Bishop José Carranza Chévez †

Deceased

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1920		Born
19 Dec 1942	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10 Jun 1962	42.1	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
25 Jul 1962	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
17 Jul 1980	60.2	Died	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

MicroData Summary
José Carranza Chévez
Bishop José Carranza Chévez
(born 31 Mar 1920, died 17 Jul 1980)
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán

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

Event Place
Birth Place Comayagua, Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Ordained Bishop San Miguel, Cathedral, Tegucigalpa, Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Death Place Santa Rosa de Copán, Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán

a priest for 37.5 years
a bishop for 17.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sante Portalupi †
Titular Archbishop of Christopolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Bishop Evelio Domínguez Recinos †
Titular Bishop of Acholla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sante Portalupi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Christopolis
Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Secretary of State
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q23943047

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 103

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