Bishop Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguna, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Titular Bishop of Cinna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1851		Born	Jalapa
8 Nov 1874	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
13 Oct 1902	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
11 Jan 1903	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
19 Feb 1903	51.3	Installed	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
2 Sep 1907	55.8	Resigned	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
2 Sep 1907	55.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cinna
3 May 1937	85.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 34.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba †
Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Athribis
Bishop Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles †
Bishop of Tabasco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Martín Tritschler y Córdoba † (1900)
Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida)
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 539
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1903, Number 1

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