Archbishop Rafael Manuel José Benito de Vélez Téllez, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1777		Born	Vélez de Benaudalla
14 Apr 1817	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
13 Jun 1817	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
30 May 1824	46.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
12 Jul 1824	46.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
29 Oct 1824	47.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
20 Dec 1824	47.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 Aug 1850	72.8	Died	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

a bishop for 33.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luis María Cardinal Borbón Vallabriga †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Allué Sesse †
Bishop Luis Gregorio López Castillo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Rafael Manuel José Benito de Vélez Téllez, O.F.M. Cap. † (1817)
Luis María Cardinal Borbón Vallabriga † (1799)
Antonio Cardinal Sentmanat y Castellá † (1783)
Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada † (1766)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joseph (José María Benito) Serra y Juliá, O.S.B. †

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