Luigi Giordani


Luigi Giordani
Archbishop of Ferrara
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseFerrara
SeeFerrara
Appointed22 June 1877
Term ended21 April 1893
PredecessorLuigi Vannicelli Casoni
SuccessorEgidio Mauri
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1887-93)
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia (1871-77)
Auxiliary Bishop of Ferrara (1871-77)
Orders
Ordination19 September 1846
by Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini
Consecration19 March 1871
by Luigi Vannicelli Casoni
Created cardinal14 March 1887
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Luigi Giordani

13 October 1822
Santa Maria Codifiume, Argenta, Papal States
Died21 April 1893(1893-04-21) (aged 70)
Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedFerrara Cathedral
ParentsFrancesco Giordani
Gertrude Boriani
Alma materPontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

Luigi Giordani (13 October 1822 – 21 April 1893) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a papal delegate and held positions in the Roman Curia before serving as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1877 until his death in 1893. He was made a cardinal in 1887.