Francesco di Paola Cardinal Villadecani †

Deceased

Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1780		Born
18 Sep 1802	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Messina, Italy
2 Oct 1820	40.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
28 Oct 1820	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria
25 Apr 1823	43.1	Selected	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
17 Nov 1823	43.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
27 Jan 1843	62.9	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Jun 1843	63.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio
13 Jun 1861³	81.3	Died	Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Francesco di Paola Villadecani
(WikiData: Q2256492)
Francesco di Paola Cardinal Villadecani (born 22 Feb 1780, died 13 Jun 1861) Archbishop of Messina

Consistory - January 1843: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1846: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Messina

a priest for 58.7 years
a bishop for 40.6 years
a cardinal for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. †
Bishop of Patti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. † (1808)
Bishop of Patti
Archbishop Gaetano Maria Garrasi, O.E.S.A. † (1792)
Archbishop of Messina
Andrea Cardinal Corsini † (1776)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Giovanni Maria Bisignani † (1824)
Bishop Giovanni Portelli † (1831)
Bishop Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto, O.S.B. † (1839)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Messina

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Number 14,501
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 262, and Page 293
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1820, Number 52
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 27 Jan 1843

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