Bishop Miguel Antonio Mejía †

Deceased

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jun 1877		Born	Mendoza
13 Oct 1901	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Jun 1923	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela
21 Oct 1923	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela
6 Oct 1947	70.3	Died	Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana, Venezuela

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arturo Celestino Alvarez †
Bishop Sixto Sosa Díaz †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Miguel Antonio Mejía † (1923)
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco José Iturriza Guillén, S.D.B. †

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
c2+: CB
op/ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141

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