Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1873		Born	Becerril de Campos, Spain
24 Sep 1898	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
12 Apr 1911	37.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shensi {Scen-Si Settentrionale}, China
12 Apr 1911	37.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bagis
10 Sep 1911	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bagis
11 Apr 1946	72.9	Appointed	Bishop of Yenan [Yan’an], China
13 Jan 1949	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Yenan [Yan’an], China
13 Jan 1949	75.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caeciri
18 Aug 1951	78.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Yenan [Yan’an], China

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 39.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Efrem Giesen, O.F.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. † (1911)
Bishop Efrem Giesen, O.F.M. †

a priest for 52.9 years a bishop for 39.9 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Efrem Giesen, O.F.M. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. † (1911) Bishop Efrem Giesen, O.F.M. †