Paolo Cardinal Romeo

Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani

Motto: Caritas Omnia Sustinet

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1938		Born
18 Mar 1961	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Acireale, Italy
17 Dec 1983	45.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Vulturia
17 Dec 1983	45.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
6 Jan 1984	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Vulturia
24 Apr 1990	52.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
5 Feb 1999	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
17 Apr 2001	63.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
17 Apr 2001	63.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
19 Dec 2006	68.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
10 Feb 2007	68.9	Installed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
20 Nov 2010	72.7	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 2010	72.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani
22 Jan 2011	72.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani
8 Apr 2013	75.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
28 Jun 2015	77.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
27 Oct 2015	77.6	Retired	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

MicroData Summary
Paolo Romeo
Paolo Cardinal Romeo
(born 20 Feb 1938)
Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo

Ad Limina - March 2007: Bishop
Consistory - 2010: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - May 2013: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Acireale, Diocese of Acireale
Ordained Priest Episcopal Seminary, Chapel, Acireale, Diocese of Acireale
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Palermo.

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a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Angelo Calabretta †
Bishop of Noto
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo †
Titular Archbishop of Thagora
Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino (1996)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Alix Verrier † (1986)
Archbishop Guire Poulard † (1988)
Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. † (1991)
Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez (1992)
Bishop Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria † (1992)
Bishop Alonso Llano Ruiz † (1993)
Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (1993)
Bishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (1993)
Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1993)
Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya † (1993)
Bishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz (1994)
Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (1996)
Bishop Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. † (1997)
Bishop Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (1998)
Archbishop Arthé Guimond † (2000)
Archbishop Martin William Currie (2001)
Bishop Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. (2003)
Bishop Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. (2003)
Bishop Luigi Antonio Cantafora † (2004)
Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino (2004)
Bishop Giovanni D’Alise † (2004)
Bishop Lino Pizzi (2006)
Bishop Sergio Giovanni Pintor † (2006)
Bishop Carmelo Cuttitta (2007)
Bishop Mariano Crociata (2007)
Bishop Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap. (2010)
Bishop Antonino Raspanti (2011)
Archbishop Corrado Lorefice (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Jorge Enrique Cardinal Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (1992)
Bishop Armando Larios Jiménez † (1994)
Bishop Fernando Sabogal Viana † (1996)
Archbishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (1996)
Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega (1996)
Archbishop Iván Antonio Marín López (1997)
Bishop Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † (1998)
Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (1998)
Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (1999)
Giovanni Angelo Cardinal Becciu (2001)
Domenico Cardinal Calcagno (2002)
Bishop Paolo Urso (2002)
Archbishop Michele Pennisi (2002)
Bishop Guido Fiandino (2002)
Bishop Giacomo Lanzetti (2002)
Bishop Lorenzo Loppa (2002)
Bishop Giancarlo Vecerrica (2003)
Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto (2003)
Bishop Mario Russotto (2003)
Archbishop Antonio Lanfranchi † (2004)
Bishop Giovanni Dettori (2004)
Archbishop Piero Coccia (2004)
Archbishop Mario Giordana (2004)
Bishop Giuseppe Andrich (2004)
Bishop Lucio Soravito de Franceschi † (2004)
Bishop Luigi Ernesto Palletti (2005)
Oscar Cardinal Cantoni (2005)
Archbishop Luigi Negri † (2005)
Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro (2005)
Archbishop Francesco Alfano (2005)
Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto † (2005)
Bishop Domenico Angelo Scotti (2005)
Bishop Gianfranco De Luca (2006)
Bishop Domenico Mogavero (2007)
Bishop Antonio Staglianò (2009)
Archbishop Giovanni Accolla (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Acireale, Diocese of Acireale
Ordained Priest	Episcopal Seminary, Chapel, Acireale, Diocese of Acireale
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q374461

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 19 Dec 2006
ab: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2013
r: Bollettino, 27 Oct 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 83, Number 6,861
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 209

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