Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Motto: El Señor Es Mi Pastor, Nada Me Faltará

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1940		Born
4 Aug 1964	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba
16 Nov 1991	51.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba
16 Nov 1991	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cediae
9 Feb 1992	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cediae
2 Feb 1996	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
8 Jul 2017	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
1 Oct 2026	86.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

MicroData Summary
Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega
Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega
(born 5 Mar 1940, died 1 Oct 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila

Ad Limina - April 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nuevitas, Diocese of Camagüey
Ordained Bishop San Eugenio de la Palma, Church, Ciego de Ávila, Diocese of Ciego de Ávila
Buried Place (Original) Municipal, Cemetery, Ciego de Ávila, Diocese of Ciego de Ávila

a priest for 62.1 years
a bishop for 34.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †
Bishop of Camagüey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz †
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Archbishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu †
Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † (1963)
Bishop of Camagüey
Archbishop Evelio Díaz y Cía † (1942)
Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
Archbishop George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastea
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Juan de la Caridad Cardinal García Rodríguez (1997)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1725815

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,657
r: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2017
d: CB, 2 Oct 2026

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 6 Oct 2026

✠