Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1948		Born
29 Jun 1975	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
24 Apr 2001	52.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
24 Apr 2001	52.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera
5 Aug 2001	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera
13 May 2006	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
3 Mar 2018	69.2	Appointed	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
3 Mar 2018	69.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Moramanga, Madagascar
12 Apr 2018	69.3	Installed	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
16 Sep 2019	70.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Moramanga, Madagascar
31 Oct 2024	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Gaetano Di Pierro
Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro S.C.I.
(born 1 Dec 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Orta Nova
Ordained Bishop Ambatondrazaka, Diocese of Ambatondrazaka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Farafangana.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †
Bishop of Ambatondrazaka
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Armand Gaétan Cardinal Razafindratandra †
Archbishop of Antananarivo
Archbishop Bruno Musarò
Titular Archbishop of Abari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † (1991)
Bishop of Ambatondrazaka
Bishop Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. † (1960)
Bishop of Ambatondrazaka
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Orta Nova
Ordained Bishop	Ambatondrazaka, Diocese of Ambatondrazaka

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q979894

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 13 May 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,009
ab: Bollettino, 3 Mar 2018
i: CB, 24 Mar 2018
aadm: CB, 3 Jan 2020
r: Bollettino, 31 Oct 2024

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