Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello †

Deceased

Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Mar 1942		Born
29 Jun 1966	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Quito, Ecuador
3 Jan 1994	51.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
3 Jan 1994	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ambia
20 Feb 1994	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ambia
14 Feb 2004	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
25 Sep 2015	73.5	Died	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello
Bishop Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello
(born 13 Mar 1942, died 25 Sep 2015)
Bishop of Azogues

Ad Limina - October 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Aloasí

a priest for 49.2 years
a bishop for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga †
Archbishop of Quito
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Arregui Yarza †
Titular Bishop of Auzegera
Bishop Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio José González Zumárraga † (1969)
Archbishop of Quito
Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega, S.J. † (1964)
Archbishop of Quito
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1042685

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Number 12,252
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 25 Sep 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)

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