Bishop Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva †

Deceased

Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1761		Born
17 Dec 1785	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Jul 1824	62.9	Appointed	Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
18 Jul 1824	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
7 Mar 1829	67.6	Died	Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

MicroData Summary
Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva
Bishop Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva
(born 24 Jul 1761, died 7 Mar 1829)
Bishop of Modena (e Nonantola)

Event Place
Birth Place Lodi, Diocese of Lodi
Ordained Bishop S. Carlo ai Catinari, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Modena, Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola)

a priest for 43.2 years
a bishop for 4.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Caprano †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Antonio Luigi Piatti †
Titular Archbishop of Trapezus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Adeodato Antonio Giovanni Luigi Caleffi, O.S.B. † (1826)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q61478818

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 273
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1824, Number 46

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