Bishop Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P.

Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Titular Bishop of Budua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1963		Born
14 Apr 1989	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mission Society of the Philippines
2004²	40.2	Appointed	Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines
Jan 2009³	45.2	Resigned	Superior General of Mission Society of the Philippines
28 Oct 2016	53.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
28 Oct 2016	53.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Budua
10 Feb 2017	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Budua

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Socrates Calamba Mesiona
Bishop Socrates Calamba Mesiona M.S.P.
(born 17 Sep 1963)
Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa

Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Tagbilaran, Bohol
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Puerto Princesa, Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Princesa

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Princesa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Gaudencio Borbon Cardinal Rosales
Archbishop Emeritus of Manila
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Sorsogon
Bishop Edgardo Sarabia Juanich
Titular Bishop of Ausuaga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gaudencio Borbon Cardinal Rosales (1974)
Archbishop Emeritus of Manila
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Father Gerardo Fortich Saco, Jr. (2026)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 93145541841796601200
WikiData: Q27604756

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2016
ob: CB, 14 Nov 2016
c2+/mn: CB, 8 Dec 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 231, Number 19,333

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