Niccolò Cardinal Serra †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Nov 1706		Born
21 Dec 1753	47.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
28 Dec 1753	47.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Jan 1754	47.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
20 Jan 1754	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
10 Feb 1754	47.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
Jul 1760³	53.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
26 Sep 1766	59.8	Elevated to Cardinal
1 Dec 1766	60.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
14 Dec 1767	61.0	Died	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Niccolò Serra
(VIAF: 89088753; WikiData: Q3339598)
Niccolò Cardinal Serra (born 17 Nov 1706, died 14 Dec 1767) Titular Archbishop of Mitylene

Consistory - September 1766: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Genoa, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Ignazio, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) S. Giorgio Chapel, Cathedral, Ferrara, Archdiocese of Ferrara, Italy

a priest for 13.9 years
a bishop for 13.9 years
a cardinal for 1.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Feroni †
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicolas-Xavier Santamarie †
Titular Bishop of Cyrene
Bishop Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. †
Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Lycia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Feroni † (1728)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Genoa, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Ignazio, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	S. Giorgio Chapel, Cathedral, Ferrara, Archdiocese of Ferrara, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Sep 1766
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1754, Number 2
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 260

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