Bishop Francesco Potenza †

Deceased

Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1885		Born
12 Mar 1910	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Sep 1931	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
3 Jan 1932	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
11 Jan 1958	72.3	Died	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Potenza
Bishop Francesco Potenza
(born 20 Sep 1885, died 11 Jan 1958)
Bishop of Castellaneta

Event Place
Birth Place Nardò, Diocese of Nardò
Ordained Bishop Dominican, Church, Nardò, Diocese of Nardò

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 26.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gaetano Müller †
Bishop of Nardò
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alberto Costa †
Bishop of Lecce
Bishop Francesco Petronelli †
Bishop of Avellino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gaetano Müller † (1898)
Bishop of Nardò
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Cardinal Prisco † (1898)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Pope Leo XIII (1843)
(Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci †)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregorio Falconieri † (1935)
Bishop Alberico Semeraro † (1947)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733404

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1932, Number 1

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