Archbishop Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Manila

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1815		Born	Prado Luengo, Spain
Jun 1840³	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Sep 1861	46.5	Selected	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
23 Dec 1861	46.8	Confirmed	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
23 Mar 1862	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
30 Sep 1875	60.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
1881	65.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 40.6 years
a bishop for 18.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lorenzo Cardinal Barili †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Tomás Iglesias y Bárcones †
Archbishop St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz † (1862)
Lorenzo Cardinal Barili † (1857)
Giovanni Cardinal Brunelli † (1845)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Gainza Escobás, O.P. †
Bishop Juan José Aragonés, O.S.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabino Catalina y del Amo †
Bishop Honorio María de Onaindía y López †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 124, Number 11,173
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 363

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