Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1881		Born
16 Aug 1903	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
12 Feb 1938	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
15 May 1938	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of León, Spain
10 Jun 1943	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
9 Oct 1948	67.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
31 Jan 1949	67.9	Died	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

MicroData Summary
Carmelo Ballester y Nieto
Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto C.M.
(born 15 Feb 1881, died 31 Jan 1949)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Event Place
Birth Place Cartagena, Diocese of Cartagena (en España)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Pamplona, Diocese of Pamplona
Death Place Madrid, Diocese of Madrid

a priest for 45.4 years
a bishop for 10.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio García y García †
Archbishop of Valladolid
Bishop Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Pamplona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán † (1946)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán † (1947)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Llorente y Federico † (1942)
Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García † (1943)
Bishop Inocencio Rodríguez Díez † (1943)
Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández † (1944)
Bishop Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo † (1946)
Bishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana † (1947)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/170952
VIAF: 259906318
WikiData: Q12255674

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 37

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