Bishop Francisco Blanco Nájera †

Deceased

Bishop of Orense

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1889		Born	Lagroño
20 Dec 1913	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1944	55.2	Appointed	Bishop of Orense, Spain
12 Nov 1944	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Orense, Spain
15 Jan 1952	62.6	Died	Bishop of Orense, Spain

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 7.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rafael García y García de Castro †
Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francisco Blanco Nájera † (1944)
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Fernando Cardinal Quiroga y Palacios †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1944, Number 54

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