Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix †

Deceased

Bishop of Caguas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1905		Born	Santurce
7 Apr 1928	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico
19 Jan 1965	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
2 Mar 1965	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
12 Feb 1981	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
9 Sep 1991	85.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 63.4 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †
Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix † (1965)
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †
Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera
Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez
Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129

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