Bishop José Hernán Sánchez Porras †

Deceased

Bishop of Venezuela, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1944		Born
25 Jun 1967	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
19 Dec 2000	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Venezuela, Military
16 Feb 2001	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Venezuela, Military
13 Oct 2014	70.5	Died	Bishop of Venezuela, Military

MicroData Summary
José Hernán Sánchez Porras
Bishop José Hernán Sánchez Porras
(born 31 Mar 1944, died 13 Oct 2014)
Bishop of Venezuela, Military

Ad Limina - June 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Palmira

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †
Archbishop of Barquisimeto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Archbishop of Mérida
Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez †
Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela † (1974)
Archbishop of Barquisimeto
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1709254

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,907
d: CB, 13 Oct 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)

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