Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Palmira

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Nov 1927		Born	Santa Bárbara
1 Nov 1953	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jun 1974	46.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombia, Military
20 Jun 1974	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia
29 Jul 1974	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia
3 May 1982	54.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
20 Aug 1983	55.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
13 Oct 2000	72.9	Resigned	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
10 Jun 2005	77.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

a priest for 51.6 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †
Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Mario Escobar Serna † (1974)
Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque † (1951)
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
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)
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 †

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