Archbishop Nicolás Castells, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq

Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis

Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1799		Born
19 Jun 1866	66.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
19 Jun 1866	66.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Baghdad, Iraq
9 Sep 1866	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis
23 Nov 1866	67.0	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
7 Sep 1873	73.8	Died	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq

MicroData Summary
Nicolás Castells
Archbishop Nicolás Castells O.F.M. Cap.
(born 4 Nov 1799, died 7 Sep 1873)
Apostolic Delegate of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia

Event Place
Birth Place Barcelona, Spain

a bishop for 6.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Giuseppe Valerga †
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincenzo Bracco †
Titular Bishop of Magydus
Archbishop Melchiorre Nazarian †
Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Giuseppe Valerga † (1847)
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barcelona, Spain

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19297266

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 137, and Page 365
ob/c2+: CB, 1 May 2013
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 173, Number 953
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1866, Number 28

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