The
Episcopal Lineage of Pope Pius VII
Gregorio Barnaba Chiaramonti, O.S.B., the future Pope Pius VII, Bishop of Tivoli. Ordained
bishop 21 December 1782 at Rome, in the Church of San Ambrogio, by Francesco
Saverio Cardinal de Zelada, assisted by Giuseppe Maria Contesini, Titular
Archbishop of Athens, and Girolamo Volpi, Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in
Ponto.
Francesco Saverio de Zelada, Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina. Ordained
bishop 28 December 1766 at Rome, in the Quirinal, by His Holiness Pope Clement
XIII, assisted by Scipiione Borghese, Titular Archbishop of Theodosia, and
Ignazio Reali, Titular Archbishop of Athens.
For the continuation of this lineage, plese see the
lineage of Pope Francis.