Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz †

Deceased

Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1875		Born
20 Sep 1902	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Jul 1914	39.3	Appointed	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
11 Jul 1914	39.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dora
22 Nov 1914	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dora
27 Jun 1922	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
31 Jan 1923	47.9	Installed	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
29 Dec 1943	68.8	Died	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

MicroData Summary
Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz
Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz
(born 27 Feb 1875, died 29 Dec 1943)
Bishop of Orihuela

Event Place
Birth Place San Sebastián
Ordained Bishop Santa María, Church, San Sebastián
Death Place San Sebastián

a priest for 41.2 years
a bishop for 29.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †
Bishop of Vitoria
Bishop Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui †
Bishop of Segovia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi † (1904)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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 St. Manuel González y García † (1916)
Bishop José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda † (1930)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/326367
VIAF: 258378958
WikiData: Q5866322

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 66
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Additions/Corrections (back)

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