Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1924		Born
15 Jun 1947	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Apr 1972	47.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
26 Apr 1972	47.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auca
15 Jun 1972	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Auca
12 Dec 1974	50.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
1 Jul 1985	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
19 Jan 2001	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
13 Feb 2002	77.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Hernando Rojas Ramirez
Bishop Hernando Rojas Ramirez
(born 12 Dec 1924, died 13 Feb 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Neiva

Event Place
Birth Place Choconta
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Ibagué, Diocese of Ibagué

a priest for 54.6 years
a bishop for 29.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Angelo Palmas †
Titular Archbishop of Vibiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †
Bishop of Ibagué
Bishop Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †
Bishop of Espinal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Angelo Palmas † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Vibiana
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Fabián Marulanda López (1986)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64747989

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,012

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