Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero

Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1943		Born
10 Jun 1967	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Oct 1984	40.8	Appointed	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
13 Apr 1985	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
31 Jul 1996	52.6	Appointed	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
23 May 2020	76.4	Retired	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia

MicroData Summary
Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Archbishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
(born 15 Dec 1943)
Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz

Ad Limina - November 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sucre, Archdiocese of Sucre
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Potosí, Diocese of Potosí

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of La Paz.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
José Clemente Cardinal Maurer, C.Ss.R. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †
Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Archbishop René Fernández Apaza †
Archbishop of Sucre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Clemente Cardinal Maurer, C.Ss.R. † (1950)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes (2002)
Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. (2014)
Bishop Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Toribio Sergio Cardinal Porco Ticona (1986)
Bishop Juan Vargas Aruquipa (1992)
Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. (1997)
Bishop Krzysztof Białasik, S.V.D. (2005)
Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini † (2010)
Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (2010)
Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana (2018)
Bishop Mario Luis Durán Berríos (2022)
Bishop Basilio Mamani Quispe (2022)
Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (2022)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 310664255
WikiData: Q653076

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122
r: Bollettino, 23 May 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 93, Number 7,906, Additions/Corrections (front)

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