Bishop Cleto Loayza Gumiel †

Deceased

Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Apr 1888		Born
3 Mar 1911	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Nov 1924	36.5	Appointed	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
15 Mar 1925	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
30 Dec 1968	80.6	Died	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

MicroData Summary
Cleto Loayza Gumiel
Bishop Cleto Loayza Gumiel
(born 26 Apr 1888, died 30 Dec 1968)
Bishop of Potosí

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Sucre, Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, La Paz, Diocese of La Paz

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 43.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi †
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luigi Francesco Pierini, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Sucre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Bishop Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. † (1931)
Bishop Ricardo Chávez Alcazar † (1938)
Bishop Augustin Arce Mostajo † (1941)
Bishop Juan Niccolai, O.F.M. † (1944)
Bishop Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. † (1952)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19946367

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 14

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