Bishop Rafael Lira Infante †

Deceased

Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1879		Born
21 Dec 1912	33.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Chile
14 Dec 1925	46.7	Appointed	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
3 Jan 1926	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
2 May 1926	47.1	Installed	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
17 Mar 1938	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
11 Jun 1938	59.2	Installed	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
26 Sep 1958	79.5	Died	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

MicroData Summary
Rafael Lira Infante
Bishop Rafael Lira Infante
(born 15 Mar 1879, died 26 Sep 1958)
Bishop of Valparaíso

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

a priest for 45.7 years
a bishop for 32.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán †
Bishop of Concepción
Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut †
Bishop of Valparaíso

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Secretary of State
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † (1930)
Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. † (1953)
Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas † (1957)
Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia † (1957)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eduardo Larraín Córdovez † (1938)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José Horacio Campillo Infante † (1931)
Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † (1934)
Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado † (1940)
Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira † (1941)
Bishop Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. † (1945)
Archbishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † (1955)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6097508

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1926, Number 2

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