Giovanni Andrea Cardinal Mercurio †

Deceased

Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1518¹		Born
20 Feb 1545	27.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
20 Sep 1545	27.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Manfredonia, Italy
30 May 1550	32.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
20 Nov 1551	33.8	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Dec 1551	33.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Barbara
18 Aug 1553	35.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
19 Jan 1560	42.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
2 Feb 1561	43.0	Died	Archbishop of Messina, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Andrea Mercurio
(WikiData: Q2806279)
Giovanni Andrea Cardinal Mercurio (born 1518, died 2 Feb 1561) Archbishop of Messina

Consistory - November 1551: Created Cardinal
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Messina, Archdiocese of Messina
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Apostolic Palace, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) S. Marcello, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 15.3 years
a cardinal for 9.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Berardo Bongiovanni †
Bishop of Camerino
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Filos Roverella †
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Bishop Jacopo Cortesi †
Bishop of Vaison

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Berardo Bongiovanni †
Bishop of Camerino

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paolo de Cupis † (1546)
Bishop Filippo Roccabella † (1546)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Messina, Archdiocese of Messina
Ordained Bishop	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Apostolic Palace, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	S. Marcello, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 20 Nov 1551
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 301, and Page 242
ob/c2+: CB, 10 Aug 2014
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1545, Number 23
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 90, Number 7,601

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a bishop for 15.3 years a cardinal for 9.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Berardo Bongiovanni † Bishop of Camerino Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Filos Roverella † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno Bishop Jacopo Cortesi † Bishop of Vaison
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Berardo Bongiovanni † Bishop of Camerino	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Paolo de Cupis † (1546) Bishop Filippo Roccabella † (1546)