Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. †

Deceased

Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 May 1944		Born
2 Oct 1966	22.4	Professed	Member of Consolata Missionaries
2 Oct 1969	25.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Consolata Missionaries
20 Dec 1969	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
24 Mar 2010	65.8	Appointed	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
30 May 2010	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
13 Jun 2010	66.1	Installed	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
24 Apr 2019	74.9	Died	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

MicroData Summary
Francisco Lerma Martínez
Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez I.M.C.
(born 4 May 1944, died 24 Apr 2019)
Bishop of Gurué

Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place El Palmar, Spain
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Maputo, Archdiocese of Maputo
Death Place Maputo, Archdiocese of Maputo

a priest for 49.3 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula
Bishop of Xai-Xai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Maputo
Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †
Archbishop of Beira

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula (2004)
Bishop of Xai-Xai
Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, O.F.M. † (1975)
Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
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:
Archbishop Inácio Saúre, I.M.C. (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 4984357
WikiData: Q1442071

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 202, Number 16,653
d: CB, 24 Apr 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)

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