Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés, C.M.F. †

Deceased

Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1874		Born
21 Sep 1901	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
17 Nov 1924	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
15 Mar 1925	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
16 Aug 1947	73.4	Died	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

MicroData Summary
Ramón Font y Farrés
Bishop Ramón Font y Farrés C.M.F.
(born 20 Feb 1874, died 16 Aug 1947)
Bishop of Tarija

Event Place
Birth Place Rupit, Diocese of Vic, Spain
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, La Paz, Diocese of La Paz
Death Place Tarija

a priest for 45.9 years
a bishop for 22.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi †
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Sucre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. † (1931)
Bishop Augustin Arce Mostajo † (1941)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q20171833

Source(s):

b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 13

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠