Official portrait of Pope Leo XIII taken on 11 April 1878.
Author: Braun et Compagnie (1868 – 1969).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Published by: “The Desert Will Flower Press”.
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“Accordingly, he was nominated by the Pope for the dignity of Titular Archbishop of Damietta on 27 January 1843, being then only thirty-three years old.
“He received Episcopal Consecration on 19 February 1843 in the historic Church in Rome of Saint Lawrence, where authentic Tradition locates the heroic Martyrdom of the
Arch-Deacon of The Roman Church.
“This was the second time that Monsignor Pecci had not followed the usual steps through hierarchical advancement.
“He was a Monsignor before he was Ordained a Priest.
“And, now, he was an Archbishop
before he later became a Bishop”.
