Archbishop Germiniano Esorto †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jun 1897		Born
20 Dec 1924	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Plata, Argentina
23 Aug 1943	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
23 Aug 1943	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Birtha
31 Oct 1943	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Birtha
2 Nov 1946	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
15 Mar 1947	49.7	Installed	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
13 Mar 1957	59.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
31 May 1972	74.9	Retired	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
18 Oct 1978	81.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Germiniano Esorto
Archbishop Germiniano Esorto
(born 9 Jun 1897, died 18 Oct 1978)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Laprida, Diocese of La Plata
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, La Plata, Archdiocese of La Plata

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan Pascual Chimento †
Archbishop of La Plata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland †
Archbishop of Paraná
Bishop Anunciado Serafini †
Bishop of Mercedes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan Pascual Chimento † (1928)
Archbishop of La Plata
Bishop Francisco Alberti † (1899)
Bishop of La Plata
Bishop Mariano Antonio Espinosa † (1893)
Bishop of La Plata
Archbishop Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) † (1870)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. Obs. † (1868)
Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo
Archbishop Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos † (1835)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Mariano Medrano y Cabrera † (1830)
Bishop of Buenos Aires
Archbishop Pietro Ostini † (1827)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Cardinal Giustiniani † (1817)
Bishop of Imola
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. † (1957)
Archbishop Jorge Mayer † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antonio José Plaza † (1950)
Bishop Enrique Rau † (1951)
Archbishop Rómulo García † (1975)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2309162906444978110002
WikiData: Q21503355

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 69

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