Bishop José Benigo Perilla y Martínez †

Deceased

Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1831		Born
15 Aug 1853	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
17 Dec 1853	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Mar 1887	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
28 Aug 1887	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
13 Mar 1903	71.8	Died	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia

MicroData Summary
José Benigo Perilla y Martínez
Bishop José Benigo Perilla y Martínez
(born 19 May 1831, died 13 Mar 1903)
Bishop of Tunja

Event Place
Birth Place Somondoco, Diocese of Tunja
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bogota, Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada

a priest for 49.2 years
a bishop for 15.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. †
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas †
Bishop Emeritus of Pasto
Bishop Mosé Higuera †
Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Arabia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. † (1876)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra † (1871)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez † (1860)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa † (1855)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez † (1855)
Bishop of Antioquía
Bishop Bernabé Rojas, O.P. † (1855)
Bishop of Santa Marta
Bishop Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Calydon
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez † (1892)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q78762102

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 572
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1887, Number 47

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