The
Episcopal Lineage of Blessed Pope Innocent XI
Benedetto Odescalchi, Cardinal and Bishop of
Novara, the future Blessed Pope Innocent XI. Ordained bishop 29 January 1651 at
Ferrara, in the Cathedral, by Francesco Maria Cardinal Macchiavelli, Titular
Patriarch of Constantinople and Archbishop of Ferrara, assisted by Maffeo
Vitale, Bishop of Mantova, and Giulio Borea, Bishop of Comacchio.
Francesco
Maria Macchiavelli, Archbishop
of Ferrara. Elected Archbishop of Ferrara 11 October 1638. To date, the
details of his episcopal ordination have not been discovered.