Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez

Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1922		Born	Lajas
10 Apr 1950	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ponce, Puerto Rico
23 Jul 1960	38.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
23 Jul 1960	38.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lares
12 Oct 1960	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lares
16 Apr 1963	40.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
18 Nov 1963	41.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
20 Feb 1964	41.5	Installed	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
4 Nov 1964	42.3	Appointed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
15 Jan 1965	42.4	Installed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
5 Mar 1973	50.6	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	50.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Providenza a Monte Verde
26 Mar 1999	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Peter Davis †
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez (1960)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R. †
Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas
Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez
Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera
Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana
Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria †
Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver
Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †
Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.

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