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

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria

Events

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

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. † (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 Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749) Titular Bishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrique 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest: Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez † (1942) 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)