Alessandro Cardinal Mattei †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1744		Born
27 Feb 1768	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Feb 1777	32.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
23 Feb 1777	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
12 Jul 1779	35.3	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
22 May 1782	38.2	Elevated to Cardinal
27 May 1782	38.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
3 Apr 1786	42.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
2 Apr 1800	56.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
27 Mar 1809	65.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
26 Sep 1814	70.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
14 Jun 1815	71.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
10 May 1817	73.2	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
20 Apr 1820	76.1	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

MicroData Summary
Alessandro Mattei
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei
(born 20 Feb 1744, died 20 Apr 1820)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Consistory - 1779: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - May 1782: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 1799/1800: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 43.1 years
a cardinal for 40.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud †
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marcantonio Conti †
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Bishop Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. †
Bishop of Mileto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bonaventura Carenzi, O.F.M. Conv. † (1808)
Giacomo Cardinal Giustiniani † (1817)
Archbishop Nicola Mattei Baldini † (1817)
Francesco Cardinal Cesarei Leoni † (1817)
Archbishop Francesco Maria de Luca, O.F.M. Obs. † (1818)
Bishop Salvatore Lettieri † (1818)
Bishop Domenico Novi Ciavarria † (1818)
Bishop Francesco Felice Tiberi, C.O. † (1818)
Bishop Domenico Fendale † (1818)
Bishop Isaia Volpe (Volpi), O.F.M. Cap. † (1818)
Archbishop Ignazio Ranaldi, C.O. † (1818)
Bishop Fabiano Giuseppe Giacomo Luigi Galliani, O.F.M. Cap. † (1818)
Bishop Cassiodoro Margarita † (1818)
Bishop Francesco Saverio Durini, O.S.B. † (1818)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Tomasuolo † (1818)
Bishop Michele Virgili † (1819)
Bishop Francesco Alberini † (1819)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Falzacappa † (1819)
Bishop Pasquale Mazzei † (1819)
Bishop Carlo Cavalieri Manassi † (1820)
Bishop Bernardino D’Avolio, O.F.M. Cap. † (1820)
Bishop Pasquale de Nicolais † (1820)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/88476
VIAF: 89092726
WikiData: Q601992

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Jul 1779
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1777, Number 3
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 215
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 272, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Number 346, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 420, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 513, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 575, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 615, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 693, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 722, Ascendance

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