Bishop Sofio Guinto Balce †

Deceased

Bishop of Cabanatuan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1941		Born	Vinzons
12 Jun 1965	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 May 1980	38.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
9 May 1980	38.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamphua
12 Jul 1980	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamphua
21 May 1988	46.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
11 Nov 1990	49.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
25 Jun 2004	62.6	Died	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

a priest for 39.0 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †
Bishop Porfirio R. Iligan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sofio Guinto Balce † (1980)
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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:
Bishop Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.

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