Bishop Diómedes Espinal de León

Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1949		Born
22 Jul 1978	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
20 Apr 2000	50.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
20 Apr 2000	50.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa
2 Jun 2000	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa
24 May 2006	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
22 Jul 2006	56.9	Installed	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

MicroData Summary
Diómedes Espinal de León
Bishop Diómedes Espinal de León
(born 25 Aug 1949)
Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi

Ad Limina - July 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Villa Trina

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana †
Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta
Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís
Archbishop François Robert Bacqué †
Titular Archbishop of Gradisca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana † (1966)
Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
Bishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † (1954)
Titular Bishop of Nova Germania
Archbishop Salvatore Siino † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Perge
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1231868

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 24 May 2006
i: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Number 13,777

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