Archbishop Adriano Bernardini †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Falerii

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Aug 1942		Born
31 Mar 1968	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Aug 1992	50.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Falerii
20 Aug 1992	50.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh
15 Nov 1992	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Falerii
15 Jun 1996	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
15 Jun 1996	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius
15 Jun 1996	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia
24 Jul 1999	56.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Laos
26 Apr 2003	60.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
15 Nov 2011	69.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
15 Nov 2011	69.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
5 Sep 2017	75.0	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
12 Sep 2017	75.0	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
11 Sep 2025	83.0	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

MicroData Summary
Adriano Bernardini
Archbishop Adriano Bernardini
(born 13 Aug 1942, died 11 Sep 2025)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Pian di Meleto, Diocese of Montefeltro, Italy
Ordained Bishop Séminaire Pontifical Romain Majeur, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 57.4 years
a bishop for 32.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †
Titular Archbishop of Tharros
Archbishop Remigio Ragonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Ferentium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paulinus Costa † (1996)
Archbishop Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † (1996)
Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo † (2001)
Bishop Peter Hla (2001)
Bishop Francis Daw Tang (2002)
Bishop John Hsane Hgyi † (2003)
Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. (2003)
Bishop Marcelo Raúl Martorell † (2006)
Bishop Mariano Anastasio Moreno García, O.S.A. † (2008)
Bishop José Slaby, C.Ss.R. (2009)
Bishop Victor Selvino Arenhart † (2009)
Bishop Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † (1998)
Bishop Jean-Paul Randriamanana † (1999)
Bishop Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. (2012)
Bishop Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. (2012)
Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo (2013)
Bishop Paolo Selvadagi (2013)
Bishop Fernando Tarcisio Filograna (2013)
Bishop Sergio Melillo (2015)
Bishop Luigi Mansi (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pian di Meleto, Diocese of Montefeltro, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Séminaire Pontifical Romain Majeur, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q375522

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,933
ab: Bollettino, 15 Nov 2011
r: CB, 10 Sep 2017
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 12 Sep 2025

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