Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1887		Born
17 Jul 1910	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Jul 1944	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
24 Sep 1944	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of León, Spain
4 Apr 1970	82.4	Retired	Bishop of León, Spain
4 Apr 1970	82.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elepla
11 Dec 1970	83.1	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Elepla
17 Dec 1974	87.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

MicroData Summary
Luis Almarcha Hernández
Bishop Luis Almarcha Hernández
(born 14 Oct 1887, died 17 Dec 1974)
Bishop Emeritus of León

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Orihuela

a priest for 64.4 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. †
Bishop of Vitoria
Bishop José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda †
Bishop of Badajoz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José García y Goldaraz † (1944)
Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández † (1956)
Marcelo Cardinal González Martín † (1961)
Bishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. † (1963)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/123985
VIAF: 86809801
WikiData: Q6700305

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1944, Number 46

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