Bishop Jesús Pla Gandía †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1915		Born	Agullent
5 Jul 1942	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Mar 1971	55.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Mar 1971	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bareta
8 May 1971	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bareta
16 Apr 1981	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
11 Sep 1991	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
8 Nov 2000	84.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

a priest for 58.3 years
a bishop for 29.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José María García Lahiguera †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara †
Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jesús Pla Gandía † (1971)
Archbishop José María García Lahiguera † (1950)
Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay † (1914)
José María Cardinal Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia † (1875)
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Cardinal Moreno y Maisanove † (1857)
Cirilo Cardinal de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. † (1832)
Francisco Javier Cardinal Cienfuegos Jovellanos † (1819)
Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon Velarde † (1804)
Bishop Agustín Ayestarán Landa † (1772)
Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina

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