Raniero Felice Cardinal Simonetti †

Deceased

Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1675		Born
Oct 1711³	35.8	Appointed	Apostolic Internuncio to Savoy
6 Jan 1717	41.0	Resigned	Apostolic Internuncio to Savoy
20 Dec 1727	52.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Jun 1728	52.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
29 Jun 1728	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
22 Dec 1730	55.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy
31 Oct 1743	67.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples, Italy
10 Apr 1747	71.3	Elevated to Cardinal
15 May 1747	71.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
6 May 1748	72.4	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
20 Aug 1749	73.6	Died	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Raniero Felice Simonetti
(VIAF: 89081578; WikiData: Q2363553)
Raniero Felice Cardinal Simonetti (born 12 Dec 1675, died 20 Aug 1749) Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania

Consistory - April 1747: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Cingoli
Ordained Bishop S. Ignazio, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Viterbo, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania

a priest for 21.6 years
a bishop for 21.1 years
a cardinal for 2.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Prospero Cardinal Marefoschi †
Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Tommaso Cervini †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Bishop Francesco de Vico †
Titular Bishop of Elusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Prospero Cardinal Marefoschi † (1711)
Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cingoli
Ordained Bishop	S. Ignazio, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Viterbo, Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 10 Apr 1747
ob/c2+: CB, 14 Jun 2011
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1728, Number 39
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 261
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 36, Additions/Corrections (back)

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