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Bishop Mario José Serra †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires

Titular Bishop of Mentesa

Events

a priest for 55.6 years a bishop for 29.9 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu † Archbishop of Buenos Aires Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Archbishop of Santa Fe Bishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Bishop of Mar del Plata

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Juan Carlos Aramburu † (1946) Archbishop of Buenos Aires Archbishop Fermín Emilio Lafitte † (1927) Archbishop of Córdoba Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921) Titular Archbishop of Siraces Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872) Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Arnaldo Clemente Canale † (1977) Bishop Raúl Omar Rossi † (1992) Bishop Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul (1999) Bishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2000) Bishop Joaquín Mariano Sucunza (2000) Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli (2002) Bishop Antonio Marino (2003)