The
Episcopal Lineage of Pope Alexander VII, Pope Urban VIII, Pope Saint Pius V, & Pope Clement
VII
Fabio Chigi, Bishop of Nardo, the future Pope
Alexander VII. Ordained bishop 1 July 1635 in the chapel of the Jesuit College
La Valletta, Malta, by Juan Balaguer de Camarasa, Bishop of Malta, assisted by
Salvatore Imbroll, Prior of Saint John of Jerusalem, and Antonio Toloscenzio,
Vicar General of Malta.
Juan Balaguer de Camarasa, Bishop of Malta. Ordained
bishop 18 February 1635 at Rome, in the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, by
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio, former Bishop of Capaccio, assisted by
Carlo Carafa, Bishop of Aversa, and Pietro Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico.
Francesco
Maria Brancaccio, Bishop
of Capaccio. Ordained bishop 8 September 1627 at Rome, in the Church of
Sant’Andrea della Valle, by Cosmo Cardinal de Torres, assisted by Giuseppe
Acquaviva, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, and Francesco Nappi, Bishop of
Polignano.
Cosmo de Torres, Titular Archbsihop of
Hadrianopolis. Ordained bishop 25 April 1621 at Rome, in the Church of Sant’Andrea
della Valle, by Maffeo Cardinal Barberini, assisted by Diofebe Farnese, Patriarch
of Jerusalem, and Volpiano Volpi, former Archbishop of Chieti.
Maffeo Barberini, Titular Archbishop of
Nazareth, the future Pope Urban VIII. Ordained bishop 28 October 1604 at Rome, in a chapel of the Apostolic
Palace, by Fabio Biondi di Montalto, Patriarch of Jerusalem, assisted by
Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, and Tommaso Lapi, Bishop of Fano.
Fabio
Biondi di Montalto, Patriarch
of Jerusalem. Ordained bishop 17 January 1588 at Rome, in the Basilica
of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga, assisted by Giovanni
Albani, Patriarch of Alexandria, and Girolamo Bevilacqua, Titular Archbishop of
Nazareth.
Scipione Gonzaga, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Ordained
bishop 4 October 1585 at Rome, in the Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, by
Innico Cardinal d’Avalos d’Aragonia, assisted by Enrico Caetani, Patriarch of
Alexandria, and Annibale di Capua, Archbishop of Napoli.
Innico d`Avalos d`Aragonia, Cardinal and
Bishop of Mileto. Ordained bishop 13 October 1566 in Rome, in the Sistine
Chapel, by Pope Saint Pius V, assisted by Giacomo Cardinal Savelli, and Niccolo
Gaetano Cardinal Sermoneta.
Michele Ghislieri, O.P., Bishop of Nepi e
Sutri, the future Pope Saint Pius V. Ordained bishop 14 September 1566 at Rome,
in the Sistine Chapel, by Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni, assisted by
Giovanni Beraldo, Bishop of Telese, and Nicola Majorano, Bishop of Molfetta.
Giovanni
Michele Saraceni, Archbishop
of Acerenza e Matera. Ordained bishop 23 March 1536 at Rome, in the
chapel of his ordaining bishop, by Antonio Cardinal San Severino, assisted by
Lorenzo Santarelli, Bishop of Pulati, and Giacomo Poncetti, Bishop of Molfetta.
Antonio San Severino, Cardinal and Archbishop
of Taranto. Ordained bishop 21 December 1531 at Rome, in the Sistine Chapel, by
Pope Clement VII, assisted by Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Bishop of Ostia, by
Antonio Cardinal Ciocchi del Monte, Bishop of Porto, and Andrea Cardinal della
Valle.
Giulio de`Medici, Cardinal and Archbishop of
Firenze, the future Pope Clement VII. Ordained bishop 21 December 1517 at Rome,
at the Vatican, in camera superior, by
Pope Leo X, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….
For the continuation
of this lineage, please see the lineage of Pope Clement VIII.