Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to México

Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1919		Born	El Buste, Spain
4 Jul 1942	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 Jul 1970	51.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta
16 Jul 1970	51.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
12 Sep 1970	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta
24 Nov 1977	58.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to México
17 Jan 1978	58.7	Died	Apostolic Delegate to México

a priest for 35.5 years
a bishop for 7.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Benjamín Cardinal de Arriba y Castro †
Archbishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba † (1970)
Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † (1946)
Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord † (1937)
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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:
Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B.

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140

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