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The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Innocent XIII

Michelangelo dei Conti, the future Pope Innocentt XIII, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus. Ordained bishop 26 June 1695 at Rome, in the Church of the Gesù, by Galeazzo Cardinal Marescotti, assisted by Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni.

Galeazzo Marescotti, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. Ordained bishop 4 March 1668 at Rome, in the Church of Saints Dominic and Sixtus, by Pietro Cardinal Vidoni, Bishop of Lodi, assisted by Giacomo de Angelis, former Archbishop of Urbino, and Carlo de’Vecchi, Titular Archbishop of Athens.

Pietro Vidoni, Bishop of Lodi. Ordained bishop 9 October 1644 in the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome, by Giovanni Battista Maria Cardinal Pallotta, assisted by Ranuzio Scotti, bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori.

Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, Apostolic Nuncio in Wien. Ordained bishop 10 December 1628 at Wien, in the chapel of the court, by Melchior Cardinal Klesl, Bishop of Wien.

Melchior Klesl, Bishop of Wien. Ordained bishop 30 March 1614 at Kremsmünster, in the Benedictine Abbey, by Placido Marra, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, assisted by Anton Wolhath, O.S.B., Abbot of Kremsmünster, and Father Georg Falb, O.S.B.

Placido Marra, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla. Ordained bishop 2 April 1595 in the Church of San Bartolomeo, Rome, by Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio, assisted by Flamino Filonardi, Bishop of Acqui, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon.

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