Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Dec 1922		Born
30 Jul 1955	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
8 Jan 1968	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
8 Jan 1968	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania
25 Mar 1968	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania
8 Apr 1980	57.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

MicroData Summary
Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle
Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle S.J.
(born 16 Dec 1922, died 8 Apr 1980)
Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

Event Place
Birth Place Bilboa, Spain
Ordained Bishop Santiago, Cathedral, Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala
Death Place Miami, FL, Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, USA

a priest for 24.6 years
a bishop for 12.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †
Archbishop of Guatemala
Archbishop Luis Chávez y González †
Archbishop of San Salvador

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2773903

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 170
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1968, Number 43

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