Bishop Oscar Félix Villena †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1917		Born	Salta
30 Nov 1941	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Jul 1962	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
26 Jul 1962	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Musti
16 Sep 1962	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Musti
11 Feb 1970	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
5 Apr 1970	52.6	Installed	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
11 Apr 1972	54.7	Resigned	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
4 Apr 1982	64.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
7 Apr 1994	76.7	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
8 Oct 2004	87.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

a priest for 62.9 years
a bishop for 42.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Menéndez †
Bishop Antonio Rocca †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena † (1962)
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano † (1935)
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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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