Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco †

Deceased

Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1909		Born
25 Oct 1931	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1958	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
22 Feb 1959	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
8 Mar 1981	71.9	Died	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

MicroData Summary
Miguel Garcia Franco
Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco
(born 16 Mar 1909, died 8 Mar 1981)
Bishop of Mazatlán

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 Tepehuanes, Archdiocese of Durango
Ordained Bishop Mazatlán, Diocese of Mazatlán, Sinaloa

a priest for 49.3 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Bishop Antonio López Aviña †
Bishop of Zacatecas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. † (1974)
Bishop Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes (1978)
Bishop Rafael Barraza Sánchez † (1980)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1932613

Source(s):

b/ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 10

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