Bishop St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Apr 1821		Born	San Pedro de Arroyo, Spain
18 Aug 1846	25.3	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
29 May 1847	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
15 Apr 1853	32.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viêt Nam
15 Apr 1853	32.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
16 Sep 1855	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tricomia
20 Jul 1857	36.2	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viêt Nam
28 Jul 1858	37.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viêt Nam
29 Apr 1951		Beatified
19 Jun 1988		Canonized

a priest for 11.2 years
a bishop for 2.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. †
Bishop Hilarión Alcázar, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. † (1855)
Bishop St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. † (1849)
Bishop St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. † (1841)
Bishop Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. † (1840)
Archbishop José Maria Seguí, O.S.A. † (1830)
Bishop Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. † (1829)
Bishop Francisco Albán Barreiro, O.P. † (1818)
Archbishop Juan Antonio Zulaibar, O.P. † (1805)
Bishop Domingo Collantes, O.P. † (1790)
Archbishop Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. † (1779)
Archbishop Basilio Tomás Sancho Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina), Sch. P. † (1766)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, O.P. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 565

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