Michele Cardinal Giordano †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Motto: Sicut Flumen Pax Tua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1930		Born
5 Jul 1953	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
23 Dec 1971	41.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Matera, Italy
23 Dec 1971	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum
5 Feb 1972	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum
Feb 1973³	42.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
12 Jun 1974	43.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Matera, Italy
25 Apr 1975	44.5	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
11 Oct 1976	46.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Matera e Irsina, Italy
3 Dec 1977	47.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Matera e Irsina, Italy
9 May 1987	56.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	57.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello
20 May 2006	75.6	Retired	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
2 Dec 2010	80.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michele Giordano
Michele Cardinal Giordano
(born 26 Sep 1930, died 2 Dec 2010)
Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Sant’Arcangelo, Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
Ordained Bishop Tursi, Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
Death Place Monaldi, Hospital, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original) dell'Incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio, Basilica, Capodimonte, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 57.4 years
a bishop for 38.8 years
a cardinal for 22.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giacomo Palombella †
Archbishop of Matera
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dino Tomassini †
Bishop of Anglona-Tursi
Archbishop Giuseppe Vairo †
Archbishop of Acerenza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giacomo Palombella † (1946)
Archbishop of Matera
Archbishop Marcello Mimmi † (1930)
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † (1907)
Archbishop of Bologna
Vincenzo Cardinal Vannutelli † (1880)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Biagio Colaianni (1983)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Biagio Colaianni (1984)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michele Scandiffio † (1988)
Bishop Giuseppe Rocco Favale † (1989)
Bishop Ciriaco Scanzillo † (1989)
Agostino Cardinal Vallini (1989)
Bishop Francesco Tommasiello † (1989)
Bishop Nicola Comparone † (1990)
Bishop Umberto Tramma † (1990)
Archbishop Armando Dini (1990)
Archbishop Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. † (1990)
Archbishop Beniamino Depalma, C.M. (1991)
Archbishop Agostino Superbo (1991)
Bishop Eduardo Davino † (1993)
Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. (1998)
Bishop Michele De Rosa (1998)
Bishop Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi (2000)
Archbishop Vincenzo Pelvi (2000)
Bishop Angelo Spinillo (2000)
Archbishop Orazio Soricelli (2000)
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pietro Farina † (1999)
Archbishop Bruno Forte (2004)
Bishop Arturo Aiello (2006)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sant’Arcangelo, Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
Ordained Bishop	Tursi, Diocese of Anglona-Tursi
Death Place	Monaldi, Hospital, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original)	dell'Incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio, Basilica, Capodimonte, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/287940
VIAF: 166605467
WikiData: Q549499

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 20 May 2006
d: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,010

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