Bishop Esteban Almeida †

Deceased

Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

Events

Date	Event	Title
18 Aug 1539	Appointed	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
11 Jan 1540	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
2 Jun 1542	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
16 Apr 1546	Appointed	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
23 Mar 1563	Died	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

MicroData Summary for Esteban Almeida
Bishop Esteban Almeida (died 23 Mar 1563) Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

Event Place
Ordained Bishop S. Ginesio, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado †
Bishop of Badajoz
Bishop Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla †
Bishop of Coria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. † (1544)

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	S. Ginesio, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

Source(s):

b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 51, Number 275
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 121, and Page 221
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 154
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1540, Number 1
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 69, Number 5,432

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a bishop for 23.1 years	Principal Consecrator: Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera † Archbishop of Toledo Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado † Bishop of Badajoz Bishop Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla † Bishop of Coria
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera † Archbishop of Toledo	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop St. Tomás Garcia Martinez (de Villanueva), O.E.S.A. † (1544)