Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Apr 1883		Born
18 Dec 1909	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary
15 Sep 1917	34.4	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
17 Feb 1918	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
14 May 1942	59.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
28 Nov 1957	74.6	Retired	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
28 Nov 1957	74.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
1 Sep 1958	75.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Joaquín Garcia Benitez
Archbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez C.I.M.
(born 4 Apr 1883, died 1 Sep 1958)
Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín

Event Place
Birth Place Bucaramanga, Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
Death Place Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Cathedral Basilica, Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 40.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena †
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Vicente Arenas y Rueda †
Bishop of Socorro
Assisted by:
Father Joaquin Uribe
Priest of Nueva Pamplona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena † (1916)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo † (1885)
Archbishop of Bogotá
Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. † (1876)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra † (1871)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez † (1860)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa † (1855)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez † (1855)
Bishop of Antioquía
Bishop Bernabé Rojas, O.P. † (1855)
Bishop of Santa Marta
Bishop Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Calydon
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez † (1942)
Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango † (1951)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Emilio Botero González † (1947)
Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas † (1949)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (1942)
Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. † (1942)
Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal † (1942)
Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (1953)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5931985

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 9

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