Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jun 1916		Born
8 Apr 1939	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
24 May 1962	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México
22 Aug 1962	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México
13 Jan 1966	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
4 Jan 1992	75.5	Retired	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
15 Apr 2014	97.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

MicroData Summary
Anselmo Zarza Bernal
Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal
(born 4 Jun 1916, died 15 Apr 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of León

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Atlixco, Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
Ordained Bishop San Felipe, Cathedral, Linares, Diocese of Linares, Nuevo León
Death Place León, Archdiocese of León, Guanajuato

a priest for 75.0 years
a bishop for 51.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alfonso Espino y Silva †
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Bishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †
Titular Bishop of Abziri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz † (1951)
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † (1924)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Michoacán
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
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:
Archbishop Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz † (1975)
Bishop José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez † (1982)
Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo † (1984)
Bishop Renato Ascencio León † (1988)
Bishop Braulio Rafael León Villegas † (1990)
Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (1992)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q569666

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 122
d: CB, 15 Apr 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)

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