Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1943		Born	Duitama
11 Nov 1967	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tunja, Colombia
20 Mar 2003	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
26 Apr 2003	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
3 May 2003	59.7	Installed	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
2 Feb 2010	66.4	Appointed	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
17 Apr 2010	66.6	Installed	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Beniamino Stella
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C.
Bishop Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (2003)
Archbishop Beniamino Stella (1987)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

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