Archbishop Giovanni Giorgio Topich, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania

Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1790¹		Born
12 Jan 1842	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
12 Jan 1842	52.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje, North Macedonia
20 Feb 1842	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
1845¹	55.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje, North Macedonia
27 Sep 1853	63.7	Appointed	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
17 Jan 1859	69.0	Resigned	Bishop of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania
10 Jul 1859	69.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
11 Jun 1868	78.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari), Albania

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Giorgio Topich
(VIAF: 255008781; WikiData: Q64741649)
Archbishop Giovanni Giorgio Topich O.F.M. Obs. (born 1790, died 11 Jun 1868) Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë (Scutari)

Event Place
Birth Place Split
Ordained Bishop Tor de’ Specchi, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini †
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea

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:
Archbishop Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1848)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Thomas Mullock, O.F.M. Ref. † (1847)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Split
Ordained Bishop	Tor de’ Specchi, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1845
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 453, and Page 505
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 67, and Page 337
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1842, Number 7

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