Bishop León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1885		Born
21 Aug 1910	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
29 Mar 1944	58.3	Appointed	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
16 Jul 1944	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
6 Dec 1968	83.0	Died	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain

MicroData Summary
León Villuendas Polo
Bishop León Villuendas Polo O.F.M.
(born 26 Nov 1885, died 6 Dec 1968)
Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín)

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Torrijo del Campo

a priest for 58.2 years
a bishop for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gregorio Modrego y Casaus †
Bishop of Barcelona
Bishop Eduardo Martinez González †
Titular Bishop of Attaea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89560845
WikiData: Q64761988

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1944, Number 33

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