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Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera †

Deceased

Archbishop of México, Federal District

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lerma, Archdiocese of México, Federal District
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Mexico, Archdiocese of México, Federal District

a priest for 53.0 years a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † Bishop of San Luis Potosí Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez † Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Bishop José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares † Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871) Bishop of San Luis Potosí 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: Bishop Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez † (1895) Archbishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba † (1900) Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900) Archbishop Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † (1902)

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