Archbishop Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jul 1891		Born
23 Jun 1918	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
5 Jul 1944	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
24 Aug 1944	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
29 May 1956	64.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
28 Jun 1959	67.9	Died	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Bernardo Botero Álvarez
Archbishop Bernardo Botero Álvarez C.M.
(born 10 Jul 1891, died 28 Jun 1959)
Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona

Event Place
Birth Place Sonsón, Diocese of Medellín
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá
Death Place Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín

a priest for 41.0 years
a bishop for 14.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlo Serena †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †
Bishop of Tunja
Bishop Gerardo Martínez Madrigal †
Bishop of Garzón

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlo Serena † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † (1949)
Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía † (1951)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo † (1949)
Archbishop Arturo Duque Villegas † (1949)
Bishop Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. † (1950)
Archbishop Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (1953)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64658290

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1944, Number 37
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 623
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 664, Ascendance

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