Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla †

Deceased

Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

Titular Bishop of Sophene

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1858		Born
2 Apr 1881	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Concepción, Chile
1908²	49.7	Appointed	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Temuco, Chile
18 Oct 1911	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sophene
17 Mar 1912	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sophene
1919²	60.7	Resigned	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) of Temuco, Chile
9 Jun 1934	76.1	Died	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla
Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla
(born 6 Apr 1858, died 9 Jun 1934)
Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Temuco

Event Place
Birth Place Coihueco

a priest for 53.1 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop José Hipólito Salas y Toro †
Bishop of Concepción
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Enrico Sibilia †
Titular Archbishop of Side
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas †
Bishop of Concepción
Bishop Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz †
Bishop of La Serena

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Enrico Sibilia † (1908)
Titular Archbishop of Side
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave † (1916)
Bishop Antonio José Luis Castro Alvarez, SS.CC. † (1918)
Bishop Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán † (1918)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745722

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1912, Number 18
c1: CB, 10 Apr 2017

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