Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

Titular Bishop of Thapsus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Dec 1914		Born
10 Mar 1940	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
10 Jan 1952	37.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
10 Jan 1952	37.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thapsus
20 Apr 1952	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thapsus
22 Oct 1960	45.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

MicroData Summary for Antonio Torasso
(WikiData: Q5699016)
Bishop Antonio Torasso I.M.C. (born 16 Dec 1914, died 22 Oct 1960) Vicar Apostolic of Florencia

Event Place
Birth Place Verolengo, Italy

a priest for 20.6 years
a bishop for 8.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Samorè †
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz †
Titular Bishop of Coracesium
Bishop Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Cratia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Verolengo, Italy

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 30
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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