Bishop José Buenaventura Arias Bergara †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Mérida

Titular Bishop of Ierichus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1772³		Born	El Arenal
1797¹	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Oct 1826	54.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
2 Oct 1826	54.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
19 Aug 1827	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
22 Dec 1828	56.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mérida, Venezuela
21 Nov 1831	59.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Mérida, Venezuela

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 34.9 years
a bishop for 4.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Rafael Lasso de la Vega †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Buenaventura Arias Bergara † (1827)
Bishop Rafael Lasso de la Vega † (1816)
Archbishop Juan Bautista Sacristán y Galiano † (1810)
Bishop Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de La Torre † (1804)
Archbishop Francisco de Ibarra y Herrera † (1792)
Bishop Francisco de Cuerda † (1790)
Bishop Agustín Rubín Cevallos †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Archbishop Ramón Ignacio Méndez †

Source(s):

b/c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,417
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 222

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