Bishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1904		Born	Lequeitio, Spain
1 Jun 1928	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
17 Mar 1966	61.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait
31 May 1976	72.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari
31 May 1976	72.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait
16 Jul 1976	72.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari
5 Nov 1981	77.5	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait
4 Apr 1995	91.0	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

a priest for 66.8 years
a bishop for 18.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M. †
Archbishop Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. † (1976)
Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † (1955)
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico, Jr. † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
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 †

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