Bishop St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Apr 1821		Born
18 Aug 1846	25.3	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
29 May 1847	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
15 Apr 1853	31.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
15 Apr 1853	31.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
16 Sep 1855	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
20 Jul 1857	36.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
28 Jul 1858	37.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
29 Apr 1951		Beatified
19 Jun 1988		Canonized

MicroData Summary for St. Melchor García Sanpedro
(VIAF: 88962941; WikiData: Q5196595)
Bishop St. Melchor García Sanpedro O.P. (born 26 Apr 1821, died 28 Jul 1858) Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}

Event Place
Birth Place Cortes, Asturias, Diocese of Oviedo, Spain
Ordained Bishop Bui Chu

a priest for 11.1 years
a bishop for 2.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Plataea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Miletopolis
Bishop Hilarión Alcázar, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Paphus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. † (1849)
Titular Bishop of Plataea
Bishop St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Miletopolis
Bishop Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Archbishop José Maria Seguí Molas, O.S.A. † (1830)
Archbishop of Manila
Bishop Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. Disc. † (1829)
Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
Bishop Francisco Albán Barreiro, O.P. † (1818)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Archbishop Juan Antonio Zulaibar y Aldape, O.P. † (1805)
Archbishop of Manila
Bishop Domingo Collantes, O.P. † (1790)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc. † (1779)
Archbishop of Manila
Archbishop Basilio Tomás Sancho y Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina), Sch. P. † (1766)
Archbishop of Manila
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, O.P. † (1858)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cortes, Asturias, Diocese of Oviedo, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Bui Chu

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 565
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 163, Number 897
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1855, Number 33
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,866

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