Bishop José C. Sorra

Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1929		Born	Malinao
17 Mar 1956	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines
27 May 1974	45.2	Appointed	Bishop of Virac, Philippines
28 Aug 1974	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Virac, Philippines
1 Mar 1993	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
1 Apr 2005	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Legazpi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José C. Sorra (1974)
Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras † (1946)
Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. † (1884)
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Joel Zamudio Baylon

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