Bishop Norberto Forero y García †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1895		Born
14 Jun 1919	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tunja, Colombia
7 Jul 1951	56.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
7 Jul 1951	56.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hilta
9 Sep 1951	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hilta
27 May 1956	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
2 Jun 1971	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
9 Mar 1981	86.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia

MicroData Summary for Norberto Forero y García
(WikiData: Q64683253)
Bishop Norberto Forero y García (born 5 Mar 1895, died 9 Mar 1981) Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta

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

Event Place
Birth Place Toguí (Boyacá), Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 29.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Samorè †
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †
Bishop of Tunja
Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †
Titular Bishop of Aulon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Toguí (Boyacá), Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá

Source(s):

b: JPG
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 87
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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