Miguel Cardinal García Cuesta †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1803		Born	Macotera
14 Nov 1847	44.1	Selected	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
14 Apr 1848	44.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
16 Jul 1848	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
14 May 1851	47.6	Selected	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5 Sep 1851	47.9	Confirmed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
27 Sep 1861	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 May 1862	58.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
14 Apr 1873	69.5	Died	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Consistory - 1861: Created Cardinal

a bishop for 24.7 years
a cardinal for 11.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Carlos Laborda Clau †
Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Miguel Cardinal García Cuesta † (1848)
Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra † (1831)
Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes † (1824)
Bishop Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. † (1807)
Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ávila Lamas †
Manuel Cardinal Garcia Gil, O.P. †
Archbishop Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. †
Bishop José López y Crespo †
Bishop Juan Lozano Torreira †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 27 Sep 1861
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 219, and Page 312
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 52

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