Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora †

Deceased

Bishop of Alajuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jul 1868		Born	San José
10 Dec 1891	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of San José de Costa Rica
23 Jan 1915	46.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
23 Jan 1915	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sora
25 Jul 1915	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sora
10 Mar 1921	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
14 Aug 1921	53.1	Installed	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
8 Oct 1937	69.2	Died	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

a priest for 45.8 years
a bishop for 22.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. †
Bishop Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora † (1915)
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. † (1884)
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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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