Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1736		Born
25 Feb 1782	45.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
10 Mar 1782	45.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
16 Mar 1782	45.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
31 Mar 1782	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
11 Apr 1782	45.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
1795³	58.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
Aug 1795³	59.0	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
23 Feb 1801	64.5	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Jul 1801	65.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio
24 Jan 1830	93.5	Died	Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giuseppe Firrao
(VIAF: 89054702; WikiData: Q1388604)
Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao (born 20 Jul 1736, died 24 Jan 1830) Secretary of Bishops and Regulars

Consistory - February 1801: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1823: Participated
Conclave - 1829: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Fagnano, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Maria ad Martyres, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 47.8 years
a cardinal for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Innocenzo Cardinal Conti †
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Orazio Mattei †
Titular Archbishop of Colossae
Archbishop Girolamo Volpi †
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Innocenzo Cardinal Conti † (1769)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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	Fagnano, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Maria ad Martyres, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Feb 1801
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1782, Number 5
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 245

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