Alberto Cardinal Bovone †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jun 1922		Born
26 May 1945	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
5 Apr 1984	61.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia
8 Apr 1984	61.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
12 May 1984	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia
13 Jun 1995	73.0	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
21 Feb 1998	75.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova
21 Feb 1998	75.6	Elevated to Cardinal
23 Feb 1998	75.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
17 Apr 1998	75.8	Died	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

MicroData Summary for Alberto Bovone
(VIAF: 89210328; WikiData: Q959347)
Alberto Cardinal Bovone (born 11 Jun 1922, died 17 Apr 1998) Prefect of Causes of Saints

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Frugarolo
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Cathedral, Alessandria, Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 13.9 years
a cardinal for .1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni †
Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia)
Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio †
Titular Archbishop of Lerus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger † (1977)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Frugarolo
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Cathedral, Alessandria, Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 85, Number 7,109

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠