Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez †

Deceased

Bishop of Astorga, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1891		Born
1 Nov 1913	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cartagena (en España)
10 Jun 1943	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
12 Sep 1943	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
16 May 1956	65.0	Died	Bishop of Astorga, Spain

MicroData Summary
Jesús Mérida Pérez
Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez
(born 16 May 1891, died 16 May 1956)
Bishop of Astorga

Event Place
Birth Place Cieza, Diocese of Cartagena (en España)
Ordained Bishop Santa María, Cathedral, Murcia, Diocese of Cartagena (en España)
Death Place Astorga, Diocese of Astorga

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 12.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agustín Parrado y García †
Archbishop of Granada
Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †
Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E. † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. † (1944)
Bishop Francisco Cavero y Tormo † (1945)
Bishop Alfonso Ródenas García † (1947)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/231290
VIAF: 89289910
WikiData: Q13392268

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 57
bd: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1956, Page 123

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