Bishop Enrique Rau †

Deceased

Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1899		Born
23 Dec 1922	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Mar 1951	51.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
20 Mar 1951	51.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
1 Jul 1951	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Voncaria
23 Oct 1954	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
5 Nov 1955	56.1	Installed	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
13 Mar 1957	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
22 Jul 1957	57.8	Installed	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
11 Aug 1971	71.8	Died	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Enrique Rau
Bishop Enrique Rau
(born 29 Sep 1899, died 11 Aug 1971)
Bishop of Mar del Plata

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Coronel Suárez, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Ordained Bishop La Plata, Archdiocese of La Plata

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 20.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †
Archbishop of La Plata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †
Bishop of San Luis
Bishop Germiniano Esorto †
Bishop of Bahía Blanca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari † (1943)
Archbishop of La Plata
Santiago Luis Cardinal Copello † (1919)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada † (1898)
Bishop of La Plata
Archbishop Uladislao Javier Castellano † (1892)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Ángel José Toro, O.P. † (1888)
Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán)
Archbishop Federico León Aneiros (Aneyros) † (1870)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. Obs. † (1868)
Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo
Archbishop Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos † (1835)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Mariano Medrano y Cabrera † (1830)
Bishop of Buenos Aires
Archbishop Pietro Ostini † (1827)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Cardinal Giustiniani † (1817)
Bishop of Imola
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:
Archbishop Jorge Mayer † (1957)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16562319

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 67

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