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Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez †

Deceased

Bishop of La Serena

Events

a priest for 31.4 years a bishop for 18.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Mariano Santiago Casanova y Casanova † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop José Manuel Orrego Pizarro † Bishop Emeritus of La Serena Bishop Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas † Titular Bishop of Martyropolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Mariano Santiago Casanova y Casanova † (1887) Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas † (1878) Titular Bishop of Martyropolis Archbishop Rafael Valentín Valdivieso y Zañartu † (1848) Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop José Hilarión Etrura Cevallos, O.P. † (1844) Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Bishop José Agustín de la Sierra Mercado † (1843) Bishop of La Serena Bishop José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga † (1828) Bishop Emeritus of Concepción Antonio Domenico Cardinal Gamberini † (1826) Bishop of Orvieto Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767) Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio 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 Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz † (1898)

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