Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos

Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1951		Born
23 Nov 1975	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México
24 Jun 1996	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
25 Jul 1996	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
8 Jul 2003	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
2 Aug 2003	52.5	Installed	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
7 Jun 2010	59.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
24 Jul 2010	59.5	Installed	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
5 Nov 2016	65.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

MicroData Summary
Carlos Garfias Merlos
Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos
(born 1 Jan 1951)
Archbishop of Morelia

Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Tuxpan, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Morelia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione †
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz †
Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero
Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Luis Artemio Flores Calzada (2003)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2944155832963233490008
WikiData: Q1042930

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 7 Jun 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,776
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 5 Nov 2016

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