Archbishop Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1834		Born	Popayan
19 Aug 1860	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Mar 1883	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
3 Jun 1883	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
27 May 1889	55.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
10 Apr 1891	57.0	Died	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia

a priest for 30.6 years
a bishop for 7.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Ignacio Ordóñez †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †
Bishop Marie-Joseph Verdier, SS.CC. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. † (1883)
Archbishop José Ignacio Ordóñez † (1866)
Bishop Remigio Estévez de Toral † (1861)
Archbishop José María Riofrío y Valdivieso † (1853)
Archbishop Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa Llaguno † (1838)
Archbishop Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,546
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 271, and Page 443

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.8.1, 5 Sep 2012; data: 8 Sep 2012