbishop Raffaele Calabria † (1950)
Bishop Vincenzo De Chiara † (1953)
Archbishop Guerino Luigi Grimaldi † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Frattamaggiore, Diocese of Aversa
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Aversa, Diocese of Aversa
Death Place	Policastro Bussentino
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Cathedral, Policastro, Diocese of Policastro

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 28671907
WikiData: Q3741858

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 23
bpd/c1/loc: CB, 24 May 2026
i: CB, 11 Sep 2026

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