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The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Clement XII

Lorenzo Corsini, the future Pope Clement XII, Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia. Ordained bishop 18 June 1690 in Rome by Flavio Cardinal Chigi, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, assisted by Francesco de Marini, Titular Archbishop of Theodosia, and Francesco Martelli, Titular Archbishop of Corinth.

Flavio Chigi, Cardinal and Bishop of Albano. Ordained bishop 24 March 1686 in Rome, in the Monastery of San Sisto, by Paluzzo (Paluzzi degli Albertoni) Altieri, assisted by Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, and Gregorio Carducci, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona. 

Updated on 25 May 2015 with the addition of the place of episcopal ordination and the names of the two principal co-ordaining bishops. 


For the continuation of this lineage, please see the lineage of Pope Francis.