Archbishop Balbino Santos y Olvera †

Deceased

Archbishop of Granada, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Mar 1887		Born
16 Jul 1911	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Aug 1935	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
27 Oct 1935	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
24 Nov 1946	59.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
14 Feb 1953	65.8	Died	Archbishop of Granada, Spain

MicroData Summary
Balbino Santos y Olvera
Archbishop Balbino Santos y Olvera
(born 27 Mar 1887, died 14 Feb 1953)
Archbishop of Granada

Event Place
Birth Place Orbigo, Diocese of Astorga
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sevilla, Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 17.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eustaquio Cardinal Ilundáin y Esteban †
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agustín Parrado y García †
Archbishop of Granada
Bishop Manuel López Arana †
Titular Bishop of Curium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Eustaquio Cardinal Ilundáin y Esteban † (1905)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop José Cadena y Eleta † (1901)
Bishop of Vitoria
Archbishop José María Cos y Macho † (1886)
Archbishop of Valladolid
Archbishop Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez † (1875)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Cardinal Moreno y Maisanove † (1857)
Archbishop of Valladolid
Archbishop Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. † (1832)
Archbishop of Toledo
Francisco Javier Cardinal de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos † (1819)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (1804)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop Agustín Ayestarán y Landa † (1772)
Bishop of Córdoba
Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona † (1749)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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):

VIAF: 36908949
WikiData: Q5717130

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 85
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 74, Number 5,919

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