Archbishop Antonio Ramón Silva †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1850		Born
21 Sep 1873	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 May 1894	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
13 Jan 1895	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mérida, Venezuela
11 Jun 1923	72.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
1 Aug 1927	77.0	Died	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Antonio Ramón Silva
Archbishop Antonio Ramón Silva
(born 26 Jun 1850, died 1 Aug 1927)
Archbishop of Mérida

Event Place
Birth Place Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Críspulo Uzcátegui †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Assisted by:
Father Juan Bautista Castro †
Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Críspulo Uzcátegui † (1885)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop Bernardino di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. † (1884)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Archbishop Alexis-Jean-Marie Guilloux (Guillons) † (1871)
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince
Bishop Jean-Marie Bécel † (1866)
Bishop of Vannes
Archbishop Louis-Anne Dubreil † (1861)
Archbishop of Avignon
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Acacio de la Trinidad Chacón Guerra † (1907)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Felipe Rincón González † (1916)
Archbishop Acacio de la Trinidad Chacón Guerra † (1926)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Marvéz † (1898)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/231289
VIAF: 169543589
WikiData: Q55838073

Source(s):

b/c2: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 259
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 1

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