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Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to México

Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta

Events

a priest for 35.5 years a bishop for 7.3 years

Principal Consecrator: Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † Archbishop of Toledo Principal Co-Consecrators: Benjamín Cardinal de Arriba y Castro † Archbishop of Tarragona Archbishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Archbishop of Zaragoza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † (1946) Archbishop of Toledo Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord † (1937) Bishop of Tortosa Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria Pope Benedict XV (1907) (Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †) Pope Pius X (1884) (St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. (1974)