Bishop Juan Plaza y García †

Deceased

Bishop of Santander, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1864		Born
4 Jun 1887	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Sep 1911	46.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
27 Aug 1913	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hippos
27 Dec 1913	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hippos
16 Dec 1920	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Santander, Spain
10 Jul 1927	62.8	Died	Bishop of Santander, Spain

MicroData Summary
Juan Plaza y García
Bishop Juan Plaza y García
(born 12 Sep 1864, died 10 Jul 1927)
Bishop of Santander

Event Place
Birth Place Hortezuela de Océn
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Calahorra, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada

a priest for 40.0 years
a bishop for 13.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †
Bishop of Vitoria
Bishop José López Mendoza y García, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of Pamplona

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar † (1921)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751914

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1913, Number 74
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 102
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,973

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