Bishop Rafael Barraza Sánchez †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1928		Born
28 Oct 1951	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Durango, México
26 Oct 1979	51.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México
26 Oct 1979	51.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Drivastum
25 Jan 1980	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Drivastum
19 Oct 1981	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
3 Mar 2005	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
26 Jul 2020	91.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

MicroData Summary
Rafael Barraza Sánchez
Bishop Rafael Barraza Sánchez
(born 24 Oct 1928, died 26 Jul 2020)
Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán

Event Place
Birth Place Durango, Archdiocese of Durango
Ordained Bishop Durango, Archdiocese of Durango
Death Place Durango, Archdiocese of Durango

a priest for 68.7 years
a bishop for 40.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio López Aviña †
Archbishop of Durango
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco †
Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Bishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †
Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio López Aviña † (1955)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José María González y Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate † (1909)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos † (1855)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez † (1852)
Bishop of Michoacán
Bishop Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Tanagra
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1381709

Source(s):

d: CB, 26 Jul 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 61, Number 4,687
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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