Bishop Jesus Yu Varela †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

Motto: Jesus Is My Savior

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Dec 1927		Born
17 Mar 1956	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Mar 1967	39.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
28 Mar 1967	39.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tatilti
30 Apr 1967	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tatilti
17 Feb 1971	43.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ozamis, Philippines
27 Nov 1980	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
12 Dec 1980	52.9	Installed	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
16 Apr 2003	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
23 Feb 2018	90.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Jesus Yu Varela
Bishop Jesus Yu Varela
(born 18 Dec 1927, died 23 Feb 2018)
Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon

Event Place
Birth Place Bacolod
Ordained Priest Cebu
Ordained Bishop Naga
Death Place San Juan de Dios, Hospital, Pasay City, Archdiocese of Manila

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 50.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †
Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †
Bishop of Cabanatuan
Bishop Julio Xavier Lizares Labayen Jr., O.C.D. †
Titular Bishop of Sinnuara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † (1952)
Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres)
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Felix Sanchez Zafra † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1688375

Source(s):

mn: CB, 26 Jul 2015
d: CB, 22 Feb 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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