Pier Francesco Cardinal Ferrero †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1510¹		Born
20 Dec 1536	26.9	Appointed	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
1560²	50.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
26 Feb 1561	51.1	Elevated to Cardinal
1 Mar 1561	51.1	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
3 Jun 1561	51.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Cesareo in Palatio
10 Nov 1561	51.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone
2 Mar 1562	52.1	Resigned	Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
7 Oct 1565	55.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
14 Nov 1566	56.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Pier Francesco Ferrero
(VIAF: 233308427; WikiData: Q377285)
Pier Francesco Cardinal Ferrero (born 1510, died 14 Nov 1566) Bishop Emeritus of Vercelli

Consistory - 1561: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Biella, Diocese of Vercelli
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a cardinal for 5.7 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Patriarch Giovanni Trevisan, O.S.B. † (1560)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Biella, Diocese of Vercelli
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Feb 1561
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 330
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 265
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1536, Number 30*

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