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Bishop José Álvarez y Miranda †

Deceased

Bishop of León, Spain

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Miñera

a priest for 61.2 years a bishop for 23.2 years

Principal Consecrator: José María Cardinal Cos y Macho † Archbishop of Valladolid Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza † Bishop of Oviedo Bishop Ramón Fernández y Balbuena † Titular Bishop of Scilium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: José María Cardinal Cos y Macho † (1886) Archbishop of Valladolid Archbishop Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez † (1875) Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Cardinal Moreno y Maisanove † (1857) Archbishop of Valladolid Archbishop Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. † (1832) Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Javier Cardinal de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos † (1819) Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (1804) Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} Bishop Agustín Ayestarán y Landa † (1772) Bishop of Córdoba Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona † (1749) Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} 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: Bishop Ángel Regueras y López † (1915) Bishop Dionisio Moreno y Barrio † (1928)

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