Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1902		Born
29 Jul 1934	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico
25 Sep 1942	39.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
25 Sep 1942	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sabadia
15 Nov 1942	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sabadia
1 Mar 1954	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
25 Feb 1981	78.1	Resigned	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
4 Feb 1999	96.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

MicroData Summary
Benjamin Barrera y Reyes
Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes M.J.
(born 28 Dec 1902, died 4 Feb 1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Sensuntepeque

a priest for 64.5 years
a bishop for 56.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami †
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luis Chávez y González †
Archbishop of San Salvador
Bishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez †
Bishop of Santa Ana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami † (1940)
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Luigi Cardinal Maglione † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña † (1971)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † (1961)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreras † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q4888251

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 61
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)

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