The
Episcopal Lineage of Blessed Pope Pius IX & Pope Pius VIII
Blessed Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, Archbishop of Spoleto, the future Pope Pius IX.
Ordained bishop 3 June 1827 in Rome, in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli, by
Francesco Saverio Cardinal Castigliioni, Bishop of Frascati, assisted by
Giacomo Sinibaldi, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, and Antonio Piatti, Titular
Archbishop of Trebisonda.
Francesco
Saverio Castiglioni, Bishop of Montalto Marche, the future Pope Pius VIII. Ordained bishop 17 August 1800 in Rome, in the Church
of Saints Dominic and Sixtus, by Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj,
assisted by Nicola Buschi, Bishop of Ferentino, and Camillo Campanelli, Titular
Archbishop of Athens.
Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria. Ordained
bishop 22 August 1773 in the Collegiate Church of San Ildefonso at the royal
residence at La Granja (Segovia), Spain, by Ventura Cardinal de Córdoba
Espinola y La Cerda, Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto and Patriarch
of the West Indies, assisted by Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo, Titular Archbishop
of Edessa in Osrhoëne, and Joaquin Eleta, Titular Archbishop of Thebae.
Ventura
de Córdoba Espinola y La Cerda, Titular Archbishop of
Neocaesarea in Ponto. Ordained bishop 28 June 1761 in the Royal Church of San
Jerónimo, Madrid, by Manuel Quintano Bonifaz, Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus,
assisted by Manuel Murillo y Argáiz, Bishop of Segovia, and Andrés Cano y
Junquera, Titular Bishop of Arad.
Manuel
Quintano Bonifaz, Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus. Ordained bishop 16 March
1749 in the Church of the Royal Convent of La Encarnación, Madrid, by Enrique
Enriquez, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain,
assisted by Juan Antonio Pérez de Arellano, Titular Bishop of Casius, and
Andrés Núñez Monteagudo, Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates.
Enrique Enriquez, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus. Ordained bishop 29
December 1943 in Rome, in the Hall of the Holy Office in the Quirinal, by His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, assisted by Ferdinando Maria de Rossi, Titular
Archbishop of Tarsus, and Mattino Ignazio Caracciolo di Mattina, Titular
Archbishop of Chalcedon.
For the continuation of this lineage, please see the
lineage of Pope Francis.
