Álvaro Eugenio Cardinal de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor †

Deceased

Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1671		Born
Jul 1715³	43.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jan 1734	62.1	Appointed	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
20 Jan 1734	62.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
9 May 1734	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
10 Apr 1747	75.4	Elevated to Cardinal
23 Jan 1761	89.1	Died	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor
Álvaro Eugenio Cardinal de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor
(born 14 Nov 1671, died 23 Jan 1761)
Patriarch of West Indies

Consistory - April 1747: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1758: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 26.7 years
a cardinal for 13.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba †
Bishop of Segovia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Benito Madueño y Ramos †
Titular Bishop of Sion
Bishop Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz †
Titular Bishop of Lares

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba † (1726)
Bishop of Segovia
Carlos Cardinal Borja Centellas y Ponce de León † (1705)
Patriarch of West Indies
Archbishop Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona † (1697)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Salgado Quirago † (1734)
Bishop Miguel Aguiar † (1738)
Bishop José Esteban Noriega, O. Praem. † (1738)
Bishop Pedro González García † (1739)
Bishop Juan García Abadiano † (1739)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89081513
WikiData: Q630671

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 10 Apr 1747
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 52, Number 220
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1734, Number 14

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