Archbishop Carmine Rocco †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1912		Born
26 Jul 1936	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calvi e Teano, Italy
19 Jan 1959	46.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
5 Oct 1961	49.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
12 Nov 1961	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
16 Sep 1967	55.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
22 May 1973	61.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
12 May 1982	70.0	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

MicroData Summary
Carmine Rocco
Archbishop Carmine Rocco
(born 12 Apr 1912, died 12 May 1982)
Apostolic Nuncio of Brazil

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Camigliano, Diocese of Calvi e Teano, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 20.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo †
Bishop of Calvi e Teano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. † (1966)
Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † (1968)
José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez † (1968)
Bishop Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † (1968)
Archbishop Francisco Raval Cruces † (1968)
Bishop Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † (1968)
Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan † (1968)
Bishop Victorino Cristobal Ligot † (1969)
Bishop Francisco Funaay Claver, S.J. † (1969)
Bishop Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno, O.M.I. † (1969)
Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. † (1969)
Bishop Salvador Lazo Lazo † (1970)
Bishop Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar † (1970)
Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan † (1971)
Bishop Rafael Montiano Lim † (1971)
Bishop Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † (1971)
Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal † (1971)
Bishop Celso Nogoy Guevarra † (1972)
Archbishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † (1972)
Bishop Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. † (1973)
Bishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. (1974)
Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. † (1974)
Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. † (1975)
Archbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. † (1975)
Archbishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † (1975)
Bishop Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. † (1975)
Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † (1975)
Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. † (1975)
Bishop Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † (1975)
Bishop Emílio Pignoli (1976)
Bishop Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. † (1976)
Bishop Antônio Pedro Misiara † (1976)
Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. † (1977)
Bishop João Oneres Marchiori † (1977)
Archbishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo † (1977)
Bishop Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † (1978)
Archbishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. † (1978)
Bishop Manuel Pestana Filho † (1979)
Bishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. † (1979)
Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979)
Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † (1980)
Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B. † (1980)
Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. † (1980)
Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. † (1980)
Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier † (1980)
Bishop Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S. (1981)
Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † (1981)
Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. † (1981)
Archbishop João Bergese † (1981)
Eusébio Oscar Cardinal Scheid, S.C.I. † (1981)
Bishop Virgílio de Pauli † (1981)
Bishop Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. † (1981)
Bishop Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. † (1981)

External Link(s):

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WikiData: Q1043821

Source(s):

c2+: CB
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 253, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 266, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 384, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 440, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 516, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 859, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,036, Ascendance
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 141

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