Bishop Samuel Ruiz García †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1924		Born	Irapuato
2 Apr 1949	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Nov 1959	35.0	Appointed	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
25 Jan 1960	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
13 Mar 2000	75.4	Retired	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
24 Jan 2011	86.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 51.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †
Bishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Samuel Ruiz García † (1960)
Archbishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla † (1946)
Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † (1924)
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres † (1900)
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera †

Source(s):

d: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1960, Number 3
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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