Bishop Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Feb 1936		Born
28 Oct 1959	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Talca, Chile
21 Nov 1975	39.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile
21 Nov 1975	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum
10 Dec 1975	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum
12 Dec 1983	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
6 Jan 1984	47.8	Installed	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
29 Feb 1996	60.0	Resigned	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
5 Jan 1998	61.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

MicroData Summary
Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble
Bishop Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble
(born 26 Feb 1936, died 5 Jan 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia

Event Place
Birth Place Talca, Diocese of Talca
Ordained Priest Pio Colegio Latinoamericano, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Talca, Diocese of Talca

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antonio Samorè †
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Carlos González Cruchaga †
Bishop of Talca
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Valdivia
Bishop Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †
Bishop of Temuco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Carlos González Cruchaga † (1967)
Bishop of Talca
Bishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † (1955)
Bishop of Valdivia
Archbishop Sebastiano Baggio † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16528334

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 10 Apr 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 35, Number 2,131

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