Archbishop Liberato Tosti †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Leucas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 May 1883		Born
18 Apr 1908	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Dec 1941	58.5	Appointed	Official to Paraguay
5 Sep 1946	63.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Leucas
5 Sep 1946	63.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
3 Nov 1946	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Leucas
4 Oct 1948	65.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
4 Oct 1948	65.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
1949²	65.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
1949²	65.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
20 Oct 1950	67.4	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Liberato Tosti
Archbishop Liberato Tosti
(born 22 May 1883, died 20 Oct 1950)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Oriolo Romano, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
Ordained Bishop Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place Oriolo Romano, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 3.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta †
Titular Archbishop of Serdica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Rocca †
Titular Bishop of Augusta
Bishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †
Titular Bishop of Aulon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta † (1926)
Titular Archbishop of Serdica
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307372182
WikiData: Q17323036

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 95
appt/xxpy: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 38, Page 407
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 147, and Page 181, and Page 201

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