Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1897		Born
24 Sep 1921	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jul 1949	52.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
13 Jul 1949	52.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aulon
4 Sep 1949	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aulon
1951	53.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
18 Dec 1952	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia
8 Feb 1972	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia
9 Jan 1987	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia

MicroData Summary
José de Jesús Martinez Vargas
Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas
(born 28 Feb 1897, died 9 Jan 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Armenia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mogotes, Diocese of Socorro
Ordained Bishop Sagrada Familia, Church, Bucaramanga, Diocese of Bucaramanga

a priest for 65.2 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena †
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Crisanto Luque y Sánchez †
Bishop of Tunja
Bishop Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †
Bishop of Socorro y San Gil

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Afanador y Cadena † (1916)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo † (1885)
Archbishop of Bogotá
Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. † (1876)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra † (1871)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez † (1860)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa † (1855)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez † (1855)
Bishop of Antioquía
Bishop Bernabé Rojas, O.P. † (1855)
Bishop of Santa Marta
Bishop Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Calydon
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Norberto Forero y García † (1951)
Archbishop Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas † (1964)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734349

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 74

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