Bishop Giovanni Battista Rossi †

Deceased

Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jun 1777		Born
21 Mar 1801	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Dec 1834	57.5	Appointed	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
28 Dec 1834	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
2 Oct 1837	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
16 Feb 1849	71.6	Died	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Battista Rossi
Bishop Giovanni Battista Rossi
(born 7 Jun 1777, died 16 Feb 1849)
Bishop of Pistoia e Prato

Event Place
Birth Place Signa

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Costantino Patrizi Naro †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Archbishop Domenico Genovesi †
Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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):

Vatican Library: 495/100900
VIAF: 89351274
WikiData: Q21209003

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1838
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 308
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1834, Number 49

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