Bishop Petru Plesca †

Deceased

Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania

Titular Bishop of Voli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1905		Born
30 May 1931	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Iaşi, Romania
4 Dec 1965	60.8	Appointed	Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania
4 Dec 1965	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Voli
16 Dec 1965	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Voli
19 Mar 1977	72.1	Died	Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania

MicroData Summary
Petru Plesca
Bishop Petru Plesca
(born 5 Feb 1905, died 19 Mar 1977)
Ordinary of Iaşi

Event Place
Birth Place Fontanele, Diocese of Iaşi
Ordained Bishop Maria Santissima Bambina, Via Santo Ufficio, 21, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 45.8 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe D’Avack †
Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia
Bishop Franco Costa †
Titular Bishop of Emmaüs

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2080851

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 95

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