Archbishop José Méndez Asensio †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Granada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1921		Born	Vélez Rubio
13 Apr 1946	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jul 1968	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Sep 1968	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Dec 1971	50.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
31 Jan 1978	56.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
10 Dec 1996	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
15 Apr 2006	85.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 37.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Angel Cardinal Suquía Goicoechea †
Archbishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Méndez Asensio † (1968)
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Francisco Cardinal Alvarez Martínez
Bishop Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz

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