Archbishop Antonio Franco

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Gallesium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1937		Born
10 Jul 1960	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
28 Mar 1992	55.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gallesium
28 Mar 1992	55.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
26 Apr 1992	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Gallesium
14 Aug 1993	56.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine
7 Oct 1997	60.5	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine
6 Apr 1999	62.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
21 Jan 2006	68.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
21 Jan 2006	68.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus
21 Jan 2006	68.8	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine
18 Aug 2012³	75.4	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
18 Aug 2012³	75.4	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus
18 Aug 2012³	75.4	Retired	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Antonio Franco
Archbishop Antonio Franco
(born 24 Mar 1937)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Puglianello, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franciszek Antoni Cardinal Macharski †
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Bishop Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. † (1995)
Bishop José Francisco Oliveros † (2000)
Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable (2001)
Bishop Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. (2001)
Jose Lazaro Fuerte Cardinal Advincula Jr. (2001)
Bishop Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. (2001)
Bishop Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. † (2002)
Bishop Buenaventura Malayo Famadico (2002)
Bishop Edgardo Sarabia Juanich (2002)
Bishop Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M. (2003)
Archbishop Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo (2003)
Bishop Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan † (2004)
Bishop Emmanuel Celeste Trance (2004)
Archbishop Florentino Galang Lavarias (2004)
Bishop Bernardino Cruz Cortez (2004)
Bishop Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista (2005)
Bishop José Rojas Rojas Jr. (2005)
Bishop Jacinto Agcaoili Jose (2005)
Bishop Renato Pine Mayugba (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. (1998)
Bishop Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R. (2004)
Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q602077

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 21 Jan 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,670
r: Bollettino, 18 Aug 2012
ab: CB, 13 May 2014

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