Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Sep 1922		Born
2 Apr 1949	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Jun 1968	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
3 Sep 1968	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
14 Feb 1998	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
6 Mar 2001	78.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Porfirio Rivera Iligan
Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan
(born 14 Sep 1922, died 6 Mar 2001)
Bishop Emeritus of Masbate

Event Place
Birth Place Vinzons
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Naga City
Death Place Cathedral, Masbate, Diocese of Masbate

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carmine Rocco †
Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad †
Bishop of San Pablo
Bishop Manuel Sandalo Salvador †
Titular Bishop of Nasbinca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carmine Rocco † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sofio Guinto Balce † (1980)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18629924

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
mn: CB, 25 Jul 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 281, and Number 282
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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