Bishop Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.

Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1946		Born
14 Mar 1965	18.3	Entered	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
15 Mar 1966	19.3	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
21 Sep 1973	26.8	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
12 Oct 1974	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy
11 Jun 1992	45.5	Appointed	Prelate of Calama, Chile
5 Jul 1992	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Calama, Chile
19 Jul 1992	45.6	Installed	Prelate of Calama, Chile
19 Jul 2002	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
21 Sep 2018	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile

MicroData Summary
Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina
Bishop Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina O. de M.
(born 8 Nov 1946)
Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe

Ad Limina - December 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop La Merced, Basilica, Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of San Felipe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba †
Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †
Titular Bishop of Equizetum
Bishop Carlos González Cruchaga †
Bishop of Talca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † (1964)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Archbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Archbishop Ettore Felici † (1927)
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
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 Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. (2006)
Bishop Mario Andrés Salas Becerra, O. de M. (2006)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Bishop	La Merced, Basilica, Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1140430

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131, Number 11,785
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1/i: CB, 9 Apr 2017
r: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2018

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