Bishop Emilio Layon Bataclan †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

Titular Bishop of Septimunicia

Motto: Fieri Pescator Hominum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1940		Born
1 May 1966	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cebu, Philippines
24 Feb 1990	49.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
24 Feb 1990	49.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gunela
19 Apr 1990	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gunela
3 May 1995	54.6	Appointed	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
21 Jun 2004	63.7	Resigned	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
21 Jun 2004	63.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
21 Jun 2004	63.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Septimunicia
1 Oct 2015	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
24 Jun 2026	85.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Emilio Layon Bataclan
Bishop Emilio Layon Bataclan
(born 20 Sep 1940, died 24 Jun 2026)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu

Event Place
Birth Place Doong, Bantayan Island, Archdiocese of Cebu
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Cebu, Archdiocese of Cebu
Death Place Hospital, Cebu, Archdiocese of Cebu

a priest for 60.1 years
a bishop for 36.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak †
Titular Bishop of Lesvi
Bishop Camilo Diaz Gregorio †
Bishop of Bacolod

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. (1995)
Archbishop John Forrosuelo Du (1998)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1337477

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,965
r: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2015
d: CB, 24 Jun 2026

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