Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1904		Born	Amorebieta, Spain
24 Sep 1927	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
25 Dec 1949	45.3	Appointed	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
11 Jun 1950	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
16 Jan 1971	66.3	Resigned	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
10 Jan 1982	77.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India

a priest for 54.3 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José María Eguino Trecu †
Bishop Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D. † (1950)
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Kelanthara †
Archbishop Cornelius Elanjikal

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