Archbishop Nicola Riezzo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1904		Born
21 Aug 1927	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lecce, Italy
25 Mar 1958	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
29 Jun 1958	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
5 Feb 1969	64.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
28 Apr 1969	64.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
12 Oct 1974	69.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
27 Jan 1981	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
20 Aug 1998	93.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

MicroData Summary for Nicola Riezzo
(WikiData: Q3876336)
Archbishop Nicola Riezzo (born 11 Dec 1904, died 20 Aug 1998) Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto

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 Squinzano, Diocese of Lecce
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Lecce, Diocese of Lecce
Death Place Squinzano, Archdiocese of Lecce

a priest for 70.9 years
a bishop for 40.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gennaro Trama †
Bishop of Lecce
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francesco Minerva †
Bishop of Lecce
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Corrado Ursi †
Bishop of Nardò
Bishop Guglielmo Motolese †
Titular Bishop of Eutyme

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francesco Minerva † (1948)
Bishop of Lecce
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † (1970)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Squinzano, Diocese of Lecce
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Lecce, Diocese of Lecce
Death Place	Squinzano, Archdiocese of Lecce

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 45
opd/c1/aadm: CB, 26 Aug 2024

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