Archbishop Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt

Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1818		Born
1839²	20.0	Professed	Member of Order of Observant Friars Minor
20 Dec 1841	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor
27 Sep 1853	34.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
19 Mar 1854	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
4 Jun 1858	39.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
4 Jun 1858	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)
17 Jan 1859	40.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
27 Jul 1866	47.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia
27 Jul 1866	47.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
27 Jul 1866	47.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia
1 May 1881	62.3	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia
1 May 1881	62.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
15 Jul 1881	62.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Ljudevit Ćurčija
(VIAF: 305797462; WikiData: Q64708472)
Archbishop Ljudevit Ćurčija O.F.M. Obs. (born 8 Dec 1818, died 15 Jul 1881) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto)

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Dubrovnik
Ordained Bishop Dubrovnik, Diocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

a priest for 39.5 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Toma Jedrlinić †
Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Toma Jedrlinić † (1843)
Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa)
Jacopo Cardinal Monico † (1823)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Patriarch Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pyrker (Pryker), O. Cist. † (1819)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Archbishop Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. † (1791)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz † (1788)
Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach)
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Cardinal Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (1751)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Vinko Zubranić † (1854)
Archbishop Dario Bucciarelli, O.F.M. Obs. † (1861)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dubrovnik
Ordained Bishop	Dubrovnik, Diocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

Source(s):

b/c2: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 88, and Page 241
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 324, and Page 505
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1854, Number 6

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