Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

Titular Bishop of Pinara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1903		Born
17 Dec 1927	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Chile
9 Aug 1941	37.9	Appointed	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
12 Oct 1941	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
24 Oct 1941	38.1	Installed	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
13 Sep 1960	57.0	Resigned	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
13 Sep 1960	57.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pinara
21 Jul 1974	70.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

MicroData Summary for Alejandro Menchaca Lira
(WikiData: Q64745494)
Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira (born 31 Aug 1903, died 21 Jul 1974) Bishop Emeritus of Temuco

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

Event Place
Birth Place Concepción, Diocese of Concepción
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Santiago, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 32.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Rafael Edwards Salas †
Titular Bishop of Dodona
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Aldo Laghi †
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rafael Lira Infante †
Bishop of Valparaíso
Bishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †
Bishop of Antofagasta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Aldo Laghi † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz † (1955)

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1975, Page 4*
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1941, Number 54

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