Bishop José Manuel Arroyo y Niño †

Deceased

Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1814		Born
11 Dec 1836	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
19 Aug 1838	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
19 Jun 1856	42.1	Appointed	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
7 Dec 1856	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela
30 Nov 1884	70.6	Died	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
José Manuel Arroyo y Niño
Bishop José Manuel Arroyo y Niño
(born 9 Apr 1814, died 30 Nov 1884)
Bishop of Guayana

Event Place
Birth Place Carora, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

a priest for 46.2 years
a bishop for 27.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Talavera y Garcés †
Titular Bishop of Tricca
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique †
Titular Bishop of Capharnaum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira † (1853)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique † (1842)
Bishop of Guayana
Archbishop Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo † (1842)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop José Jorge de Torres y Estans † (1837)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † (1835)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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):

Vatican Library: 495/81563
VIAF: 251997956
WikiData: Q64777856

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 295
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1856, Number 48

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