Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cartago

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1919		Born	Bogotá
8 Nov 1942	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1958	39.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
18 Dec 1958	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Victoriana
6 Jan 1959	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Victoriana
26 Apr 1962	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
19 Apr 1995	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
15 Mar 2006	86.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia

a priest for 63.4 years
a bishop for 47.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras † (1959)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo
Bishop Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez †
Archbishop Víctor Manuel López Forero
Bishop Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.
Bishop Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †

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