Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1926		Born	Piribebuy
7 Jun 1952	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asunción, Paraguay
10 Aug 1961	35.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay
10 Aug 1961	35.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa
24 Sep 1961	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa
4 Dec 1965	39.6	Appointed	Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay
20 May 1989	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
15 Jun 2002	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
19 Mar 2009	82.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

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a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 47.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †
Archbishop of Asunción
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †
Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
Bishop Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta † (1936)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Sinforiano Bogarín † (1895)
Archbishop of Asunción
Bishop Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, S.D.B. † (1893)
Titular Bishop of Oëa
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebelio Peralta Alvarez (1979)
Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina (1991)
Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (1997)
Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. (1998)
Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba (1998)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino † (1971)
Bishop Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. † (1972)
Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte † (1976)
Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (1976)
(Layman) Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. (1994)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)

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