Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos

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

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Asunción.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †
Bishop Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos (1961)
Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta † (1936)
Archbishop Sinforiano Bogarín † (1895)
Bishop Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, S.D.B. † (1893)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 Sebelio Peralta Alvarez
Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina
Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores
Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I.
Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Demetrio Ignacio Aquino Aquino †
Bishop Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †
Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte †
Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks
Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.

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