Archbishop Alfonso María Buteler †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1892		Born
28 Oct 1915	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Oct 1940	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
1 Dec 1940	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
21 Dec 1940	48.2	Installed	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
10 Apr 1961	68.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
30 Sep 1973	81.0	Died	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Alfonso María Buteler
Archbishop Alfonso María Buteler
(born 11 Sep 1892, died 30 Sep 1973)
Archbishop of Mendoza

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Los Molinos, Diocese of Córdoba (Tucumán)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Mendoza, Diocese of Mendoza

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 32.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta †
Titular Archbishop of Serdica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Leopoldo Buteler †
Bishop of Río Cuarto
Bishop Froilán Ferreira Reinafé †
Bishop of La Rioja

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Fietta † (1926)
Titular Archbishop of Serdica
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Archbishop Ramón José Castellano † (1946)
Bishop Filemón Francisco Castellano † (1957)
Bishop Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila † (1958)
Archbishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud † (1960)
Bishop Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † (1960)
Bishop José Miguel Medina † (1962)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11850816

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 78

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