Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos

Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jan 1943		Born
4 Jun 1966	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Plasencia, Spain
17 Jan 1992	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
22 Mar 1992	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
16 Oct 2006	63.7	Appointed	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
16 Dec 2006	63.9	Installed	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
25 Sep 2018	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
8 Jan 2022	79.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Plasencia, Spain
15 Oct 2022	79.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Plasencia, Spain

MicroData Summary
Ciriaco Benavente Mateos
Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos
(born 3 Jan 1943)
Bishop Emeritus of Albacete

Ad Limina - January 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Malpartida de Plasencia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Coria, Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Albacete.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri †
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Marcelo Cardinal González Martín †
Archbishop of Toledo
Bishop Santiago Martínez Acebes †
Bishop of Plasencia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri † (1970)
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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):

VIAF: 207151246517644131315
WikiData: Q1093017

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 16 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,663
r: Bollettino, 25 Sep 2018
aadm: AM, 30 Mar 2022

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