Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jan 1917		Born
16 Jun 1940	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cosenza, Italy
8 Jul 1961	44.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy
8 Jul 1961	44.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uthina
20 Aug 1961	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uthina
19 Jan 1962	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
8 Apr 1962	45.2	Installed	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
28 Jun 1966	49.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Acerenza, Italy
22 Dec 1970	53.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
23 Dec 1971	54.9	Resigned	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
23 Dec 1971	54.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
23 Dec 1971	54.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Venosa, Italy
5 Mar 1973	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
5 Mar 1973	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
21 Aug 1976	59.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acerenza, Italy
25 Oct 1976	59.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
3 Dec 1977	60.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
3 Dec 1977	60.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
3 Dec 1977	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
Jan 1978³	60.9	Installed	Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
12 Feb 1979	62.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
30 Sep 1986	69.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
25 Jun 1987	70.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Matera-Irsina, Italy
1988³	70.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Matera-Irsina, Italy
19 Jan 1993	75.9	Retired	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
25 Jul 2001	84.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giuseppe Vairo
(VIAF: 102532981; WikiData: Q18624591)
Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo (born 24 Jan 1917, died 25 Jul 2001) Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

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Event Place
Birth Place Paola, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Ordained Priest Laurignano, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Cosenza, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Death Place Hospital, San GIovanni Rotondo, Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
Buried Place (Original) San Gerardo, Cathedral, Potenza, Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

a priest for 61.1 years
a bishop for 39.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †
Bishop of Cariati
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Rizzo †
Archbishop of Rossano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Raffaele Barbieri †
Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio
Bishop Umberto Luciano Altomare †
Titular Bishop of Carpasia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Rizzo † (1946)
Archbishop of Rossano
Bishop Giovanni Iacono † (1918)
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Giuseppe Cardinal Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (1883)
Archbishop of Catania
Bishop Giovanni Battista Guttadauro di Reburdone † (1859)
Bishop of Caltanissetta
Girolamo Cardinal d’Andrea † (1841)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Secretary of State
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Archbishop Saverio Zupi † (1962)
Archbishop Aurelio Sorrentino † (1962)
Michele Cardinal Giordano † (1972)
Bishop Augusto Lauro † (1975)
Archbishop Rocco Talucci (1988)
Archbishop Michele Scandiffio † (1988)
Bishop Giuseppe Rocco Favale † (1989)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paola, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Ordained Priest	Laurignano, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Cosenza, Archdiocese of Cosenza
Death Place	Hospital, San GIovanni Rotondo, Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
Buried Place (Original)	San Gerardo, Cathedral, Potenza, Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
aadm: CB, 12 Oct 2021
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 102
c1/i/ab/aadm/loc: AM, 14 Feb 2023

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