Bishop Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

Titular Bishop of Regiae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 May 1935		Born
26 Mar 1961	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
30 Nov 1970	35.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala
27 Oct 1977	42.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Regiae
27 Oct 1977	42.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala
12 Dec 1977	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Regiae
12 Mar 1988	52.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala
12 Jun 2004	69.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Izabal, Guatemala
25 Mar 2011	75.8	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

MicroData Summary
Luis María Estrada Paetau
Bishop Luis María Estrada Paetau O.P.
(born 26 May 1935, died 25 Mar 2011)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal

Event Place
Birth Place Ciudad de Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala
Ordained Bishop Ciudad de Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala

a priest for 49.9 years
a bishop for 33.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Richard Ham, M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia
Bishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †
Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emanuele Gerada † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez (2004)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1876465

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,082

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