Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1881		Born	Cartagena
16 Aug 1903	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
12 Feb 1938	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
15 May 1938	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of León, Spain
10 Jun 1943	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
9 Oct 1948	67.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
31 Jan 1949	68.0	Died	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 10.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio García y García †
Archbishop Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. † (1938)
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti † (1936)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal 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 Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Llorente y Federico †
Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García †
Bishop Inocencio Rodríguez Díez †
Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández †
Bishop Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo †
Bishop Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana †

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