Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

Titular Bishop of Tiguala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1932		Born
12 Jul 1959	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
13 Jul 1974	42.3	Appointed	Prelate of Escuintla, Guatemala
13 Jul 1974	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tiguala
27 Sep 1974	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tiguala
3 Mar 1984	51.9	Resigned	Prelate of Escuintla, Guatemala
24 Jan 1987	54.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
2 Oct 2010	78.5	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
26 Jul 2011	79.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala
9 Feb 2013	80.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala
5 Apr 2026	94.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

MicroData Summary
Mario Enrique Ríos Mont
Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Mont C.M.
(born 17 Mar 1932, died 5 Apr 2026)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

Ad Limina - March 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Huehuetenango
Ordained Bishop Escuintla, Territorial Prelature of Escuintla
Death Place Ciudad de Guatemala, Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

a priest for 66.7 years
a bishop for 51.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †
Bishop of San Miguel
Bishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †
Titular Bishop of Naissus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emanuele Gerada † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1898762

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Oct 2010
ab: Bollettino, 26 Jul 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,494
d: CB, 5 Apr 2026

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