Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Oct 1902		Born
23 Jul 1927	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jaén, Spain
10 Jun 1943	40.6	Appointed	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
24 Oct 1943	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
10 Mar 1965	62.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
13 Apr 1973	70.5	Resigned	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
15 Dec 1996	94.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain

MicroData Summary
Rafael Alvarez Lara
Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara
(born 10 Oct 1902, died 15 Dec 1996)
Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca

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

Event Place
Birth Place Castillo de Locubin, Diocese of Jaén
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Granada, Archdiocese of Granada

a priest for 69.3 years
a bishop for 53.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Agustín Parrado y García †
Archbishop of Granada
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rafael García y García de Castro †
Bishop of Jaén
Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García †
Titular Bishop of Bilta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Agustín Parrado y García † (1925)
Archbishop of Granada
Patriarch Julián de Diego y García Alcolea † (1905)
Patriarch of West Indies
Archbishop José María Cos y Macho † (1886)
Archbishop of Valladolid
Archbishop Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez † (1875)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Cardinal Moreno y Maisanove † (1857)
Archbishop of Valladolid
Archbishop Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. † (1832)
Archbishop of Toledo
Francisco Javier Cardinal de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos † (1819)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (1804)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop Agustín Ayestarán y Landa † (1772)
Bishop of Córdoba
Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona † (1749)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
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 Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Blanco Nájera † (1944)
Archbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín † (1955)
Bishop Miguel Moncadas Noguera † (1969)
Bishop Jesús Pla Gandía † (1971)
Bishop José Gea Escolano † (1971)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5487738

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 67

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