Bishop Dionisio Ávila †

Deceased

Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1876		Born
7 Oct 1900	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
27 Jan 1916	39.8	Appointed	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
16 Jul 1916	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
30 Jun 1919	43.2	Died	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia

MicroData Summary
Dionisio Ávila
Bishop Dionisio Ávila
(born 8 Apr 1876, died 30 Jun 1919)
Bishop of La Paz

Event Place
Birth Place Camataqui, Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sucre, Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Death Place La Paz, Diocese of La Paz

a priest for 18.7 years
a bishop for 2.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Victor Arrién (Arrieu) †
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Victor Arrién (Arrieu) † (1914)
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (1899)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11856134

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1919
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1920
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1916, Number 30
ln: JI, 1 Apr 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Number 5,831
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 74, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 97, Number 8,291

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