The Line of mine Apostolic Succession

On 13 May 1978 at Rome I was ordained priest

by His Eminence Mario Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano,

who himself was consecrated bishop by H. Em. Paolo Cardinal Marella,

who in turn was consecrated bishop by Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi, and so forth,

back to St. Peter, First Bishop of Rome, Prince of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

· Mario Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † (1969)

· Paolo Cardinal Marella † (1933)

· Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)

· Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)

· Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)

· Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)

· Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)

· Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)

· Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil † (1777)

· Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)

· Pope Clement XIII ~ Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)

· Pope Benedict XIV ~ Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)

· Pope Benedict XIII ~ Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)

· Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)

· Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)

· Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)

· Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)

· Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)

· Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)

· Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)

· Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † (????)

(† = year wherein consecrated bishop)

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