Bishop Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1892		Born
23 May 1918	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
21 Jan 1946	53.8	Appointed	Prefect of Jhansi, India
18 Jul 1954	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jhansi, India
28 Nov 1954	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jhansi, India
8 May 1967	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Jhansi, India
8 May 1967	75.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena
13 May 1969	77.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India

MicroData Summary for Francis Xavier Fenech
(VIAF: 76320987; WikiData: Q16006559)
Bishop Francis Xavier Fenech O.F.M. Cap. (born 17 Mar 1892, died 13 May 1969) Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi

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

Event Place
Birth Place Floriana, Malta
Ordained Priest Gozo, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Bishop St. John’s, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place Asha Niketan, Hospital, Bhopal, Archdiocese of Bhopal
Buried Place (Original) St. Jude's Shrine Of Jhansi, Allahabad, Diocese of Allahabad

a priest for 50.9 years
a bishop for 14.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emanuele Galea †
Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia
Bishop Joseph Pace †
Bishop of Gozo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Bishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Floriana, Malta
Ordained Priest	Gozo, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Bishop	St. John’s, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place	Asha Niketan, Hospital, Bhopal, Archdiocese of Bhopal
Buried Place (Original)	St. Jude's Shrine Of Jhansi, Allahabad, Diocese of Allahabad

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 85

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