Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Palmira

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1908		Born	Palmira
23 Dec 1933	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Aug 1948	40.1	Appointed	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
31 Oct 1948	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
18 Dec 1952	44.5	Appointed	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
20 Aug 1983	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
1 Apr 1991	82.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 42.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Diego María Gómez Tamayo †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. †
Bishop Emilio Botero González †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † (1948)
Archbishop Diego María Gómez Tamayo † (1934)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (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:
Bishop Raúl Zambrano Camader †
Bishop Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1948, Number 120

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