Bishop Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †

Deceased

Prelate of Opus Dei

Titular Bishop of Vita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1914		Born	Madrid, Spain
25 Jun 1944	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei
28 Nov 1982	68.7	Appointed	Prelate of Opus Dei
7 Dec 1990	76.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vita
6 Jan 1991	76.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vita
23 Mar 1994	80.0	Died	Prelate of Opus Dei

a priest for 49.7 years
a bishop for 3.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano † (1991)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

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