Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

Motto: Si Me Amas Apacienta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1949		Born
26 Nov 1968	19.2	First Vows	Member of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
Apr 1974³	24.5	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
24 Dec 1982	33.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ
26 Oct 2004	55.1	Appointed	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
22 Nov 2004	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
15 Feb 2020	70.4	Appointed	Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
6 Dec 2025	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
22 Jan 2026	76.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas
Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas L.C.
(born 4 Sep 1949, died 22 Jan 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place San José de Gracia, Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Ordained Bishop Centro de Convenciones, Cancún, Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Death Place Mérida, Archdiocese of Yucatán

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 21.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello
Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán
Archbishop of Yucatán
Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. †
Titular Bishop of Velefi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello (1987)
Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2066721

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Number 14,717
ab: Bollettino, 15 Feb 2020
r: Bollettino, 6 Dec 2025
d: CB, 22 Jan 2026

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