Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †

Deceased

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1918		Born
7 Dec 1941	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
8 Apr 1961	42.4	Appointed	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
28 May 1961	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
24 Jul 1972	53.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
24 Jul 1972	53.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elepla
25 Oct 1975	57.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
19 Jan 1980	61.2	Died	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano
Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano
(born 23 Oct 1918, died 19 Jan 1980)
Bishop of Socorro y San Gil

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Zapatoca, Diocese of Socorro y San Gil
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, San Gil, Diocese of Socorro y San Gil

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía †
Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †
Bishop of Montería

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini † (1956)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
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 Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B. † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734501

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 74

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