Marcello Cardinal Semeraro

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1947		Born
8 Sep 1971	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lecce, Italy
25 Jul 1998	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Oria, Italy
29 Sep 1998	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oria, Italy
1 Oct 2004	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Albano, Italy
13 Apr 2013	65.3	Appointed	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals
4 Nov 2013	65.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
15 Oct 2020	72.8	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
15 Oct 2020	72.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Albano, Italy
15 Oct 2020	72.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
28 Nov 2020	72.9	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Nov 2020	72.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
8 Sep 2021	73.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Albano, Italy
28 Nov 2021	73.9	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica

MicroData Summary for Marcello Semeraro
(VIAF: 19862583; WikiData: Q1893338)
Marcello Cardinal Semeraro (born 22 Dec 1947) Prefect of Causes of Saints

Event Place
Birth Place Monteroni di Lecce, Diocese of Lecce, Italy
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Plaza, Cathedral, Lecce, Archdiocese of Lecce, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.

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Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †
Archbishop of Lecce
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Domenico Caliandro
Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca
Bishop Donato Negro
Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † (1980)
Archbishop of Lecce
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri † (1941)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincenzo Viva (2021)
Archbishop Gualtiero Federico Isacchi (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Felice di Molfetta (2000)
Archbishop Michele Castoro † (2005)
Bishop Marco Mellino (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Monteroni di Lecce, Diocese of Lecce, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Plaza, Cathedral, Lecce, Archdiocese of Lecce, Italy

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,440
ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2013
ab: Bollettino, 4 Nov 2013
ab: Bollettino, 15 Oct 2020
card: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2020
cdea: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2020
i: Bollettino, 22 Nov 2021

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