Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.

Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1944		Born
29 Jan 1968	23.1	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
3 Apr 1971	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Feb 2006	61.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
13 Feb 2006	61.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
22 Apr 2006	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
8 Nov 2011	66.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
6 Nov 2014	69.9	Succeeded	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
17 Feb 2022	77.2	Retired	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay

MicroData Summary for Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid
(WikiData: Q1287136)
Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid S.D.B. (born 19 Nov 1944) Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción

Ad Limina - September 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
Ordained Bishop María Auxiliadora, Shrine, Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Asunción.

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Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. †
Archbishop of Asunción
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Lomas de Zamora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. † (1982)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. † (1966)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta † (1936)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Juan Sinforiano Bogarín † (1895)
Archbishop of Asunción
Bishop Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, S.D.B. † (1893)
Titular Bishop of Oëa
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. (2013)
Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera (2016)
Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia (2018)
Bishop Celestino Ocampo Gaona (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
Ordained Bishop	María Auxiliadora, Shrine, Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Feb 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,136
ab: Bollettino, 8 Nov 2011
s: Bollettino, 6 Nov 2014
r: Bollettino, 17 Feb 2022

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