Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros †

Deceased

Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

Motto: Evangelizantes Jesum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jun 1918		Born
7 Jun 1941	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tunja, Colombia
20 Feb 1967	48.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
20 Feb 1967	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Baliana
1 May 1967	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Baliana
4 Jun 1970	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
26 Apr 1977	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
27 Dec 1989	71.5	Died	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros
Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros
(born 12 Jun 1918, died 27 Dec 1989)
Bishop of Garagoa

Event Place
Birth Place Susacón, Boyacá, Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop Santiago, Cathedral, Tunja, Archdiocese of Tunja

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †
Archbishop of Tunja
Bishop Miguel Antonio Medina y Medina †
Bishop of Montería

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini † (1956)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos † (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13569394

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131

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