Archbishop Franco Costa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

Titular Archbishop of Emma�s

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1904		Born
30 May 1931	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Genova, Italy
17 Apr 1963	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
2 Jun 1963	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crema, Italy
28 Jun 1963	59.0	Installed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
18 Dec 1963	59.5	Resigned	Bishop of Crema, Italy
18 Dec 1963	59.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Emma�s
21 Dec 1968	64.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Emma�s
22 Jan 1977	72.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

MicroData Summary for Franco Costa
(VIAF: 27870802; WikiData: Q3751243)
Archbishop Franco Costa (born 6 Jun 1904, died 22 Jan 1977) Bishop Emeritus of Crema

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Death Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 13.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Carlo Dalmazio Cardinal Minoretti †
Archbishop of Genova
Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri †
Archbishop of Genova
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Marchesani †
Bishop of Chiavari
Bishop Emilio Guano †
Bishop of Livorno

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giuseppe Cardinal Siri † (1944)
Archbishop of Genova
Pietro Cardinal Boetto, S.J. † (1938)
Archbishop of Genova
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinit� al Monte Pincio
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luigi Bettazzi † (1963)
Bishop Carlo Manziana, C.O. † (1964)
Bishop Alessandro Piazza † (1965)
Bishop Petru Plesca † (1965)
Bishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † (1967)
Bishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † (1967)
Archbishop Antonio Zama † (1967)
Bishop Giuseppe Lanave † (1969)
Marco Cardinal C� † (1970)
Bishop Aldo Del Monte † (1971)
Bishop Carlo Cavalla † (1971)
Bishop Dante Bernini † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Ordained Bishop	San Lorenzo, Cathedral, Genova, Archdiocese of Genova
Death Place	Genova, Archdiocese of Genova

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations �piscopales, Year 1963, Number 57
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 115
c1/i: AM, 19 Mar 2023

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