Bishop Óscar Ángel Bernal †

Deceased

Bishop of Girardota, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1938		Born
26 Aug 1962	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
23 Jan 1986	47.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
23 Jan 1986	47.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tisili
22 Feb 1986	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tisili
18 Jun 1988	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia
4 Jul 1996	57.8	Died	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Óscar Ángel Bernal
Bishop Óscar Ángel Bernal
(born 20 Aug 1938, died 4 Jul 1996)
Bishop of Girardota

Event Place
Birth Place La Ceja
Ordained Bishop La Ceja

a priest for 33.8 years
a bishop for 10.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †
Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †
Bishop of Jericó
Bishop José Roberto López Londoño †
Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (1963)
Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini † (1956)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (1988)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64763742

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
mn: JI, 1 Apr 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,654
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Additions/Corrections (front)

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