Archbishop Francesco Minerva †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1904		Born
16 Apr 1927	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nardò, Italy
16 Sep 1948	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
31 Oct 1948	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
10 Aug 1950	46.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lecce, Italy
17 Dec 1950	46.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
20 Oct 1980	76.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
27 Jan 1981	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
23 Aug 2004	100.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Minerva
Archbishop Francesco Minerva
(born 31 Jan 1904, died 23 Aug 2004)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria
Ordained Bishop San Sabino, Cathedral Basilica, Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria
Death Place Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria

a priest for 77.3 years
a bishop for 55.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nicola Giannattasio †
Bishop of Nardò
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi †
Archbishop of Taranto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †
Bishop of Andria
Bishop Giuseppe Ruotolo †
Bishop of Ugento

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ferdinando Bernardi † (1931)
Archbishop of Taranto
Archbishop Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † (1911)
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Aldo Garzia † (1950)
Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi (1953)
Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto (1971)
Archbishop Donato Negro (1972)
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M. (1974)
Bishop Fernando Tarcisio Filograna (1977)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicola Riezzo † (1958)
Salvatore Cardinal De Giorgi (1973)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Archbishop Giuseppe Carata † (1965)
Bishop Aldo Garzia † (1975)
Archbishop Donato Negro (1994)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria
Ordained Bishop	San Sabino, Cathedral Basilica, Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria
Death Place	Canosa di Puglia, Diocese of Andria

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/111552
VIAF: 58018764
WikiData: Q1444704

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 121
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 97, Number 8,327
opd/c1/loc: CB, 2 Sep 2021
aadm: CB, 5 Sep 2021

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