Pope Benedict XV - Episcopal Succession

Episcopal Succession

Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by: Pope Pius X
Consecrator of
Bishop Date of consecration
Antonio Lega 21 June 1914
Sebastiano Nicotra 6 January 1917
Pope Pius XII 13 May 1917
Willem Marinus van Rossum 19 May 1918
Ersilio Menzani 25 January 1921
Federico Tedeschini 5 May 1921
Carlo Cremonesi 8 January 1922

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