Guglielmo Cardinal Massaia, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galla, Ethiopia

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1809		Born
9 Sep 1825	16.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
16 Jun 1832	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
12 May 1846	36.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
12 May 1846	36.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casius
24 May 1846	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Casius
23 May 1880	70.9	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Galla, Ethiopia
2 Aug 1881	72.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
10 Nov 1884	75.4	Elevated to Cardinal
13 Nov 1884	75.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio
6 Aug 1889	80.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galla, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary for Guglielmo Massaia
(VIAF: 64161898; WikiData: Q1394740)
Guglielmo Cardinal Massaia O.F.M. Cap. (born 8 Jun 1809, died 6 Aug 1889) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galla

Consistory - November 1884: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place La Braja di Piovà, Diocese of Asti, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Capuchin Friars church, Rufinella, Suburbicarian See of Frascati, Italy

a priest for 57.1 years
a bishop for 43.2 years
a cardinal for 4.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Brunelli †
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Bishop Jean-Félix-Onésime Luquet, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Esbus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. † (1849)
Bishop Felicissimo Coccino (Cocchino), O.F.M. Cap. † (1859)
Bishop Louis-Taurin Cahagne, O.F.M. Cap. † (1875)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Bel, C.M. † (1865)
Patriarch Vincenzo Bracco † (1866)
Bishop Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. † (1881)
Bishop Luigi Marcello Pellegrini † (1881)

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Braja di Piovà, Diocese of Asti, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Carlo al Corso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Capuchin Friars church, Rufinella, Suburbicarian See of Frascati, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 528, and Page 53
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 138
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 10 Nov 1884
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1846, Number 17
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,111, Ascendance
3s58: JPG, 7 Sep 2022

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