Archbishop Luigi Ventura

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Equilium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1944		Born
14 Jun 1969	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brescia, Italy
25 Mar 1995	50.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Equilium
25 Mar 1995	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
25 Mar 1995	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
25 Mar 1995	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger
29 Apr 1995	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Equilium
25 Mar 1999	54.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
22 Jun 2001	56.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
22 Sep 2009	64.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
17 Dec 2019	75.0	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to France

MicroData Summary
Luigi Ventura
Archbishop Luigi Ventura
(born 9 Dec 1944)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Borgosatollo, Diocese of Brescia, Italy
Ordained Bishop Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Brescia, Diocese of Brescia, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Luigi Morstabilini †
Bishop of Brescia
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bruno Foresti †
Bishop of Brescia
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M. (1999)
Archbishop Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. (2007)
Archbishop Murray Chatlain (2007)
Archbishop Michael Mulhall (2007)
Bishop John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap. (2008)
Bishop Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. † (2008)
Bishop Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. (2008)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Séraphin François Rouamba (1995)
Archbishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. † (1996)
Bishop Félix Kouadjo † (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Borgosatollo, Diocese of Brescia, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Brescia, Diocese of Brescia, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315073085
WikiData: Q1341279

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 22 Sep 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,545
r: Bollettino, 17 Dec 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 209, and Page 210

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