Bishop Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1915		Born
8 Apr 1939	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity
19 Dec 1959	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
1 May 1960	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
6 Mar 1993	78.1	Retired	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
23 Jun 2004	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Francesco Vòllaro
Bishop Francesco Vòllaro O.SS.T.
(born 25 Jan 1915, died 23 Jun 2004)
Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka

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 Grumo Nevano, Diocese of Aversa, Italy
Ordained Bishop Ambatondrazaka, Diocese of Ambatondrazaka
Death Place Alarobia

a priest for 65.2 years
a bishop for 44.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †
Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy
Bishop Claude Rolland, M.S. †
Bishop of Antsirabé

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † (1941)
Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † (1991)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Armand Gaétan Cardinal Razafindratandra † (1978)
Bishop Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18816417

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 36
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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