Bishop Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan

Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1912		Born	Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Spain
27 Jul 1935	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects
8 Jul 1954	41.8	Appointed	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines
3 Jul 1955	42.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum
3 Jul 1955	42.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines
10 Sep 1955	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum
18 Dec 1987	75.2	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines
15 Apr 1997	84.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 41.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Rufino Jiao Cardinal Santos †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †
Bishop Manuel Yap †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † (1955)
Rufino Jiao Cardinal Santos † (1947)
Archbishop Michael James O’Doherty † (1911)
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Ignazio Cardinal Busca † (1775)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. †
Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1955, Number 72

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