Bishop Leonardo Viera Contreras †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1907		Born	Tuxpan
30 May 1931	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Colima, Colima, México
25 Jul 1967	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
8 Sep 1967	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
25 Mar 1972	65.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
30 Jun 1972	65.4	Installed	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
7 Jul 1977	70.5	Resigned	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
2 Dec 1977	70.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 10.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Cardinal Garibi y Rivera †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †
Bishop Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leonardo Viera Contreras † (1967)
José Cardinal Garibi y Rivera † (1930)
Archbishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † (1902)
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
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 †

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