Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez †

Deceased

Bishop of Astorga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 May 1891		Born	Cieza
1 Nov 1913	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Jun 1943	52.1	Appointed	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
12 Sep 1943	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
16 May 1956	65.0	Died	Bishop of Astorga, Spain

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agustín Cardinal Parrado y García †
Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez † (1943)
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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:
Archbishop José López Ortiz, O.S.A. †
Bishop Francisco Cavero y Tormo †
Bishop Alfonso Ródenas García †

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