Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

Motto: In Nome di Cristo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1935		Born
24 Aug 1952	16.9	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
30 Aug 1953	18.0	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
2 Sep 1956	21.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
10 Jan 1961	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
25 Mar 1961	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Sep 1981	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
27 Dec 1981	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
10 Jan 1982	46.3	Installed	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
11 May 1990	54.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
9 Jun 1990	54.7	Installed	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
21 Nov 2011	76.2	Retired	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
4 Apr 2016	80.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
7 Jan 2017	81.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
6 Mar 2023	87.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

MicroData Summary
Benigno Luigi Papa
Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa O.F.M. Cap.
(born 25 Aug 1935, died 6 Mar 2023)
Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Spongano, Archdiocese of Otranto
Ordained Deacon Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Ordained Priest Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Ordained Bishop Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Death Place Casa San Paolo, Lanzo di Martina Franca, Archdiocese of Taranto
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, San Cataldo, Cathedral, Taranto, Archdiocese of Taranto

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 41.1 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo †
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo †
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
Principal Consecrator:
Anastasio Alberto Cardinal Ballestrero, O.C.D. †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
Archbishop Aurelio Sorrentino †
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anastasio Alberto Cardinal Ballestrero, O.C.D. † (1974)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio † (1953)
Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap. (1991)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J. (1992)
Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta (1993)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Salvatore Ligorio (1998)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri † (1991)
Bishop Vittorio Fusco † (1995)
Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2003)
Bishop Vito Angiuli (2010)
Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta (2019)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Spongano, Archdiocese of Otranto
Ordained Deacon	Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Ordained Priest	Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Ordained Bishop	Santa Fara, Church, Bari, Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa)
Death Place	Casa San Paolo, Lanzo di Martina Franca, Archdiocese of Taranto
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, San Cataldo, Cathedral, Taranto, Archdiocese of Taranto

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/235071
VIAF: 53011231
WikiData: Q817306

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ab: Bollettino, 4 Apr 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,779
obd: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 6 Mar 2023
b/loc/c01/i: AM, 1 Apr 2023

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