Bishop Pius Anthony Benincasa †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Buruni

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jul 1913		Born
27 Mar 1937	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA
8 May 1964	50.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
8 May 1964	50.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Buruni
29 Jun 1964	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Buruni
13 Aug 1986	73.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

MicroData Summary for Pius Anthony Benincasa
(WikiData: Q16011527)
Bishop Pius Anthony Benincasa (born 8 Jul 1913, died 13 Aug 1986) Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo

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

Event Place
Birth Place Niagara Falls, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Death Place Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Buried Place (Original) Saint Aloysius Church, Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Diocese of Buffalo, New York

a priest for 49.3 years
a bishop for 22.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Aloysius McNulty †
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †
Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
Bishop James Johnston Navagh †
Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Aloysius McNulty † (1947)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Bishop James Louis Schad † (1966)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Niagara Falls, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	St. Joseph, Cathedral, Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Death Place	Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Aloysius Church, Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Diocese of Buffalo, New York

Source(s):

c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 66

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