Luigi Piavi
Luigi Piavi (Biavi) OFM (born March 17, 1833 in Ravina , Italy , † January 24, 1905 in Jerusalem ) was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .
Life
Luigi Piavi was ordained a priest in 1855 . Pope Pius IX appointed Luigi Piavi as Apostolic Delegate in Syria in 1876 and installed him as Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo . He received the episcopal ordination as titular archbishop of Siunia on November 18, 1876. In 1889 Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Patriarch of Jerusalem , the only Catholic Latin Patriarch in the East .
From 1889 until his death in 1905 he was Grand Master of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher .
Web links
- Entry on Luigi Piavi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 23, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Bracco |
Patriarch of Jerusalem 1889–1905 |
Filippo Camassei |
| Paolo Brunoni |
Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo 1876–1889 |
Pietro Gonzalez Carlo Duval OP |
| Vincenzo Bracco |
 Grand Master of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 1889–1905 |
Pope Pius X. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piavi, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biavi, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravina , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1905 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |