Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1924		Born
24 Sep 1955	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Oct 1981	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
8 Dec 1981	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
20 Dec 1981	57.4	Installed	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
31 Mar 1994	69.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
8 May 1994	69.7	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
12 Nov 1994	70.2	Succeeded	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
17 May 2000	75.8	Retired	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
15 Jul 2005	80.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Abelardo Francisco Silva
Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva
(born 26 Jul 1924, died 15 Jul 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel

Event Place
Ordained Bishop St. Michel, Cathedral, San Miguel, Diocese of San Miguel

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 23.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli †
Bishop of San Miguel
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †
Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
Bishop José Manuel Lorenzo †
Titular Bishop of Catula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli † (1973)
Bishop of San Miguel
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano † (1935)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
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 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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Lorenzo Sartori † (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. † (1990)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64174598

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,777

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