Archbishop José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega †

Deceased

Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Apr 1865		Born
15 Apr 1888	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Dec 1913	48.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
3 May 1914	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
6 Jan 1952	86.7	Died	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

MicroData Summary
José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega
Archbishop José Antonio Lezcano y Ortega
(born 10 Apr 1865, died 6 Jan 1952)
Archbishop of Managua

Event Place
Birth Place Granada
Ordained Priest Cathedral, León, Diocese of Nicaragua
Ordained Bishop Managua, Archdiocese of Managua

a priest for 63.7 years
a bishop for 37.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francisco Ulloa y Larios †
Bishop of Nicaragua
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón †
Bishop of León en Nicaragua
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres †
Bishop of Granada

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Simeón Pereira y Castellón † (1896)
Bishop of León en Nicaragua
Archbishop Ricardo Casanova y Estrada † (1886)
Archbishop of Guatemala
Bishop Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman, C.M. † (1880)
Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
Bishop Luis Bruschetti † (1876)
Titular Bishop of Abydus
Archbishop Cesare Roncetti † (1876)
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Canuto José Reyes y Balladares † (1915)
Archbishop Claudio María Volio y Jiménez † (1916)
Bishop Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga † (1922)
Archbishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto † (1932)
Bishop Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † (1940)
Assisted:
Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres † (1914)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1504492

Source(s):

b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 17
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,757

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