Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1911		Born
18 Dec 1937	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
7 Jan 1958	46.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
7 Jan 1958	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides
11 Apr 1958	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides
15 Nov 1979	68.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
15 Dec 1989	78.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach
(WikiData: Q20900657)
Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach C.M. (born 12 May 1911, died 15 Dec 1989) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop San José de Costa Rica, Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gennaro Verolino †
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera †
Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
Bishop Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †
Bishop of Alajuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gennaro Verolino † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Ordained Bishop	San José de Costa Rica, Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 20

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