Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †

Deceased

Bishop of Lugo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1880		Born	Valenza
27 Feb 1904	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Aug 1923	43.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
13 Aug 1923	43.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta
20 Jan 1924	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta
2 Mar 1928	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
Feb 1931	51.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo, Spain
Jun 1935	55.4	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo, Spain
29 Sep 1960	80.7	Died	Bishop of Lugo, Spain

a priest for 56.6 years
a bishop for 36.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Enrique Cardinal Reig y Casanova †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †
Archbishop Rigoberto Domenech y Valls †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † (1924)
Enrique Cardinal Reig y Casanova † (1914)
Francesco Cardinal Ragonesi † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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:
Bishop José Souto Vizoso †

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