Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1939		Born
4 Oct 1956	17.0	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
25 Sep 1960	21.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
11 Aug 1963	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
2 Jul 1993	53.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
2 Jul 1993	53.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
3 Oct 1993	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
11 Oct 2004	65.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
12 Jun 2010	70.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
7 Nov 2015	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
7 Nov 2015	76.1	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
30 Dec 2024	85.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

MicroData Summary
Ruggero Franceschini
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini O.F.M. Cap.
(born 1 Sep 1939, died 30 Dec 2024)
Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne)

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Saltino di Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint-Antoine, Church, Mersin
Death Place Santa Maria Nuova, Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

a priest for 61.3 years
a bishop for 31.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Beniamino Socche †
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Principal Consecrator:
Achille Cardinal Silvestrini †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne)
Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Achille Cardinal Silvestrini † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. † (2004)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Saltino di Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Antoine, Church, Mersin
Death Place	Santa Maria Nuova, Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q660157

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 12 Jun 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Number 12,241
prof/c1: CB, 31 Dec 2014
r: Bollettino, 7 Nov 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 30 Dec 2024

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