Bishop Rafael Edwards Salas †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military

Titular Bishop of Dodona

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1878		Born
23 Mar 1901	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Chile
27 May 1910	32.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military
21 Apr 1915	37.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dodona
31 Oct 1915	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dodona
22 Jun 1921	43.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
5 Aug 1938	60.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military

MicroData Summary
Rafael Edwards Salas
Bishop Rafael Edwards Salas
(born 6 Jan 1878, died 5 Aug 1938)
Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

a priest for 37.3 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz †
Bishop of La Serena
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †
Bishop of Concepción
Bishop Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †
Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz † (1898)
Bishop of La Serena
Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez † (1890)
Bishop of La Serena
Archbishop Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova † (1887)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Bishop Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas † (1878)
Titular Bishop of Martyropolis
Archbishop Rafael Valentín Valdivieso y Zañartu † (1848)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Bishop José Hilarión de Etura y Cevallos (Ceballos), O.P. † (1844)
Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia
Bishop José Agustín de la Sierra Mercado † (1843)
Bishop of La Serena
Bishop José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga † (1828)
Bishop Emeritus of Concepción
Antonio Domenico Cardinal Gamberini † (1826)
Bishop of Orvieto
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † (1924)
Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira † (1927)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut † (1916)
Bishop Antonio José Luis Castro Alvarez, SS.CC. † (1918)
Archbishop Ettore Felici † (1927)
Bishop Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † (1928)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 303571046
WikiData: Q6097247

Source(s):

c2: JPG
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 69

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