Bishop Luigi Branciforte †

Deceased

Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

Events

Date	Event	Title
28 Sep 1648	Appointed	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
18 Oct 1648	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
1665¹	Died	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Luigi Branciforte
(WikiData: Q56489423)
Bishop Luigi Branciforte (died 1665) Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla

Event Place
Birth Place Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo
Ordained Bishop Sant’Andrea della Valle, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 16.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pier Luigi Cardinal Carafa (Sr.) †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pier Luigi Cardinal Carafa (Sr.) † (1624)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Palermo, Archdiocese of Palermo
Ordained Bishop	Sant’Andrea della Valle, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 238
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1648, Number 30
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,638

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