Bishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1874		Born
23 Dec 1920	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
29 Jun 1921	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
18 Apr 1933	58.4	Resigned	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
18 Apr 1933	58.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
30 Nov 1939	65.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México

MicroData Summary
Leopoldo Lara y Torres
Bishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres
(born 15 Nov 1874, died 30 Nov 1939)
Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro

Event Place
Birth Place Quiroga, Archdiocese of Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Morelia, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán
Death Place Morelia, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán

a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores †
Archbishop of Michoacán
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emeterio Valverde y Téllez †
Bishop of León, Guanajuato
Bishop Francisco Banegas y Galván †
Bishop of Querétaro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Michoacán
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez † (1923)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 49013824
WikiData: Q19289126

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 46

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