Bishop Alejo del Carmen Obelar Colman, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

Titular Bishop of Montemarano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1917		Born
23 Nov 1941	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
6 Mar 1969	51.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
6 Mar 1969	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Montemarano
29 Jun 1969	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Montemarano
13 Sep 1986	69.1	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
30 Dec 1989	72.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay

MicroData Summary
Alejo del Carmen Obelar Colman
Bishop Alejo del Carmen Obelar Colman S.D.B.
(born 17 Jul 1917, died 30 Dec 1989)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco Paraguayo

Event Place
Birth Place Hugua Guasu, Diocese of Concepción y Chaco
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Cathedral, Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción

a priest for 48.1 years
a bishop for 20.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Innocenti †
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ángel Muzzolón, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Tyriaeum
Bishop Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Morón

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Innocenti † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum
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:
Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. † (1988)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21662617

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 274

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