Bishop Giovanni Benedetti †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1917		Born
26 May 1940	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Dec 1974	57.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy
12 Dec 1974	57.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Limata
23 Jan 1975	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Limata
25 Mar 1976	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
10 Oct 1992	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
3 Aug 2017	100.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Benedetti
Bishop Giovanni Benedetti
(born 12 Mar 1917, died 3 Aug 2017)
Bishop Emeritus of Foligno

Event Place
Birth Place Spello
Death Place Foligno, Diocese of Foligno

a priest for 77.1 years
a bishop for 42.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ferdinando Lambruschini †
Archbishop of Perugia
Bishop Siro Silvestri †
Bishop of Foligno

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Arduino Bertoldo † (1992)
Archbishop Antonio Buoncristiani (1994)
Giuseppe Cardinal Betori (2001)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/67072
VIAF: 15102896
WikiData: Q1525953

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
d: CB, 3 Aug 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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