Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1919		Born
25 Jul 1942	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
4 Dec 1961	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
4 Dec 1961	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia
11 Feb 1962	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia
26 Apr 1969	50.1	Appointed	Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
3 May 1994	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
16 Feb 2016	96.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Gregorio Garavito Jiménez
Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M.
(born 9 Mar 1919, died 16 Feb 2016)
Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio

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

Event Place
Birth Place Junín, Archdiocese of Bogotá
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Villavicencio, Vicariate Apostolic of Villavicencio

a priest for 73.5 years
a bishop for 54.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Paraetonium
Bishop José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †
Titular Bishop of Victoriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini † (1956)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1545253

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 131
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 13
d: CB, 16 Feb 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 1, Number 5

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