Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón

Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1911		Born	Köln, Germany
18 Dec 1937	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
7 Jan 1958	46.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
7 Jan 1958	46.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides
11 Apr 1958	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides
15 Nov 1979	68.5	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
15 Dec 1989	78.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

a priest for 52.0 years
a bishop for 31.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gennaro Verolino †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera †
Bishop Juan Vicente Solís Fernández †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † (1958)
Archbishop Gennaro Verolino † (1951)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

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