Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Tinista

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1914		Born
7 Aug 1937	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
10 Jul 1959	45.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
10 Jul 1959	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tinista
9 Apr 1961	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tinista
12 Aug 1961	47.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
12 Jun 1971	57.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia
19 Sep 1982	68.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary for Zenone Albino Testa
Bishop Zenone Albino Testa O.F.M. Cap. (born 29 May 1914, died 19 Sep 1982) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Vertova, Italy

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 21.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi †
Bishop of Bergamo
Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Padova {Padua}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. † (1971)

Source(s):

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