Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1920		Born
15 Dec 1946	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 May 1960	39.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
19 Jun 1960	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
14 Dec 1974	54.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
7 Nov 1991	70.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
13 Feb 1997	76.2	Retired	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
1 Nov 2011	90.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Héctor Rueda Hernández
Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández
(born 9 Nov 1920, died 1 Nov 2011)
Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín

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 Mogotes, Diocese of Socorro
Ordained Bishop Sagrada Familia, Cathedral, Bucaramanga, Diocese of Bucaramanga
Death Place Bucaramanga, Archdiocese of Bucaramanga
Buried Place (Original) Sagrada Familia, Cathedral, Bucaramanga, Archdiocese of Bucaramanga

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 51.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía †
Bishop of Socorro y San Gil
Bishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †
Bishop of Duitama

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini † (1956)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
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

Ordained Priest:
Jorge Enrique Cardinal Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (1967)
Bishop Horacio Olave Velandia † (1971)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Isaías Duarte Cancino † (1985)
Archbishop Gustavo Martínez Frías † (1987)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Rafael Sarmiento Peralta † (1963)
Bishop Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. † (1971)
Bishop Fabio Suescún Mutis (1986)
Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel † (1988)
Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra (1993)
Bishop Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. (1993)
Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía (1993)
Bishop Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † (1998)
Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales García (1998)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q505801

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131
d: CB, 1 Nov 2011
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 68
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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