Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1905		Born
29 Jul 1929	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Oct 1956	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
8 Dec 1956	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
24 Jun 1963	57.6	Died	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Juán Maria Riofrio
Bishop Juán Maria Riofrio O.P.
(born 13 Nov 1905, died 24 Jun 1963)
Bishop of Loja

Event Place
Birth Place Loja, Diocese of Loja
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Quito, Archdiocese of Quito
Death Place Loja, Diocese of Loja

a priest for 33.9 years
a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre †
Archbishop of Quito
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Ambato
Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear †
Bishop of Ibarra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre † (1912)
Archbishop of Quito
Archbishop Federico González y Suárez † (1895)
Archbishop of Quito
Archbishop Pedro Rafael González y Calixto † (1876)
Archbishop of Quito
Archbishop José Ignacio Checa y Barba † (1861)
Archbishop of Quito
Lodovico Cardinal Altieri † (1836)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751778

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 109

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