Giovanni Cardinal Canestri †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1918		Born
12 Apr 1941	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Jul 1961	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Jul 1961	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tenedus
30 Jul 1961	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tenedus
7 Jan 1971	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
8 Feb 1975	56.3	Appointed	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Feb 1975	56.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Forum Clodii
22 Mar 1984	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
6 Jul 1987	68.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
28 Jun 1988	69.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	69.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
20 Apr 1995	76.5	Retired	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
29 Apr 2015	96.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Canestri
Giovanni Cardinal Canestri
(born 30 Sep 1918, died 29 Apr 2015)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}

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
Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Castelspina, Diocese of Alessandria (della Paglia)
Ordained Bishop Sant`Andrea della Valle, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 74.0 years
a bishop for 53.7 years
a cardinal for 26.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Traglia †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ettore Cunial †
Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis
Bishop Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Luigi Cardinal Traglia † (1937)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani † (1918)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Guido Gallese (1988)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. † (1963)
Bishop Guido Marini (1989)
Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (1989)
Bishop Guido Gallese (1990)
Bishop Nicolò Anselmi (1992)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Tarcisio Pillolla † (1986)
Bishop Martino Canessa (1989)
Bishop Mario Oliveri (1990)
Luigi Cardinal de Magistris † (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clemente Riva, I.C. † (1975)
Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. † (1981)
Bishop Sergio Goretti † (1981)
Bishop Giulio Sanguineti (1981)
Bishop Francesco Voto † (1981)
Bishop Gregory Obinna Ochiagha † (1981)
Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † (1981)
Bishop Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. † (1981)
Bishop Filippo Giannini † (1981)
Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi † (1981)
Bishop Martino Scarafile † (1981)
Archbishop Alessandro Plotti † (1981)
Domenico Cardinal Calcagno (2002)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q543600

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
d: CB, 29 Apr 2015
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 94

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