Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Titular Archbishop of Amasea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1814¹		Born	Chamariapa, Spain
1835¹	21.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Sep 1852	38.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
6 Feb 1853	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
6 Jul 1876	62.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
9 Jan 1877	63.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
20 Feb 1882	68.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 29.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Talavera y Garcés †
Bishop Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset) †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira † (1853)
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique † (1842)
Archbishop Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo † (1842)
Bishop José Jorge de Torres y Estans † (1837)
Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † (1835)
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
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 José Manuel Arroyo y Niño †
Bishop Victor José Díez Navarrete †
Archbishop William Dominic O’Carroll, O.P. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
bp/bd/op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 92, and Page 315

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