Bishop Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile

Motto: Ut Mundus Credat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jan 1930		Born
18 Sep 1954	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rancagua, Chile
8 Nov 1982	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
19 Dec 1982	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
2 Jan 1983	52.9	Installed	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
19 Feb 1994	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile
18 Mar 1994	64.1	Installed	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile
7 Jan 2006	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile
26 Dec 2025	95.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Chile

MicroData Summary
Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina
Bishop Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina
(born 30 Jan 1930, died 26 Dec 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles

Event Place
Birth Place Coltauco, Diocese of Rancagua
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Rancagua, Diocese of Rancagua
Death Place Rancagua, Diocese of Rancagua
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Santa María de los Ángeles, Cathedral, Los Ángeles, Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles

a priest for 71.2 years
a bishop for 43.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eduardo Larraín Córdovez †
Bishop of Rancagua
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira †
Bishop of Rancagua
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †
Bishop of Los Angeles
Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy †
Bishop of Chillán

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira † (1959)
Bishop of Rancagua
Bishop Eduardo Larraín Córdovez † (1938)
Bishop of Rancagua
Bishop Rafael Lira Infante † (1926)
Bishop of Valparaíso
Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés (2001)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 35969722
WikiData: Q1932595

Source(s):

r: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,237

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