Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of León

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1887		Born	Orihuela
17 Jul 1910	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Jul 1944	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
24 Sep 1944	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of León, Spain
4 Apr 1970	82.5	Retired	Bishop of León, Spain
4 Apr 1970	82.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elepla
11 Dec 1970	83.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Elepla
17 Dec 1974	87.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

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

a priest for 64.4 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †
Bishop José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández † (1944)
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José García y Goldaraz †
Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †
Marcelo Cardinal González Martín †
Bishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1944, Number 46

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