Bishop José María Mestres †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Dec 1912		Born
29 Jul 1934	21.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Mar 1974	61.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
7 Mar 1974	61.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dardanus
21 Apr 1974	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dardanus
31 Oct 1987	74.9	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
7 Jun 1990	77.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

MicroData Summary
José María Mestres
Bishop José María Mestres
(born 5 Dec 1912, died 7 Jun 1990)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paraná

Event Place
Birth Place Corrientes
Ordained Bishop Paraná, Archdiocese of Paraná

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo †
Archbishop of Paraná
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro Boxler †
Bishop of Gualeguaychú
Bishop Ricardo Rösch †
Bishop of Concordia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo † (1956)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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: Q64735624

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,641

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