Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

Titular Bishop of Cinna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1870		Born
23 Dec 1893	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vitoria, Spain
22 Feb 1918	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Osma, Spain
20 May 1918	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osma, Spain
26 Oct 1923	53.0	Appointed	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
10 Mar 1928	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
12 Oct 1937	67.0	Resigned	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
12 Oct 1937	67.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cinna
27 Oct 1968	98.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

MicroData Summary
Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu
Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu
(born 21 Sep 1870, died 27 Oct 1968)
Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria

Event Place
Birth Place Idiazabal

a priest for 74.8 years
a bishop for 50.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †
Bishop of Madrid
Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †
Bishop of Vitoria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi † (1904)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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 León (Miguel) Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap. † (1935)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. † (1919)
Bishop Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. † (1921)
Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor † (1923)
Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz † (1927)
Bishop José María Eguino y Trecu † (1929)
Manuel Cardinal Arce y Ochotorena † (1929)
Archbishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † (1931)
Bishop Justo Antonino de Echeguren y Aldama † (1935)
Bishop Bl. Anselmo Polanco y Fontecha, O.S.A. † (1935)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/222067
VIAF: 87046174
WikiData: Q3815233

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 27

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