Bishop Herculano Medina Garfias

Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1967		Born
13 Aug 1995	27.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Morelia, Michoacán, México
15 Feb 1996	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México
1 Dec 2015	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
1 Dec 2015	48.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gegi
25 Feb 2016	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gegi
4 May 2024	56.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
18 Jul 2024	56.6	Installed	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

MicroData Summary
Herculano Medina Garfias
Bishop Herculano Medina Garfias
(born 27 Nov 1967)
Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán

Event Place
Birth Place Rincón de Cedeños, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Unidad Deportiva Bicentenario, Morelia, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Principal Consecrator:
Alberto Cardinal Suárez Inda
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre
Titular Archbishop of Gunela
Bishop Carlos Suárez Cázares
Titular Bishop of Abidda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alberto Cardinal Suárez Inda (1985)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
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: Q23061327

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 Dec 2015
od/c01: CB, 1 Dec 2015
ob: CB, 7 Dec 2015
c2+: CB, 25 Feb 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Number 18,848
ab: Bollettino, 4 May 2024
i: CB, 6 May 2024

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