Bishop Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset) †

Deceased

Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1799		Born
1 Jun 1822	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Jan 1842	43.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
8 May 1842	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
1873¹	73.9	Died	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset)
Bishop Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset)
(born 14 Jan 1799, died 1873)
Bishop of Mérida

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Puerto de Guayra

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 30.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique †
Bishop of Guayana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo † (1842)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop José Jorge de Torres y Estans † (1837)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † (1835)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
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 José Luis Niño † (1856)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira † (1853)
Assisted:
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique † (1842)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64769297

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 186
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1842, Number 25

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