Archbishop Adalberto Almeida y Merino †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jun 1916		Born	Chihuahua
24 Apr 1943	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chihuahua, México
28 May 1956	40.0	Appointed	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
15 Aug 1956	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
14 Apr 1962	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
24 Aug 1969	53.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
8 Sep 1969	53.3	Installed	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
24 Jun 1991	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México
21 Jun 2008	92.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México

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a priest for 65.2 years
a bishop for 51.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia †
Bishop of Chihuahua
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arturo Vélez Martínez †
Bishop of Toluca, México
Bishop José Villalón Mercado †
Titular Bishop of Hermiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia † (1921)
Bishop of Chihuahua
Bishop St. Raphael Guizar Valencia † (1919)
Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa
Archbishop Tito Trocchi † (1915)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Archbishop Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi † (1903)
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Vicar General of Roma {Rome}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Juan Guillermo López Soto (1972)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. † (1970)
Bishop José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. † (1975)
Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † (1977)

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1956, Number 69
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)

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