Giulio Piazza (1663–1726) was a
Roman Catholic
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cardinal.
Biography
On 22 Dec 1697, he was
consecrated
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bishop by
Gasparo Carpegna,
Cardinal-Priest
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of
Santa Maria in Trastevere
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, with
Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia,
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and
Antonio Spinelli,
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as
co-consecrators
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
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.
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Episcopal succession
References
1663 births
1726 deaths
18th-century Italian cardinals
Apostolic Nuncios to Cologne
Apostolic nuncios to Poland
Apostolic nuncios to Switzerland
Apostolic nuncios to Belgium
Apostolic nuncios to the Holy Roman Empire
People from Forlì
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