Bishop Rafael Garcia González †

Deceased

Bishop of León, Guanajuato

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 May 1926		Born
2 Apr 1949	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
10 Jul 1972	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
10 Jul 1972	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia
15 Aug 1972	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia
30 May 1974	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tabasco, Tabasco, México
4 Jan 1992	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
8 Nov 1994	68.5	Died	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

a priest for 45.6 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Cardinal Salazar López †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †
Bishop Miguel González Ibarra †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Garcia González † (1972)
José Cardinal Salazar López † (1961)
José Cardinal Garibi y Rivera † (1930)
Archbishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † (1902)
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Florencio Olvera Ochoa

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