Ersilio Cardinal Tonini †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1914		Born
18 Apr 1937	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Piacenza, Italy
28 Apr 1969	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
28 Apr 1969	54.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Recanati, Italy
2 Jun 1969	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
28 Aug 1969	55.1	Installed	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
22 Nov 1975	61.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy
Dec 1988²	74.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rimini, Italy
23 Sep 1989	75.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Rimini, Italy
27 Oct 1990	76.2	Retired	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
26 Nov 1994	80.3	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Nov 1994	80.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina
28 Jul 2013	99.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ersilio Tonini
Ersilio Cardinal Tonini
(born 20 Jul 1914, died 28 Jul 2013)
Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Centovera di San Giorgio Piacentino, Diocese of Piacenza
Ordained Priest Piacenza, Diocese of Piacenza
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Piacenza, Diocese of Piacenza
Death Place Opera Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Buried Place (Original) Monumental, Cemetery, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Buried Place (Current) Below Sant’Andrea Chapel, Cathedral, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia

a priest for 76.2 years
a bishop for 44.1 years
a cardinal for 18.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ersilio Menzani †
Bishop of Piacenza
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Umberto Malchiodi †
Bishop of Piacenza
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agostino Casaroli †
Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
Bishop Carlo Colombo †
Titular Bishop of Victoriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Umberto Malchiodi † (1938)
Bishop of Piacenza
Bishop Ersilio Menzani † (1921)
Bishop of Piacenza
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Renzo Fratini (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Odo Fusi Pecci † (1971)
Bishop Luigi Ferrando (1996)
Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mariano De Nicolò † (1989)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Centovera di San Giorgio Piacentino, Diocese of Piacenza
Ordained Priest	Piacenza, Diocese of Piacenza
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Piacenza, Diocese of Piacenza
Death Place	Opera Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Buried Place (Original)	Monumental, Cemetery, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Buried Place (Current)	Below Sant’Andrea Chapel, Cathedral, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41085543
WikiData: Q559522

Source(s):

d: CB, 28 Jul 2013
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 466
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Nov 1994
i: AM, 9 Jul 2022

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