Archbishop Josif Sokolski †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1786²		Born
1822²	36.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Dec 1860	74.9	Converted
14 Apr 1861	75.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop
19 Apr 1861	75.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)
30 Sep 1879	93.7	Died	Archbishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Josif Sokolski
Archbishop Josif Sokolski
(born 1786, died 30 Sep 1879)
Archbishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople)

Event Place
Birth Place Nova Mahala
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 57.7 years
a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius IX
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Etienne (Stefano) Missir †
Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia
Bishop Louis-Eugène Regnault †
Bishop of Chartres

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 427145857926923020001
WikiData: Q1708701

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB, 16 Aug 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1861, Number 7

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