Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix †

Deceased

Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1905		Born
7 Apr 1928	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico
19 Jan 1965	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
2 Mar 1965	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
12 Feb 1981	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
9 Sep 1991	85.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico

MicroData Summary
Rafael Grovas Felix
Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix
(born 26 Nov 1905, died 9 Sep 1991)
Bishop of Caguas

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Santurce, Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Ordained Bishop San Juan Bautista, Cathedral, San Juan, Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Buried Place (Original) Dulce Nombre de Jesús, Cathedral, Caguas, Diocese of Caguas

a priest for 63.4 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica
Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †
Bishop of Arecibo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana † (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. † (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † (1975)
Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (1979)
Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez † (1979)
Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana † (1981)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 175837720
WikiData: Q19517815

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 23

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