Archbishop José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila †

Deceased

Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1812		Born
30 Jun 1861	48.7	Selected	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
23 Dec 1861	49.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
4 May 1862	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
31 Dec 1878	66.2	Selected	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
28 Feb 1879	66.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
3 Sep 1888	75.9	Died	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

MicroData Summary for José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila
(VIAF: 304650486; WikiData: Q19289977)
Archbishop José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila (born 4 Oct 1812, died 3 Sep 1888) Archbishop of Tarragona

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place San Vicente de Torelló, Diocese of Vic
Ordained Bishop N. Sen. del Carmen, Vic, Diocese of Vic

a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Domingo Costa y Borrás †
Archbishop of Tarragona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Caixal y Estradé †
Bishop of Urgell
Bishop Juan José Castañer y Rivas †
Bishop of Vic

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Domingo Costa y Borrás † (1848)
Archbishop of Tarragona
Archbishop Giovanni Brunelli † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Francisco Aznar y Pueyo † (1879)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Luis Jordá y Soler † (1866)

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Vicente de Torelló, Diocese of Vic
Ordained Bishop	N. Sen. del Carmen, Vic, Diocese of Vic

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 243, and Page 537
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 169, Number 932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1862, Number 12

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