Bishop Oscar Garcia Urizar †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1921		Born	Quetzaltenango
17 Dec 1949	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
4 Mar 1980	58.3	Appointed	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
26 Apr 1980	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
8 Jan 1987	65.1	Resigned	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
5 Sep 2006	84.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

a priest for 56.7 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jorge García Cabalieros †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J.
Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oscar Garcia Urizar † (1980)
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada (1967)
Archbishop Michael Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †

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