Archbishop José Raimundo Benito Villamitjana Vila †

Deceased

Archbishop of Tarragona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1812		Born	San Vicente de Torelló
23 Dec 1861	49.2	Appointed	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
4 May 1862	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
28 Feb 1879	66.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
3 Sep 1888	75.9	Died	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Domingo Costa Borrás †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Raimundo Benito Villamitjana Vila † (1862)
Archbishop José Domingo Costa Borrás † (1848)
Giovanni Cardinal Brunelli † (1845)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. † (1819)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Aznar y Pueyo †

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