Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Cardinal Odescalchi-Erba †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Aug 1679		Born
11 Oct 1711	32.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
18 Oct 1711	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1711	32.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
3 Jan 1712	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
26 Jan 1712	32.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
5 Oct 1712	33.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Nov 1712³	33.2	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
30 Jan 1713	33.4	Elevated to Cardinal
1 Apr 1715	35.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
29 Jan 1725	45.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
6 Dec 1736	57.3	Resigned	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
13 Dec 1740	61.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Odescalchi-Erba
(VIAF: 30409863; WikiData: Q543655)
Benedetto Caietano Giuseppe Cardinal Odescalchi-Erba (born 7 Aug 1679, died 13 Dec 1740) Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}

Consistory - 1713: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1721: Participated
Conclave - 1724: Participated
Conclave - 1730: Participated
Conclave - 1740: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop Santo Spirito in Sassia, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Buried Place (Original) S. Giovanni in Conca, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Buried Place (Current) Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}

a priest for 29.1 years
a bishop for 28.9 years
a cardinal for 27.8 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Lorenzo Cardinal Casoni †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
Ordained Priest by:
Lorenzo Cardinal Casoni †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
Principal Consecrator:
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Carlo Pignatelli, C.R. † (1715)
Bishop Gerolamo Francesco Malpasciuto † (1727)
Bishop Casimiro Rossi Reyna, O.F.M. Obs. † (1729)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop	Santo Spirito in Sassia, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Buried Place (Original)	S. Giovanni in Conca, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Buried Place (Current)	Duomo, Cathedral, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 30 Jan 1713
b: CB, 10 Nov 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Number 17,580
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1711, Number 32
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 253
loc: AT, 29 Dec 2016
ob/c2: AT, 10 Aug 2021
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Number 20,707

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